📝 CONTEST: Guess Who Wins the Election
Election Day is gonna be a nail-biter! We're holding a contest to see who can correctly guess the results of tomorrow's Mayor and Council race.
Wager your best guess to win a Roosevelt Blvd Subway T-Shirt and bragging rights!
🗳️ Election Day is TOMORROW!
These candidates best represent our mission to make Philadelphia a more affordable, accessible, equitable, sustainable, and transit-friendly city for everyone.
ENDORSEMENTS
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City Council, at-Large
- Rue Landau (# 63)
- Eryn Santamoor (#71)
- Katherine Gilmore Richardson (#75)
- Job Itzkowitz (#77)
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Isaiah Thomas (#79)
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City Council, Districts
- Jamie Gauthier (#80)
- Quetcy Lozada (#80)
- Anthony Phillips (#81)
RECOMMENDATIONS
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Mayor of Philadelphia (Vote for One)
- Helen Gym (#39)
- Rebecca Rhynhart (#31)
Polling places will be open on election day, May 16th, 2023, 7 AM - 8 PM. If you are in line by 8pm you are legally allowed to vote. Find your polling place here.
What about the other races? Check out this voter guide from the Inquirer or see this endorsement spreadsheet from PA Youth Vote.
📮 Mail Ballot Info
Your mail ballot must ARRIVE by TOMORROW to be counted -- you can submit your ballot at any drop box by 8 PM on May 16th. Please don’t mail because they may not get to the Board of Elections in time.
DON'T FORGET!
- Use the secrecy envelope
- Sign and date the declaration outside the return envelope
Ballot Curing is Back! The City Commissioners released a list of folks who have not done one of the above. Here is a combined Google Sheet by ward/div. Please check to see if it's you or someone you know.
Still have you mail ballot and want to vote in person?
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Bring your ballot and the pre-addressed outer return envelope to your polling place to be voided. You can then vote a regular ballot.
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If you don't surrender your ballot and return envelope, you can vote by provisional ballot at your polling place.
Find Our Slate on Your Mail Ballot:
🥀 Tragedy on Arch Street
A reckless motorist has killed a mother after a hit-and-run at Broad and Arch Streets near City Hall on Tuesday night that also left her 8-year-old child seriously injured.
This story is far too common with our dangerous streets, serving a strong reminder of why advocacy for safer streets matters. Please consider donating to this gofundme campaign to support the affected family.
🏛️ Harrisburg Lobby Day
Join the Bicycle Coalition and Families for Safe Streets in Harrisburg in June!
The Roosevelt Boulevard Automated Speed Enforcement pilot is set to expire in December of 2023 and we need your help to make sure our legislators know how important this technology is for the boulevard and all of Philadelphia.
Tuesday, June 6th -- Meet at 30th St. Station 7:00 AM and arrive back in Philadelphia at 5:05 PM.
If you’re interested in joining please sign up
🚏🚌 Wissahickon TC Groundbreaking
The Wissahickon Transportation Center is finally moving forward! improving the facility serving over 7,000 pre-COVID daily passenger trips -- more than nearly every regional rail station.
The Groundbreaking Ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, May 18th at 10 AM and we want transit supporters to come!
👕 FREE SHIRT
GET A FREE BLVD SUBWAY SHIRT TODAY by becoming a member of 5th Square for as little as $5 a month!
Waiting for the right time to become a member? NOW IS THE TIME! Once you sign up, the link to order your free shirt will be emailed to you.
You can help us make a walkable, transit-friendly city for everyone with your financial contributions. Become a 5th Square member today!
EVENTS
Ride of Silence
Wednesday, May 17, from 6:45 pm – 8 pm
The annual Ride of Silence is an international ride that honors bicyclists killed or injured by motor vehicles. This ride will start at the North Apron of City Hall and will travel an 8-mile route through Center City before ending at the Art Museum. Rain or shine.
Let Manufactured Homes In: Removing Regulatory Barriers to Manufactured Housing
MAY 23, 2023, 12–1 P.M. ET
In this webinar, leading experts will discuss why and how policy makers can allow manufactured homes in more places as a solution to the housing affordability crisis.
WHAT WE'RE READING
SURVEYS
PennDOT District 6 Survey - Interstate 95 Girard Avenue Interchange Project Sections GR5 and GR6.
The project team is seeking feedback on potential designs of spaces under and adjacent to I-95 as a follow-up to information presented at recent Near Neighbors Meetings held in Northern Liberties and Old City. Meeting materials from these meetings can be found at 95revive.com. The survey will be open to the community until June 30.
GRANTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
- Head of Front-End Development
- Head of Product Management
- Head of User Experience
- Head of Back-End Development
- Head of Operations
- Head of Quality, Analytics, and Infrastructure
Habitat for Humanity /
BDP Impact Real Estate / Project Manager
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