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REPRINTED FROM THENEXTMAYOR.COMFebruary 13, 2007 press release, (submitted via e-mail) |
Contact:
Cardenas Grant Communications
Luz Cardenas, 215.520.8850
Barbara Grant, 215.520.8849
For Immediate Release: February 12, 2007
WHO: Mayor Candidates
· Congressman Chaka Fattah
· Michael Nutter
· Tom Knox
· Congressman Bob Brady - CONFIRMED
· State Representative Dwight Evans
Moderator:
Flavia Monteiro Colgan, Philadelphia Daily News columnist, Citizen Hunter blogger and MSNBC commentator.
WHAT:
Next Great City: Philadelphia Mayoral Candidates Forum
Presented by the Urban Sustainability Forum and Academy of Natural Sciences Town Square Program, the forum is designed to begin a dialog with Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates about their ideas to help implement the 10 recommendations made by the Next Great City Coalition on January 25th.
WHEN:
Thursday, February 15, 2007; 6:30 to 8:30 PM
WHERE:
Academy of Natural Sciences – Main Auditorium (No Seats Left)
The Next Great City Mayoral Forum can also be viewed by webcast at the following neighborhood locations:
· Honickman Center, 1936 N. Judson St., Philadelphia, PA 19121
· Temple University, Main Campus, Tuttleman Hall Room 105, 1801 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19122
· Temple University, Ambler, Learning Center Room 302, 580 Meetinghouse Road, Ambler, PA 19002
· Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, 3535 N. 19th St. Philadelphia, PA 19140
· Germantown Friends School, 31 W. Coulter St. Philadelphia, PA 19144 - interpreter for the hearing impaired available
· Chestnut Hill College, 9601 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19118
· The Enterprise Center 4548 Market St, Philadelphia PA 19138 in the Business Events Center
· Holy Family University- 9801 Frankford Ave Philadelphia 19114 in the John Perzel Education Technology Center Auditorium
· Annunciation High School- 1150 Wharton St, Room 17 Philadelphia 19147
· Space 1026- 1026 Arch St, Philadelphia PA 19107
WHY:
The Next Great City: Philadelphia report, details 10 immediate, achievable and powerful recommendations to make important improvements to our neighborhoods. The candidates will share their vision for addressing the report's recommendations on important issues for our city's future, including open space, energy conservation, and neighborhood blight removal.
About the Next Great City:
PennFuture and a coalition of nearly 70 Philadelphia partner organizations will roll out the “The Next Great City:Philadelphia Report and Recommendations”. The Next Great City coalition calls for the next Mayor and City Council of Philadelphia to take the actions recommended in the report to improve the neighborhood environment across our city
Philadelphia is on its way to becoming the country's Next Great City. Philadelphia's downtown has seen the strongest retail, tourism and residential growth in a half century. Housing markets that were stagnant are now moving again and, for the first time in decades the number of Philadelphia building permits exceeded that of some of its suburban neighbors. Blight that had advanced unchecked for decades is on the run. Philadelphia, however, cannot become a great city by fighting blight and strengthening our downtown alone. To become a great city, all of Philadelphia's neighborhoods must be good, safe and healthy places to live and work served by an efficient, effective city government.
Funded by the William Penn Foundation and made up of community, public health, environmental and civic organizations, the Next Great City initiative came together in the fall of 2005 to address the environmental and public health issues that undermine Philadelphia’s economy and quality of life.
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