simple way update

being that i call philadelphia "home," sorta, as i grew up across the river in new jersey & have quite a few memories of "the city of brotherly love." i am upset, but not surprised to hear of this update about the progress / regress after the kensington fires.  if you have some extra few minutes the simple way is wonderful movement to support.

CALL OF THE DAY:

Since so much is happening so quickly, we want to leave a few numbers for you. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR CALLS ARE MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE. Whenever we talk to folks in these influential positions, they say things like “Who in the world is the simple way!?” Hahah. Over and over they tell us that the dozens and dozens of calls they are getting from all over the country have made it clear that they cannot ignore the things we are asking! Well done. So here we go…

This week we are asking Mike Curran 215 686-2588 at License and Inspections to help us by boarding up 3214 H. Street (we boarded up the other houses ourselves). And to help us get a police presence on H. Street to keep other houses from getting broken into while they are being repaired.

We are asking Susie Jarmon and John Coates at the Redevelopment Authority
(215 209 8612) to help us secure title to 3202 and 3204 and 3230 Potter Street. These are all formerly abandoned properties we are hoping to restore as we recover from the fire. And we need them to put a rush on the title transfers because of the fire so that we can begin rebuilding soon.

We are asking John McDonald (215 739 1600 x134) and Steve Culberson (215 739 1600 x146) at Impact Corp. to help us create a park for recreation and community gardens. You might mention we now have over 1000 signatures on our petition, including hundreds of neighbors and all area block captains.

We will post here a "Call of the Day" when there are influential folks we want to contact regarding the rebuilding of the neighborhood. So keep as eye on the site here and when you see the Call of the Day post, please take a minute to make the phone call and be sure to leave a message. Your calls are already making a huge difference as City officials see the support from around the world.

i loved the end sarcasm by shane of returning their taxes & they would police themselves.

Comments

[Mike]

That is insane...seems like this has been a constant struggle (SimpleWay v. city).

[Stephen]

OT: Is Jay okay, his blog said he has been suspended :)

[gavin]

OT: i talked to jay last week, or maybe the week before. he was fine by all accounts. he has been toying with moving the methoblog and his own blog to updated software for sometime now. plus he has expressed that he wasn't extremely happy with his hosting. so who knows.. i'll try and touch bases with him.