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This rebuilt & renewed section of N. Phila. is becoming a garden spot By Dan Geringer Philadelphia Daily News, August 6, 2010 GROWING UP east of Temple University in North Philadelphia, amid frightening ethnic tensions and the blight of trash-filled vacant lots and boarded-up rowhouses, Nilda Ruiz was consumed by an urban… By Sandy Bauers The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 6, 2010 Philadelphia's residential recycling program expanded this week to include plastic containers with any number in the little recycling triangle on the bottom. By Michael Brocker The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 5, 2010 On Thursdays, fresh fruit is now only steps away from the home of Dominique Wilder, 38, a mother of four in the Norris Square community of North Philadelphia. By Dianna Marder The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 5, 2010 Home gardeners with extra fruits and vegetables can put them to good use in the fight against hunger locally now through Sept. 25. By Vance Lehmkuhl Philadelphia Daily News: Earth to Philly, August 4, 2010 Arist's conception of a cost-effective method for city to spread the news of recycling plastics #1-#7. By Sandy Bauers philly.com, August 3, 2010 They're big. They're brainy. They're solar-powered. And they're hungry for your trash. By BRIAN X. McCRONE Metro International, August 3, 2010 Across the street from the rising Sugarhouse casino on North Delaware Avenue sits a high-rise and surrounding properties that could become the first post-casino development along the waterfront. By Tom Avril Philly.com green, August 2, 2010 Careful cooks know it's a smart idea to drain their cooking grease into a tin can for disposal, rather than letting it run down the drain. Little backyard farm gardens, USDA-funded and Philadelphia Green-organized, are also nourishing a community. By Virginia A. Smith Philadelphia Inquirer , July 30, 2010 Cindy Bly gardens in the tiny yard behind her rowhouse in Lawncrest. You wouldn't imagine she's, literally, in the produce business, but she is. By Melissa Dribben Philadelphia Inquirer, July 30, 2010 Last spring's uproar over proposals to bring commercial, money-generating events to Rittenhouse Square has quieted to a muffled grumble. But the rancor, expressed in e-mails, anonymous letters, and public meetings, has led Wendy Rosen, president of Friends of Rittenhouse Square, to resign after 16 years. |
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