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Frankford Civic Association Meeting Agenda
The Frankford Civic Association Meeting on October 4th will feature a presentation by Alan Butkovitz City Controller. The Civic also has zoning issues pending on 1829 Fillmore, 4200 Torresdale, 4270...
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City Controller Attends Frankford Civic Meeting
Alan Butkovitz Alan Butkovitz, Philadelphia City Controller, updated the Civic Association on the shortcomings of the 311 system and the police surveillance camera systems. He also addressed the...
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Frankford Civic Association Meeting Agenda
The next Frankford Civic Association meeting will be on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 7 PM at ARIA Health Hospital, 4900 Frankford Avenue, 2nd floor conference room. The city’s Managing Director,...
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Frankford Civic Approves the Fence for Karr-Parts
Pete McElroy At the meeting on Tuesday, December 6th, the board of the Frankford Civic voted to support a zoning variance for an 8 foot tall fence to enclose the lot at 1709 Gillingham Street. The lot...
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Captain McCloskey Attends Frankford Civic
Captain John McCloskey 15th police district Captain John McCloskey attended the Frankford Civic Association meeting for the first time on Thursday, January 10th. There were over 30 residents in...
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Coming Up at the Frankford Civic Association Meeting
1829 Fillmore St. On Thursday, February 7th, the Frankford Civic will take up the issue of a variance for a day care center at 1829 Fillmore St. There will be one other zoning issue. Pete Specos,...
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Frankford Civic Association Update February Meeting
At the Frankford Civic Association meeting held on February 7th, zoning issues were at the top of the agenda. Applicant for a variance for a second floor deck at 5013 Charles Street made her case. In...
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Frankford Civic Catches Up on Old Business
Pete Specos There were no zoning issues to discuss at the Frankford Civic Association meeting on March 7th, but there was a host of old business to update: 4834 Penn Street which was proposed by the...
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Residents Concerned at PSA1 Meeting
Residents of the 4700 block of Griscom Street want to keep the hard won ground on their block. That was the message heard by Sgt. O’Donnell and Officer Andrews at the PSA1 meeting held on March 20th....
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Frankford Civic Association Meeting on April 4th
Penny Colgan-Davis, Principal of Frankford Friend School will update the community on the opening of the new building and plans for a new library. Zoning issue for 1728 Orthodox Street. The applicant...
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Frankford Civic Passes on Crown
4731 Griscom St. In an, at times contentious, meeting of the Frankford Civic Association on April 4th, the membership voted unanimously to oppose the opening of a Crown Fried Chicken at 4731 Griscom...
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Focus on Frankford: Margie Rivera
Focus of Frankford: Margie Rivera Margie Rivera never intended to become a community activist when she and her husband, Nelson, bought their home in Frankford on the 1500 block of church Street in...
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Frankford Civic Gives Thumbs Up to Jackson Street Day Care
At the Frankford Civic Association meeting on May 2nd, the group voted to support the zoning request to operate a day care center at 5045 Jackson Street. Pete Specos, President of the Civic...
View ArticleFrankford Civic Association Meeting June 6th
There were no zoning issues at the Frankford Civic Association meeting on June 6th however several issues were brought to the table by residents. The vacant bar at the corner of Penn and Foulkrod is...
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Frankford Civic OKs 5010 Cottage Street
About 15 residents attended the Frankford Civic Association meeting on July 11th at Aria Hospital. Only one zoning issue was on the agenda but there was much discussion about other issues. Frank...
View ArticleZoning Issues Absent at Frankford Civic
There were no zoning issues on the agenda at the Frankford Civic Association meeting on September 5th but the time was well spent in a question and answer period with State Representatives Brendan...
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Captain McCloskey at the Frankford Civic
Captain John McCloskey, commander of the 15th police district, spent almost the entire hour of the Frankford Civic association taking questions and giving frank answers. The Town Hall meeting back on...
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Manny Citron at Frankford Civic
Sanya and Manny at Overington Park Philly Rising’s Manny Citron introduced his replacement at the Frankford Civic Association meeting on December 5th. Sanya Brown, graduate of Temple University, has...
View ArticleFrankford Civic Association Meeting for February
At the Frankford Civic meeting on February 6th there were no zoning cases presented. There are two pending issues that required a continuance and the owners will be requested to visit the next...
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Frankford Civic March Meeting
There were no zoning cases to discuss this month but there was an interesting presentation by Tom Branigan and Alexia Sotirchos from the Delaware River City Corporation (DRCC). The DRCC from their web...
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