Philly Spring Cleaning!

The date of the next clean and green function has been moved from March 30to April 5th, to coordinate with Mayor Nutter’s spring clean-up.  New details:

Saturday, APRIL 5, 2008 - Philly Spring Cleanup,  9:00 AM.  Meet at the South Philly High parking lot as part of Mayor Nutter’s Philly Spring Cleaning.  Contact Val DiGiovanni, val081158@aol.com, with questions.  Otherwise, simply appear!

UPDATE: 
Read The Inquirer Article about Philly Spring Cleanup at philly.com
Read Mayor Nutter’s Letter to South Philly at southphillyreview.com

Fumo to address civics

Attention LoMo members:  FYI

CSPCAA welcomes State Senator Vincent J. Fumo
    Thursday, March 27th at 7:00 p.m.
    Neumann- Goretti High School Auditorium
    10th and Morris Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Senator Fumo will address the combined  memberships       
of the nine civic associations in Philadelphia who border Broad Street, south of Washington Avenue.  
 
    East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association
    Passyunk Square Civic Association
    Lower Moyamensing Civic Association  
    Newbold Civic Association
    Newbold South Civic Association
    Point Breeze Community Development Coalition    
    West of Broad Civic Association
    South Broad Street Neighborhood Association
    South Philadelphia Communities Civic Association

For additional information contact:

    Joseph F. Marino
    Chair, CSPCAA
    www.epcrossing.org    

Town Watch begins this week!

The LoMo town watch will begin walking this week, and intends to perform monthly patrols for the duration of the winter, then patrols every other week in the spring and summer months. We will be addressing quality of life issues, so if you know of any on your block - graffiti, abandoned cars and houses, illegal dumping, etc., please e-mail us at lomophilly@yahoo.com.

DiCicco to headline next meeting at Southern

1st District Councilman Frank DiCicco has agreed to come to our next neighborhood meeting on February 13 at 7 PM, South Philly High.  Bring your questions!

Police Commish at Southern

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey will be holding an open house at South Philadelphia High School on Monday, January 14 at 7:00 PM.  You’re invited to attend, meet and greet.  He’ll be picking your brain for ways to make Philadelphia better, so please attend!

Call for nominations!

With elections coming up in spring, 2008, we are calling for nominations for our board.  Offices Include:

• President
• Vice President
• Recording Secretary
• Corresponding Secretary
• Treasurer
• Membership Committee Chair
• Zoning Committee Chair
• Beautification Committee Chair
• Community Relations Chair
• Public Safety Chair
• Five At-Large Members

Please email lomophilly@yahoo.com with your nominations.

Toys for Tots

The US Marines will be outside of the Lobster Club on 13th and Porter collecting Toys For Tots on Saturday, December 8.  Look for the Humvee and bring a gift for a child in need.

Plastic and Cardboard Recycling come to LoMo

 Great news for South Philly!

Beginning December 3, you may recycle flattened cardboard as well as plastic #1 and #2 (bottles and jugs, usually - check the number in the little triangle on the bottom of the item you wish to recycle).  Just put them with everything else on recycling day.

Make sure that you remove plastic caps from bottles to assure their recycling.

Cleaning and Meeting

The 9th Street Clean-up scheduled for this Sunday has been re-scheduled for Sunday, November 18th.  Please see the calendar page for details.

 Department of Records chair Joan Decker will be at our next meeting to talk about www.phillyhistory.org, one of the country’s largest municipal archives.  It hosts an estimated 2 million photographs that date from the late 1800’s.  So far about 47,000 photos of Philadelphia have been put online.  Looking at our neighborhood, there are over 700 photos of places just within our district! 

Joan will also be talking about the project they are working on jointly with the historical society - PhilaPlace, which essentially tells the story of what our neighborhood was and how its changed and continues to change

See how you can be a part!  Meeting at Southern on Wednesday, November 14th at 7 PM.

Town Watch

Our town watch training is finally complete - a big thank-you to Arthur Potts from Operation Town Watch for his training sessions over the past three weeks!

We also welcome Thea Flaherty to our board as our new Town Watch chair.

Stay tuned right here for further information - and if you’re interested in being trained as a Town Watcher for Lower Moyamensing, please let us know!