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☆ A growing urban-farming movement has transformed dozens of vacant lots in Philadelphia. Now with city backing, some crucial green spaces can flourish without the threat of development.
  + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Philadelphia recently announced it would buy 91 properties containing green spaces and gardens. Studies show urban gardens can help keep neighborhoods cooler and perhaps reduce gun violence and depression. The urban garden he helped start nearly a decade ago on abandoned lots in West Philadelphia was finally protected. Thousands of properties tied up in the deal sat neglected for decades, and locals transformed some into urban gardens. Many Black and brown neighborhoods don't have enough green spaces, which makes residents more susceptible to extreme heat.
Persons: Victor Young, We'd, Young, Ash Richards, Richards, Jenny Greenberg, Greenberg, Beverly Giles Carter, it's Organizations: Service, Young, Neighborhood Gardens Trust, US Bank, Neighborhood Gardens, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, City Council, Philadelphia's Land Bank Locations: Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, aren't, Philadelphia's
☆ Philadelphia’s Recreation Centers, Where Fun Isn’t A Luxury - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Adrian Eli René | Airea D. Matthews | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In big cities, dense with buildings and people, bustling with traffic, this question has beleaguered generations of parents. And it was one I asked myself when I moved back with my four children in 2017 to Philadelphia after two decades away. Toward the end of that first year, an old friend, also a Philadelphia native, reminded me of a valuable resource that might ease my children’s isolation — recreation centers. I immediately scoured the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation website for camps, anything that might help recreate their lost communal magic. I quickly found a teen adventures camp for my two eldest and an ecological camp and visual camp for my two youngest.
Organizations: Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia Parks, Recreation Locations: Philadelphia
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