Photo by Raffi Berberian Walkers, runners and cyclists can now add a new path to their outings: the Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk. The $18 million, 2,000 foot-long concrete structure runs parallel to the eastern shore of the river from Locust Street to the new stair tower at the South Street Bridge, and extends the Schuylkill River
MoreBartram's Garden volunteer Mary Armstrong says the historic site has "something for everybody." | Photo by Dan Murphy
Mary Armstrong expands Bartram's Garden network
Longtime Bartram’s Garden volunteer Mary Armstrong says she especially loves engaging visitors from the Southwest Philadelphia neighborhoods that surround the garden. “I like the fact that you can get people who just
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Haddington Woods is the first place students of a free land management class will test what they've learned. | Photo by Jen BrittonFree land management course teaches citizens to take care of their forests
Twenty-five Philadelphians gathered this past June to learn how to manage their forest. But many of those who met at the Haverford
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Common Table aims to shepherd restaurateurs, chefs and local food pioneers to develop their dreams
Entrepreneurs are invited to test their restaurant ideas at Philadelphia's first pop-up restaurant incubator, Common Table, set to launch this fall.
Aspiring restaurateurs, creative chefs and local food pioneers will develop their dream restaurant from concept to creation backed with professional support
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West Philly Tool Library is mounting an ambitious $10,000 crowdfunding campaign using Indiegogo to increase its capacity for a rapidly growing community of members.
West Philly Tool Library crowdfunds to bolster community
“We say we have about 3,000 tools, but we actually haven’t counted in a while,” says Peter Foreman Murray, executive director of the West Philly
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Philly Foodworks promises flexibility for consumers, a market for small food producers, and a bridge from rural to urban
Although we talk about community supported agriculture (CSA) frequently in the pages of Grid, it’s a relatively new business model. First introduced into the U.S. in 1986, it offered a brilliant solution to a problem farmers regularly faced: cash
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Greenfest Philly, Clean Air Council looking for big ideas
Greenfest Philly, now entering its ninth year, aims to provide an inviting avenue for Philadelphians to engage with a more sustainably conscious lifestyle through small changes in the consumer and lifestyle choices they make every day. This year, Clean Air Council, the nonprofit responsible for organizing the
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Cory Dulaney, left, and Soleil, 4, share a moment July 17 after Words on Wheels delivered books to Soleil. | Photo by Cory J Popp
North Central Philadelphia book delivery program aims
to improve literacy and fight the summer slide
In 2009, Temple University undergrad Lauren Popp witnessed firsthand how limited access to books can affect a child's
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Folk Cycle is dedicated to actively demonstrating renewable energy, through human power, to furthering renewable energy education. | Photo courtesy Folk Cycle
Philadelphia Folk Festival forges partnerships to create a more sustainable event
The Philadelphia Folk Festival has grown far beyond the scope conceived when Pete Seeger headlined the original in 1962. It now draws more than
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Volunteers at a Repair Café in Palo Alto, Calif., repair bikes, clothing and tools. | Photos courtesy of Repair Cafe Palo Alto
Group focused on saving broken items from the trash heap brings Repair Café to Philadelphia
On September 20, a repurposed bowling alley in the basement of the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill will be transformed
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