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Today we are especially thankful to all of the partner groups and companies that made our events, programming and volunteer days possible.   Thank you for helping to activate and restore this beautiful riverfront!   United By Blue | Center for Employment Opportunities | Comcast | Make The World Better Foundation, Inc | PowerCorps PHL…

More Trees Please!🌳🌳. Today we are especially thankful to all of the people who helped Riverfront North Partnership plant over 600 trees this year! The parks and trails are greener and healthier because of you! To all of the below groups and to the individual volunteers who helped plant these trees, THANK YOU! PECO |…

Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has just announced a $250,000 grant to the future riverfront park in Bridesburg. With this grant, the total raised towards the $4.7 million Phase 1 construction costs is $3.2 million. This funding from DCNR brings the Bridesburg neighborhood one step closer to the river that they were cut…

Riverfront North Partnership is excited to announce an upcoming redesign of the Tacony Boat Launch, made possible with support totaling $232,000 from the Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management and Commonwealth Finance Authority programs. The Tacony Boat Launch (5100 Princeton Ave) is an underutilized riverfront park that will be designed with the community as a trailhead for pedestrians, bicyclists,…

This week, with the help of our partners TD Bank and their #TDTreeDays initiative, as well as Arbor Day Foundation , Riverfront North Partnership was able to plant over 140 trees along the banks of the Delaware River in Pennypack On The Delaware! This hardworking group of over 30 volunteers helped in a massive native forest restoration…

Riverfront North Partnership is excited to announce our newest sponsor: MOM’s Organic Markets! MOM’s is generously gifting $5,000 to support 2020 Riverfront North volunteer initiatives and cleanup events. MOM’s partners with a number of other non-profits in the PA/NJ area and they are committed to reducing their environmental impact. We are grateful for their support…

This October, Riverfront North Partnership staff along with members of the Bridesburg Riverfront Park Committee and State Representative Joe Hohenstein, visited two sites in Philadelphia renowned for design and beloved by the community, as part of a learning journey in preparation for the upcoming opening of the Bridesburg Riverfront Park. Both Bartram’s Garden in southwest…

As the new riverfront park in Bridesburg marches closer to fruition, Riverfront North Partnership is ensuring a thoughtful approach to how the park will be activated. Using a community engagement model and launching a learning committee with the goal of creating a strategy that is sensitive to the Bridesburg community while also being welcoming to…

Last week, the Riverfront North Partnership team ventured across the Delaware River to explore how the other half lives, over in New Jersey. Our partners, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership were kind enough to lead us on a multi-park tour of the Camden riverfront and gave us behind-the-scenes insight into ongoing projects and the successes and struggles…

Todays’ Friday Friend is: Torresdale Beer Runners! If you haven’t heard, these guys RUN NE Philly… We’d like to give them an extra special shout out for their generosity in choosing us as their non profit partner for this year’s Philly Mayor’s Cup and raising over $2,000 to help keep the Riverfront North trails and parks green and…