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Riverfront North Partnership is excited to announce it has just been awarded a $2,000 Pennsylvania Water Trail Program mini-grant. This grant will fund projects continuing the restoration of riparian coastal plain forest, intertidal marsh, and upland meadow habitats of the tidal Delaware River, taking place in Lardner’s Point Park as well as Pennypack on the…

For today’s “Friday Friend”, we’d like to feature: The Torresdale Beer Runners! If you haven’t heard, these guys RUN Northeast 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…

In August, our executive director Stephanie Phillips traveled along with other Philadelphia and regional Parks and non-profit representatives to the Pacific Northwest to meet with groups from across the nation for the Reimagining the Civic Commons conference. This trip allowed RNP to explore and assess the Civic Common’s four goals of civic engagement, socioeconomic mixing,…

Throughout the year, Riverfront North staff and a community panel from Bridesburg will embark on trips to local and national parks in an effort to gain knowledge as we work to shape the vision of the future riverfront park in Bridesburg.   This month, RNP staff explored the grounds of the Lazaretto in Tinicum Township,…

WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION AWARDS RIVERFRONT NORTH PARTNERSHIP $2 MILLION FOR NEW RIVERFRONT PARK IN BRIDESBURG A Major Step Forward in Creation of New 10-Acre Park Along the Delaware Riverfront   PHILADELPHIA (February 20th, 2019) – The William Penn Foundation has granted $2 million to Riverfront North Partnership in support of the creation and activation of…

Riverfront North Partnership is grateful to have been awarded a $7,500 grant from the Clif Bar Family Foundation in support community participation in environmental stewardship across all eleven miles of our riverfront greenway. including: volunteerism, job skill training, environmental learning, and shoreline restoration projects. In 2018 we logged over 5,200 volunteer hours from over a…

Dear friends of Riverfront North,   2018 was a year of growth for our organization. We are grateful to take a moment to reflect on the year’s success and we look forward to continued progress in 2019. Riverfront North remains steadfast in our vision for a completed eleven-mile greenway, increased visibility of our beautiful spaces,…

PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 10, 2018) – On Saturday, Nov. 10, more than 50 Enterprise employees will join the Arbor Day Foundation and Riverfront North Partnership to plant 100 trees and distribute 100 trees to community partners at Pennypack on the Delaware Park in Northeast Philadelphia. The event is part of a program – called the Enterprise…

Join us Wednesday, October 24th at 11am in Lardner’s Point Park (5202 Levick Street). Congressman Boyle, the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, TTF Watershed and Riverfront North will gather for a press conference to advocate for 2019 federal funding for Pennsylvania and other Delaware River Basin states. The Delaware River Basin encompasses portions of…

  The 2018 Riverfront North Greenway 5K is officially set for Saturday October 6th at 9am, starting in Pennypack on the Delaware Park.  This fun, flat, race on the Baxter Trail along the Delaware River will start on the winding tree-lined trails Pennypack on the Delaware Park and breeze along through meadows and wooded areas,…