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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,…

Newly renovated park home to yoga series for Port Richmond community Philadelphia – August, 15th 2019 – River wards residents have a new reason to visit the river. Pulaski Park (3001 E. Allegheny Ave) will play host to a new series of yoga classes as the result of a collaboration by nonprofits Riverfront North Partnership…

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,…

Connecting Trail to Open for Weekends In Summer Great news! Everyone’s favorite trail is opening for the season! The Baxter Trail, connecting Pennypack on the Delaware Park to Pleasant Hill Park along the Delaware River, will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 8am – 8pm from May 25th to Labor Day Weekend. If you are…

Free Outdoor Movie Series Northeast Philadelphia’s Shared Backyard Is Getting a Movie Theater   UPDATE: Due to the weather, the showing of Goosebumps 2 on June 20th has been rescheduled for a date to be determined in October. —- Northeast Philadelphia’s biggest outdoor movie series, presented by Riverfront North Partnership, is kicking off Thursday, June…

On Monday we were thrilled to celebrate the re-opening of Pulaski Park with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, Councilman Bobby Henon, DCNR and many other Port Richmond community groups. This hidden gem along the Delaware in Port Richmond is well loved by the community and serves as the southern-most park of Riverfront North, as well as…

Riverfront North Partnership has announced a round of public meetings this month to present updates to their master plan based on community meetings held last summer. Meetings are scheduled for the following times and locations: Tacony Library (6742 Torresdale Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19136) on Monday, April 29th, 2019 from 5:30-7:30 pm; and Richmond Library (2987…

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 excited to announce the lineup and locations for our 2019 FREE outdoor movie series. This series is back by popular demand and we are pleased to be traveling to multiple park locations this year to spread the fun to all of the neighborhoods along the trails and parks of Riverfront North….