The Philadelphia Empowerment Zone

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Press Room Business News Current Initiatives Neighborhood News Girard Coalition
The information in this section will help you understand recent Empowerment Zone activity. Business News and Neighborhood News will provide updates, while Current Initiatives provides a more in-depth look at some of our projects. In the Press Room you will find our most recent press releases, and our Publications will includes recently produced documents and presentations. (Updated September 2004)
Press Room		Download press releases and other Empowerment Zone announcements July '04: New Trash Cans for the ASEZ (download) OpEd Column: Revitalizing the American Street Industrial Corridor (download english) (spanish) Neighborhood Funding Stream Approved (download) Oct. '03: First Challenge Grant Awarded to ASEZ Business (download english) (spanish) Oct. '03: WPEZ Releases Booklet Hilighting Accomplishments and Initiatives (download) Oct. '03: ASEZ Releases Booklet Hilighting Accomplishments and Initiatives (download english) (spanish) Oct. '03: NCEZ Releases Booklet Hilighting Accomplishments and Initiatives (download) Aug. '02- Clean Corridors Program Launched (download) April '02- Girard Coalition Sponsors a Design Workshop (download)
Business News		Upside: The Philadelphia Empowerment Zone's Economic Development Newsletter Upside, Spring 2004: Download the most recent edition Archive: Past editions of Upside Upside: Spring/Summer 2002
Current Initiatives		coming soon
Neighborhood News		Download the following booklets for information about the EZ's programs and initiatives for each neighborhood. (May take several minutes for dial-up internet connections) ASEZ At Work, 2003 (.pdf, 1.8M) NCEZ At Work, 2003 (.pdf, 1.9M) WPEZ At Work, 2004 (.pdf, 2.0M) EZ Reading: The EZ's Own OpEd News Column July '04: Ready, Willing and Able Cleans ASEZ Streets (download english) (spanish) June '04: A Vision for West Philadelphia's Commercial Corridors (download) June '04: Entrepreneur Training in the NCEZ (download) Jan. '04: Enhancing Commercial Corridors in the WPEZ (download) Dec. '03: WPEZ Announces Town Meeting (download) Dec. '03: Presentation and Public Review of Streetscape Plan (download english) (spanish) Nov. '03: Three Town Meetings Held in ASEZ (download english) (spanish) June '03: WPEZ Supports Negro Leagues Baseball Memorial (download) May '03: Three Years of Vacant Land Stabilization (download) April '03: Workshops: Planning for the Future of Girard Avenue (download) Dec. '02: A Plan for Girard Avenue (download) Nov. '02: Vacant Land Management in the NCEZ (download) Oct. '02: Vacant Land Management in the WPEZ (download) Sept. '02: Streetscape Design in the ASEZ (download) July '02: The Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) Pilot (download english) (spanish) June '02: A Message from the EZ's Executive Director (download)
Girard Coalition		Girard Coalition INsights INsights includes GCI's Economic Development Plan, Streetscape Design Recommendations, Public Art Master Plan, Traffic and Circulation Plan, and Design Guidelines. Download the official newsletter of the Girard Coalition, Inc. September, 2004- The most recent edition Archive: Past editions of the GCI Newsletter November, 2002 December, 2002 - January, 2003 February - March, 2003 April, 2003 May - June, 2003 July - August, 2003 December, 2003 January - February, 2004 June, 2004 Other Publications and Information EZ OpEd- Dec. '02: A Plan for Girard Avenue (download) EZ OpEd- April '03: Workshops: Planning for the Future of Girard Avenue (download) Route 15 Returns, by Janet Greenstein Potter (download)