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Looking Back at the 2020-21 Community Revitalization Fellowship: Creative Placemaking by Community Leaders from Three Cities

Center for Community Progress

The 2020-2021 CRF Cycle The 2020-2021 Community Revitalization Fellowship included grassroots community leaders from Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Montgomery, Alabama; and Reading, Pennsylvania. Event at Lucky’s Lane in 2023, following the cohort and community’s revitalization efforts.

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Quote on housing that's very apt: "As demand for housing rises, Philadelphia’s neighborhoods can either remain affordable or remain low-density. They cannot do both"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A sign on a fence in 2021 expressed the opposition of some West Philadelphia residents against the construction of an apartment building at 48th Street and Chester Avenue. There are two commercial districts on major streets (North Temple, Redwood Road), but there aren't neighborhood commercial districts.

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Improving the food system related host/ess gifts for Thanksgiving

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Restaurants are still closing in 2023. People are eating out more now, as vaccination rates increase, but there is still a greater amount of home-based cooking than there was before. Photo: Jonathan Wiggs, Boston Globe. Inflation along with rising wage rates have also affected restaurants. Pandemic: Supply chain and now inflation.