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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Crowdfunding Bill Would Allow People to Invest in Local Businesses
By Stacy Mitchell on November 8, 2011
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Under a measure that passed the House last Thursday, you may soon be able to invest in a portfolio of your favorite independent businesses. The bill [1], which won bipartisan support and cleared the House on a 407-17 vote, would overturn long-standing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules that make it nearly impossible for small businesses to raise capital (or borrow money) from their customers and communities.
Current SEC rules divide investors into two categories. Wealthy people ("accredited"...
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Girard and 9th project calls for supermarket, retail
via PlanPhilly
July 20, 2011By Kellie Patrick Gates
For PlanPhillyA plan for a supermarket and retail shopping plaza on Girard Avenue at N. 9th Street received some needed approvals from the city planning commission this week.
But some commissioners are wondering if the area needs, or can support, another grocery store, since there is one existing and one soon coming in relatively close proximity. A West Poplar community representative told the commission a store would be most welcome, since there are a lot of people who live in areas that...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Super Fresh to fill Pathmark Vacancy
via Inquirer
Posted on Tue, Jul. 19, 2011
By Maria Panaritis
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The long-awaited supermarket for Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood, in limbo since the December bankruptcy filing of Pathmark parent company A&P, now appears to be a go.
Help-wanted signs appeared Tuesday morning on the glass storefronts of the two-story structure at the corner of Second Street and Girard Avenue, where developer Bart Blatstein...
Friday, July 8, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Effort to demolish former monastery on Girard is met with opposition
Existing Monastery
Proposed Development
via Inquirer
By Miriam Hill
The old mansion at Corinthian Street and Girard Avenue was once home to the Poor Clare nuns, who filled both the building and the neighborhood with their contemplative presence.
They left 34 years ago. Now a developer wants to knock down the former monastery to build 42 small residential units - and the reaction of neighbors is anything but quiet.
"I think it would be a shame...
Monday, July 4, 2011
Web-design company joins greening of Fishtown
via The Inquirer
By Diane Mastrull, Inquirer Staff Writer
"In the mid-1990s, the World Wide Web was relatively new and just beginning to be appreciated by businesses for its e-commerce potential.To many, the Internet was still a great unknown and a source of anxiety. Thus, the name that Mia and Tracy Levesque chose at the time for their Web-design company: Yikes.It's a five-letter word the couple are uttering with regularity these days...
Monday, May 2, 2011
Great Space for an Art Gallery
The owner of the property at 32 W. Girard Avenue has renovated his space and has been holding out renting it for an art gallery.
The Space which is just one block from the Piazza in Northern Liberties and only one more block from the Frankford Avenue of the Arts.
- New oak wood flooring
- New bathroom
- Updated back office for storage
- High Ceilings (12')
- New glass store front
600 Square Feet for $950 per month.
For more information contact...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Fine dining in Brewerytown?
By Hayden Mitman. via HomeNews
On Girard Avenue at Taney Street in Brewerytown, a former illegal boarding house stands broken.
Inside the 9,000-square-foot property, cluttered debris and signs of the historic structure's former life as ramshackle housing litter the building.
Yet, intricately textured walls and ceilings make it known that the dilapidated structure once had been loved.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Soil Kitchen: April 1st - 6th
http://soilkitchen.org
Friday, April 1stnoon-1:30pm | Wind Turbine Workshop 1Sam Newman
Learn how to build your own wind turbine from household materials. In the first part of this three-part workshop, Sam will talk about wind turbines, location, and circuitry.2:00pm-3:00pm | Composting and YouTim Bennett
Join Tim Bennett, owner of Bennett Compost, for an introduction to the principles and processes of turning organic waste into...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Small-Business Credit Markets, Assessed by a Loan Broker
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Ami Kassar of MultiFunding and Lisa Iliopoulos, who is expanding her day care center with the help of a loan arranged by MultiFunding. By ROBB MANDELBAUMPublished: February 9, 2011Up until summer 2009, Ami Kassar was a nine-to-fiver, working for Advanta, one of the largest providers of credit cards to small business. But then the company went bust, another victim of the credit crisis, and the newly unemployed Mr. Kassar decided to strike...
Monday, February 14, 2011
Pathmark Update
via PW What Does The A&P Bankruptcy Mean For The Upcoming NoLibs Pathmark? Here’s a little-known fact (at least for those outside grocery store circles): In 2007, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) acquired Pathmark for $1.4 billion, which included $475 million in debt financing. This came after decades of downsizing and increased competition from an increasingly balkanized grocery-market market (the surge of pseudo natural...
Friday, February 11, 2011
Blood Drive at Hyperion Bank, Monday
Real Blood Donors
Save Real Lives
Winter is a difficult time for blood collection, with holidays and the inclement weather of the winter months. There is no substitute for blood - it takes real donors to provide blood for those in need. Please consider making a blood donation. There's someone in need who will be glad you did.
Dear donor,
I am writing to remind you that there are still appointments available for the American Red...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
No Soup for You! Soup Nazi on Girard Ave.
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By Patty-Pat Kozlowski
November 2, 1995. Yes, it was 16 years ago when America was introduced to "The Soup Nazi" via the television sitcom Seinfeld.
What else can you remember from 1995? Clinton was President. It was the year O.J. Simpson went on trial in January and was given a not guilty verdict in October. San Fran won the Super Bowl, Atlanta won the World Series. The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia died and the...
