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September 2003

Cedar Park Neighbors Newsletter Abbraccio Restaurant: It’s Ciao Time! t is time to say “ciao” (hello) to Inewest Abbraccio Restaurant—Cedar Park’s dining establishment. Cedar Park residents and restaurateurs Roger Harman, Vincent Whittacre and Dwayne Ball took a risk and boldly went where few have been willing to go—into the uncharted waters of new construction, building licenses and permits, zoning and architectural design. We raise a toast to their confidence and investment in our community.

It was just four years ago that Cedar Park Neighbors facilitated discussions among residents to consider competing proposals for use of the abandoned lot at the corner of 47th Street and Warrington Avenue.

Serious consideration was given to all proposals and difficult decisions were made.

The process worked as it should, and the result—our neighborhood’s first new business construction in many years— is well worth the wait.

p.m. As a special “thanks” to our neigh- Abbraccio Restaurant borhood association, 5% of the proceeds 820 South 47th Street from the Sunday, September 21 Breakfast (215) PASTA-47 Buffet will benefit Cedar Park Neighbors.

Be sure to bring your family and friends to this special breakfast to celebrate good food, good company, and a good cause.

Neighbors were treated to a “behind the scenes” tour and refreshments on July 7. There was overwhelming enthusiasm and admiration for the beautiful interior and exterior.

Congratulations Roger, Vincent and Dwayne!

photos: Robert P. Siddall

Abbraccio Restaurant opened its doors for business the week of July 21, offering diners “A Taste of Italy.” Favorites from the trio’s former establishment, the Palladium, include “Best of Philly” Caesar Salad and Chocolate West Philadelphia, which must be tasted in order to be believed. Dinner is served every evening until 10 p.m. with the bar remaining open late. Sunday features a Breakfast Buffet from 11 a.m. until 2:30

Meet Me at the Fair! Get Ready for Fun at the Cedar Park Neighbors Fair he annual Cedar Park Neighbors Fair, held in Cedar Park at 50th and Baltimore, will be take place on Saturday, September 20 from noon to 5 p.m. The Fair is a major fundraiser for Cedar Park Neighbors and a great way to be a part of the community. Fair organizers are busy working on sponsorships, raffle prizes, children’s activities, vendor tables, food and entertainment. If you know musicians, choirs, storytellers, dancers, etc. please put them in contact with the Fair committee.

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We love to showcase our local talent!

There are lots of other ways to support the Fair. We need volunteers right now to recruit entertainment, solicit raffle prizes, sell raffle tickets, and circulate flyers and other publicity materials. On the day of the fair, help is needed to set up, moderate children’s activities, work at the membership table. This is a fun way to meet neighbors and a great way to get involved in CPN. Why not give two hours of your time to make the Fair a success?

Save the Date: Saturday, September 20 12 noon - 5 p.m.

Cedar Park 50th & Baltimore Avenue

Get involved! Contact: Wayne Marquardt (215) 662-476-1258 WAYNERx@aol.com or Roger Harman (215) 387-3463 kiddo@ix.netcom.com

President’s Message: A Year of Progress ewsletters, community meetings, N strategic plan, Park Improvement Project, Crossroads Project, scholarships, Baltimore mural, coalitions, CPN Fair, website, mission statement, database development, membership committee, Live Stop intervention, block meetings, meetings with police, Zoning mediation, Liquor Store campaign, Baltimore Corridor project, tree planting, holiday baskets, Neighborhood Marketing Campaign…Whew!

At an all-day planning session on July 19, Board members, divided into three groups, competed to list CPN activities of the past year. Even the cynics among us had to be impressed. It was one year since our first planning day when goals were set for a year’s work that has resulted in a strategic plan, launching of new efforts, an increase in membership and organizational focus and development. The planning day allowed an opportunity to revisit the work of the past year, acknowledge our successes, recognize ongoing challenges, and identify new opportunities to better serve Cedar Park residents.

Consistently emerging from the discussion was the need for more broad-based leadership of established, as well as new, committees. Our membership base is strong and we have clearly articulated programs

By Maureen Tate

and efforts. However, we need to find better ways of inviting members into active participation in the organization.

We want to plan for continuity of leadership in the event that current volunteers need to withdraw from responsibility.

There are programs that are substantially sound but could be expanded and improved with the additional resources and skills of our members and residents.

In this issue of the newsletter you will read about many ways to become involved in the community through Cedar Park Neighbors. Members old and new are volunteering in many of these efforts.

We encourage more of you to see where you can contribute.

You will read about opportunities to be involved in the CPN Fair, Scholarship Committee, Park Improvement Project, Housing/Property Task Force, Recycling, Tire Round-up, Block Leaders Conference and more in future issues. Think about where your passions and skills lie. Call or e-mail the contact people listed at the end of most articles. We have a place for you at whatever level feels comfortable, from small, defined task to leadership in a project near and dear to your heart.

You are likely to hear from us in the coming year. There is no better time than the present. Come aboard!

Tire Roundup a Big Success – If We Do Say So Ourselves! or the fourth consecutive year, F Cedar Park Neighbors fielded a team of volunteers to collect tires in the city’s annual Tire Roundup. Each year our participation in this important clean up event has increased: this year, with three vehicles and five volunteers, we divided the neighborhood into sectors, thus covering a larger area in less time. CPN Board members Lisa Johanningsmeier, John Ellingsworth and April Marinell were joined by Tod Kovich and Angie Coghlan at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 9th. With a list of locations to visit which had been called or emailed in to us, the teams split up and worked their sector. In a little over three hours of dirty but satisfying work we were able to turn in 280 tires to the Streets

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Department truck at 25th and Washington. A new record!

We urge you to consider joining our happy little band next year. With more volunteers and vehicles we could cover more ground and collect more tires.

Since CPN was preregistered with the city, we will receive a bounty of $140 for the tires we collected. Additionally, the University City District has turned over extra revenues for tires it collected over and above the $250 maximum allowed. Thanks to all at UCD, particularly John Fenton, for remembering us and for doing such an outstanding job collecting tires all year round.

—by Angie Coghlan

Baltimore Avenue: Back to Business Cedar Park Welcomes New Owner of Firehouse Farmer’s Market Cedar Park Neighbors extends a warm and enthusiastic welcome to the new owner of The Firehouse Farmers Market, Mr. Linford Martin. What great news for Cedar Park! Linford Martin is a Cedar Park resident who resides with his wife, Marcy, and their two children on St. Bernard Street. He is also a member of our very own Cedar Park Neighbors!

What more could we have asked for than the continuity of local ownership of one of Cedar Park’s treasured landmarks and business establishments?

Many expressed concern when they heard that the Market was for sale. Cedar Park Neighbors was also interested in the sale because of our unique history with the Market. CPN had an instrumental role in developing the Firehouse some fifteen years ago as an economic development initiative by which we entered into a unique private/community partnership with former owner, Mr. Bill Coleman.

It is great news that the new owner intends to continue and develop a market concept at the Firehouse. We thank Bill Coleman for his many years of investment and hard work in our community and we wish him well in future endeavors. We congratulate Linford Martin on his new business and look forward to future developments.

Stay tuned! This is the beginning of a great new chapter for the Firehouse Market.

Sugar Hill Bakery Claims Its Spot on the Avenue

Baynum’s Butcher Block: Old-time Butcher Takes up Residence in Firehouse Farmers Market

If you’re wondering about a small sign advertising Sugar Hill Bakery and Café at the former Mr. Hair Salon on the 4900 block of Baltimore Avenue, wonder no more: a great new business is coming to the Ave!

On August 19, University City gained a true neighborhood resource—an authentic community butcher shop—when Troy Baynum opened Baynum’s Butcher Block at The Firehouse Farmers Market at 50th Street and Baltimore Avenue.

Sugar Hill Bakery and Café is owned and operated by Cedar Park resident Ms. Kameelah Mu’Min. Ms. Mu’Min presently operates the bakery from her home on Hazel Avenue and sells her products to several Center City establishments. Sugar Hill advertising promises an establishment “Where a slice of life is sweetened with a cup of laughter and a teaspoon of pure love…Life, Laughter and Love!”

Forget the calories. We all deserve a fat helping of this Sugar Hill recipe. Opening is projected for November 2003 following extensive renovations.

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Troy has worked in the meat industry for over 20 years, and he sees himself at the cusp of a developing trend. “Supermarkets are doing away with butchers in favor of pre-packaged, meats,” he claims. “Now, if you want a particular cut of meat that’s not in the case, there is often no butcher to do it for you.”

Not so at Baynum’s! It will be a full-service shop, offering fresh, custom-cut beef, pork, veal, lamb, poultry and sausages, as well as smoked meats and deli items from local supplier Dietz & Watson. If you want something

that Troy doesn’t stock—a whole pig, for example—no problem!

Troy will order it for you.

Eli Massar, Corridor Manager for University City District’s initiative to reinvigorate Baltimore Avenue is thrilled “to have quality, fresh ingredients that can be hard to find in University City. Baynum’s is a real boon to the area,” he continues, “one of the top requests by Baltimore Avenue shoppers in a recent survey was more choice in groceries.”

“I want to become the neighborhood butcher by offering a wide selection of items at reasonable prices,” says Troy. “I love the diversity of this neighborhood, and I hope to show the community the real difference in quality when meat is bought fresh.”

Linford Martin, new owner of the Firehouse Farmers Market, his wife, Marcy Zimmerman, and their daughters Anita & Emma join neighbors for a Friday Night Jazz concert.

Baynum’s Butcher Block Firehouse Farmers Market 50th Street & Baltimore Ave. (215) 724-7660 Open Monday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Tuesday - Saturday, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

—contributed by Todd Powers, Marketing Manager, University City District September 2003

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Community Development Cedar Park Improvement Project Over the past six months groundwork has been laid for a major park improvement project at Cedar Park, 49th-50th street on Baltimore Avenue. Park improvement was one of the major priorities identified in the CPN strategic plan and it received enthusiastic community support at our public meeting and in the written feedback.

The Park shares a name with the community at large and yet does not reflect well on the community. During recent meetings with local residents, organizations, business owners and churches, we heard consistent and enthusiastic support for improving the park to better meet community needs. CPN then submitted an application to the Community Design Collaborative, a non-profit organization that provides pro bono pre-design services to non-profits requiring the assistance of architects, engineers, planners, landscape architects and estimators for community projects. The Community Design Collaborative has agreed to work with CPN on the Park Improvement Project and will provide the committee with an initial design, a color perspective rendering and a Phase I Budget to assist with initial grant writing to fund the project.

We have also met with political leaders, the Department of Recreation and Philadelphia Green and are encouraged by expressions of support and indications that resources may be available for successful implementation.

On July 16, the first meeting of the Park Improvement Project Committee was held at Calvary Church. Attending were CPN members, residents of Catharine Street, and representatives from Hickman Day Care Center, Resources for Human Development, Philadelphia Green, the Department of Recreation and the University City District. Using a color photo collage of the Park prepared by CPN resident and volunteer Balil Bell, participants discussed the parameters of the project, which include design work, fundraising, implementation, community involvement and a sustainable maintenance plan. There was a consensus among those present that the Park, in its present condition, does not serve our residents, our children or our business community in its deteriorated and unkempt state.

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CPN Park Improvement Project committee meeting on August 6. Clockwise, from lower left: Eli Massar, Baltimore Avenue Corridor Manager; Holman Massey, CPN member; Laura Raymond, Community Design Collaborative architect; Maureen Tate, CPN President; Dan Garafolo, Community Design Collaborative architect; Monica Allison, Catherine Street resident; Charlene Poles, Resources for Human Development; Wayne Marquardt, CPN Board; Althea Mosley, Hickman Day Care Center; April Morrill, CPN Board

Committee members generated a list of concerns, such as fencing, play equipment, maintenance, landscaping, tree care, and overall design and use of the park. There was enthusiastic discussion about ideas for improvement.

The Community Design Collaborative met with the committee again on August 6 to clarify improvement ideas. A preliminary design was presented to the committee for feedback in early September. Next, the CDC team will complete a design rendering and identify phases and budget information to be used in seeking funding and further commitments of support. Although final park improvements may vary from the initial design, the report of the Community Design Collaborative will be invaluable in seeking community, financial and political support. If you are interested in participating in the Park Improvement Project, please contact Sean Joe at (215)474-4411; sjoe@ssw.upenn.edu

Neighborhood Marketing Campaign As one of six residential areas participating in the Neighborhood Marketing Campaign, Cedar Park can now be found on a new website promoting Philadelphia neighborhoods. Visit Cedar Park as well as the other participating neighborhoods at www.phillyathome.com

Community Development

Block Organizing

Housing/Property Task Force

Block Leader Conference Planned

The CPN Housing/Property Task Force met for the first time on July 9 to address issues of concern to residents within the Crossroads Zone, which extends one block in each direction from the intersection of 49th Street and Baltimore Avenue.

Increased communication and collaboration among blocks is one of the goals of the CPN long range plan. Our block network has identified block leaders who are receiving regular e-mail communications regarding resources and services important to our residents. Cedar Park Neighbors is planning a Block Leader Conference for Saturday, November 8 at Hickman Temple, 50th and Baltimore Avenue. The conference will feature guest speakers from city offices, community groups, and local blocks who will address topics such as abandoned properties, zoning, and crime, as well as areas of general interest such as community gardens. A Block Leader Kit for participants is being developed. Please watch future newsletters for details.

Ten volunteers have made a long term commitment to work as a team on tasks identified as priorities. Initially, team members will be engaged in basic research on property ownership, condition, zoning, use, etc. Part of this work will be gathering information on resources available to help homeowners with property improvement.

Another priority of the task force will be to develop a strategy for addressing issues of vacant housing and land within the area. Finally, the task force will meet with neighbors in the Crossroads area to share concerns and information as well as consider opportunities for improving the quality of life for residents. Task Force members are developing a database for this work and will be receiving property research training. If you are interested in this project please contact Maureen Tate (215) 726-8664; tatemch@aol.com

If you are acting as a block captain/contact person but are not receiving emails as part of the local network, OR if you can help with conference preparations—phone calls, registration, food, packets, workshops or other tasks—contact Carole Walker, (215) 474-8505.

Education Mentoring Program to Begin at West Philadelphia High School

CPN Scholarships Awarded at Jazz Concert Cedar Park Neighbors Scholarship Awards were presented at the Firehouse Jazz Concert on Friday, August 8. The Scholarship Committee made three re-awards: Annette Walston ‘05, a Business Administration major at Drexel; Jendayi Muntu ‘06, a Business Administration major at the University of Miami; and Rosa Peiffer-Mellette, a Textile Design major at the Philadelphia University. We made 3 new awards: to Eli Steward for Pre-Med at Bates College, Ruth Kpou at the Pennsylvania State University, and to Marian Harvey for Pre-Med at Saint Leo University.

The Committee also raised the award amount to $700. If you would like to participate in the Scholarship Committee contact Gary Bronson (215)724-7285; bronswolfe@aol.com.

Rev. Rodney Rogers of the Center For Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania, and Gerald Martin, President of the Alumni Association of West Philadelphia High School, announced the start of a new mentoring initiative called Collaboration in Action Mentoring Program (CAMP/West) for West Philadelphia High School students.

WPHS alumni and neighbors are invited to attend upcoming training sessions and become mentors. Rev. Rogers attended the University City Community Council’s last meeting on August 7 to request the

community associations’ participation. Fifty WPHS students have already requested the opportunity to work with a mentor, so there is ample enthusiasm at the school for this new program.

Rev. Rogers is asking interested neighbors to attend a meeting to be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, at Emmanuel Church, 48th & Spruce Streets. This will be the first of several training sessions to help prepare mentors for the project.

Please call Mr. Martin at (610) 630-4881 or Rev. Rogers at (215) 573-6412.

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Location, Location, Location: Filming "Hack" in Cedar Park he title sequence sets the scene for T “Hack,” the first network television series to be filmed entirely on location in Philadelphia. The camera zooms by familiar icons: City Hall, the Art Museum, rowers on the Schuylkill River. The sequence ends with a close up of series star David Morse, arms outstretched, looking skyward. The camera pulls back, revealing a sidewalk, a tree, and neat rowhouses— on the 4900 block of Larchwood Avenue.

Yep, that’s OUR Larchwood Avenue.

“Hack” is the story of Mike Olshansky (David Morse), a Philly cop who is caught lifting $4,000 from a drug bust. He gets fired and is under indictment. His wife kicks him out of the house (the aforementioned rowhome on Larchwood) and files for divorce. Mike picks up a job as a cab driver to pay the bills. He is completely despondent until he discovers that with his police skills and the resources of his former partner Marcellus (Andre Braugher), he can still help people who are in trouble.

The characters that Mike tries to help need places to live, which leads us to the home of Cedar Park Neighbors Board Member Lizza Robb. Lizza’s house attracted the attention of one of Hack’s location scouts, who slipped a postcard through her door. After Lizza called back and agreed to a screen test, the scout photographed the interior and exterior of her house. Next came a visit from Location Manager Demian Resnick and Producer Nan Bernstein. Demian and Nan chose Lizza’s house as the home of Vanessa Griffin (Moira Kelly), a feisty paralegal and an old friend of Mike’s who is trying to help her drug-addicted brother.

The crew came to Lizza’s house on a Friday to set up for the shoot. Filming was done the following Monday, with tear down on Tuesday. Lizza and her family were treated to a stay at a local hotel during the set up, shooting, and tear down, and were paid $500 a day for set up and tear down and $1,000 for the day of filming.

Set up consists of laying down thick cardboard to protect floors and walls from accidental bumps and scrapes. Set dressers might rearrange the furniture, add framed artwork to reflect the characters’ taste, or even paint the walls a different color.

During tear-down, everything is returned to its original condition, or better—in June 2003

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the case of some homeowners who prefer to keep the new paint color!

Homeowners are invited to watch the filming, but Lizza and her partner only stopped by briefly. “It was a complete madhouse,” Lizza says. “There were people everywhere. I literally almost ran into David Morse, and every few minutes everyone had to freeze and be perfectly silent during the takes.” Lizza’s furniture was used during filming, with only a coffee This scene from Episode 5, My Brother’s Keeper, was filmed table, some porch furniture, and “family on Lizza Robb’s front porch! photographs” added by the set dressers.

The big surprise came when the show was aired—Lizza’s bathroom had a brandnew walk-in shower! In order to get the right camera angles the film crew built a replica of the her deep-turquoise-walled bathroom on Hack’s soundstage at the old Convention Center. “We were getting calls from our friends, asking us if we had the bathroom re-done,” laughs Lizza.

“It was a great experience,” she says.

“Everyone was pleasant and responsible.

“Heather,” “Mike” and “Mike, Jr.” I’d do it again.” Lizza may get her chance: stand in front of their house on “Hack” is back for a second season, and the 4900 block of Larchwood. the film crew is once again scouting the photos: www.davidmorse.org city for locations. During the first season, the 4900 block of Larchwood was chosen as the home of Mike’s ex-wife, Heather (Donna Mills), and their son Mike, Jr. (Matthew Boorish). In the season’s final episode, Heather is planning to re-marry and move to Wynnewood. There’s a “for sale” sign in front of the house on Larchwood! But Mike, ever the hero, pulls up the sign and tosses it into the bushes.

Will he move back into his old house?

Tune in to find out.

— by Judy Lamirand

Get into the Act! To suggest your house as a location, call Hack’s location department at 215-568-5505.

“Don’t think you have to have a big, fancy house,” says Demian Resnick, the location manager.

“We need some of everything, and West Philadelphia has a dense, diverse collection of properties.”

If your house or another house on your block is chosen as a location, here’s how you can help the crew: Read the posted fliers and move your car if necessary. If you forget to move your car and it is moved for you, look for it around the corner or on the next block. “We don’t tow—we ‘relocate’ to the closest space available,” says Demian. “There are no fines.”

Keep it quiet. Because the crew is taping sound as well as video, avoid making loud noises. This is not the time to get out the weed whacker or blast the stereo.

If you would like to watch the filming, feel free to approach the crew and ask to speak to someone from the location department. They will answer your questions and show you where you can stand.

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Cedar Park Neighbors welcomes your participation.

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Great News From Recycling! edar Park Neighbors received a check C in July from Partnership Recycling for $2547.96! These funds are distributed as incentive payments to community recycling projects to support ongoing neighborhood improvement projects. At this rate we just might have to buy our Tree Tenders, Angie Coghlan and Johanna Fine, a whole ’nother forest to plant! Recycling funds presently support tree planting and a portion of our Scholarship Fund.

However, part of this latest payment will be used to support costs involved in the design phase of the Cedar Park Improvement Project.

Tonnage numbers have once again gone up: we averaged 6.42 tons of mixed paper per month for the last half of 2002, and 1.85 tons of plastic per month for the same period. That’s a 15% increase over the first half for paper, and a 43%

increase (!!!) for plastic. Put another way: the paper amounts are back to the levels we achieved before the City began curbside recycling of mixed paper, and the plastic tonnages are setting new records (considering figures back to 1995). The entire community of recyclers really deserves a big hand for their efforts.

Special thanks as well to Nancy Gyrek, John Quinn, and Jim Kurtz for their outstanding and consistent volunteer support.

The community has shown great support for this project. We see tangible results in funds raised for other community projects.

We need more volunteers to handle the volume. If you can volunteer one Saturday a month for a few hours, contact Al Airone at (215)729-5170; herons@ucwphilly.rr.com —by Al Airone, Recyling Coordinator June 2003

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Cedar Park Neighbors Calvary Community Center 4740 Baltimore Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19143

Rolling Membership Renewal In reading this newsletter’s address label, you may notice that your membership expiration date has been extended. The CPN Membership Committee has switched to a rolling calendar to reflect the reality that memberships are begun and renewed throughout the year.

Previously, memberships that began early in the year expired

CPN Board of Directors President Maureen Tate, 726-8664 tatemch@aol.com Vice-Presidents Carol Walker, 474-8505 Sean Joe, 474-4411 Secretary Jim Masen, 662-1978 Treasurer Karen Allen, 727-8349 Dorothy Welch Berlind Miriam Churchwell John Ellingsworth Eric Grau Roger Harman James R. Kurtz Lisa Johanningsmeier Melani Lamond James D. Lander April Marinell Wayne Marquardt Pia Martin Andrew Marvel Reggie Morgan Emma Oliver Lizza Robb

at the end of the same year, and memberships that began late in the year expired at the end of the following year. This often made the first year of membership either short or long.

renewal adds exactly a year.

(Adjustments were made for members who paid for multiple years in advance.) CPN keeps members on the mailing list for a year after the expiration date.

The fairest transition was to have memberships expire either at the end of 2003 or a year from the end of the month of payment for 2003, whichever is later. As always, membership

Should you have any questions or concerns about your membership renewal please contact membership chair Jim Kurtz: call 215-724-0399 email jimhuong@yahoo.com

Save the Date! UCHS Renovation & Restoration House Tour September 21!

As summer ends and you start to think about projects around the house, find inspiration at the University City Historical Society’s Renovation & Restoration House Tour which will be held on Sunday, September 21 from 1-5 p.m.

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University City houses in Cedar Park, Garden Court and Spruce Hill. View kitchens redesigned and bathrooms redone. See a spectacular whole-house makeover where a “plain jane” rental triplex has been turned into a family’s contemporary dream house! Visit the private owners suite at a spectacular B&B. Tickets are $15 apiece, $12. for members of UCHS, and children

under 12 may tour for free if accompanied by adults. Tickets will be available on the day of the tour and also on Saturday, September 20 at the UCHS booth at the Cedar Park Neighbors Fair in Cedar Park, 50th St. & Baltimore Ave. For more information: call UCHS at 215-387-3019 visit www.uchs.net email Mlamond@aol.com

CPN Mission Statement: Cedar Park Neighbors is an association of diverse households and businesses based in the Cedar Park neighborhood of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the association shall be to foster collaboration among all persons living and working in the Cedar Park neighborhood, to promote community development, to provide a forum for communication and community education, to respond to neighborhood concerns and to advocate for and promote the general welfare of the Cedar Park community.

Send Newsletter items to: 4820 Florence Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19143 tatemch@aol.com Newsletter Editors: Maureen Tate & Judy Lamirand Newsletter Design: Judy Lamirand, Parallel Design