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Banking on green
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MARCH 3, 2011
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Two local schools are in line to receive grants for developing eco-conscious community programs. By Alexis Abate Review Contributor
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ver since Mayor Michael Nutter introduced Greenworks Philadelphia in spring 2009, the city has been hailed as a top innovator of all things eco-friendly. Two local public schools plan to add green to their respective locations with positive environmental project proposals for the community at large to enjoy. Next month, Andrew Jackson School, 1213 S. 12th St., and Chester A. Arthur School, 2000 Catharine St., will be rewarded with grants in excess of $4,000. They’re two of only 15 schools to receive national recognition as part of Recyclebank’s Green Schools Program this spring. Both local institutions proposed plans to benefit their neighborhoods. See GREEN SCHOOLS page 10
S ta f f P h o t o b y Greg Bezanis
The Prep Charter girls’ basketball team, left, defeated Central, 4939, to claim the program’s first-ever crown. Senior Lamin Fulton, right, and his Neumann-Goretti teammates three-peated as Catholic League champs by knocking off Archbishop Carroll, 59-55. See more championship coverage, pages 42-43.
Meds and threads
Two renowned companies announced they will further populate The Philadelphia Navy Yard. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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ebruary contains the fewest days, but this year’s version bore a pair of big announcements for The This rendering gives an interior glimpse of what awaits GlaxoSmithKline’s employees, who will Philadelphia Navy Yard. begin to move their operations at the end of Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline revealed Feb. 8 it would consolinext year. p r o v i d e d b y R o b e r t A . M . S t e r n A r c h i t e c t s date its space and transfer its corporate
headquarters from Center City to the sprawling campus. Not to be outdone, Urban Outfitters Inc., a top supplier of modish clothing, the next day disclosed it will expand its Navy Yard operations by acquiring and redeveloping two buildings. The latter proclamation will result in the creation of 1,000 jobs over the next three years. The companies’ plans bring further into
focus the vision the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. (PIDC) has for enhancing the area that housed the country’s first naval shipyard and that now serves as a mixed-use office, research and industrial environment. “These moves place The Navy Yard in a position to be another option for businesses to consider when pondering their formation or relocation,” Will Agate, PIDC’s vice president of The Navy Yard management and deSee NAVY YARD page 8