On Thursday, December 8, the WCGN Board voted to enter into a contract with the architectural historian Oscar Beisert to complete a study of the 5700-6200 blocks of Germantown Avenue, both east and west sides, and to prepare the documentation required for its nomination to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places as a Historic District. […]
Thanks to an awesome work crew, the Tulpehocken Station Garden is officially ready for winter. The weather was perfect on Saturday, November 5 for unloading about a ton of wood chips from Luke’s and Bob’s pickups and spreading it underneath the trees. Big thanks to everyone who contributed, especially 5-year-old Desi Morris!
WCGN held its Fall General Business Meeting via Zoom the evening of Wednesday, October 26, when a new slate of officers was elected. There were approximately 45 in attendance. The 2022-23 officers are: Suzanne Ponsen, President Luke Smith, 1st VP Mike Ramos, 2nd VP Connie Winters, Secretary Johan de Jong, Treasurer The agenda also included […]
The September 6 Q&A Zoom meeting for District 8 residents with Councilperson Cindy Bass and representatives from the City was well attended. Co-hosted by Penn Knox Neighborhood Assoc., SoLo, NW Neighbors, West Chelten Neighbors, Maplewood Neighbors and WCGN, the forum provided an opportunity to ask questions and learn some valuable information about property re-assessment and […]
Did Your Real Estate Assessment Go Through the Roof? Crosstown Coalition, a group of RCOs of which WCGN is a member, has put together a detailed guide showing how a property owner can challenge the City’s reassessment of their property if they feel it is inconsistent with that of neighboring properties. You can see their […]
Sue Finch – an amazingly colorful and creative woman and a force for good in our community for many decades — died Thursday, October 21, at her home in Upper Black Eddy where she and her husband Bob have been living with their son Richard and his wife Pam. She died peacefully in her sleep […]
In anticipation of relaxation of COVID guidelines, we have set Saturday, September 18, 2021 as a tentative date for a reprise of our very successful Yard Sale in the spring of 2019! So start gathering up the things you’d like to pass along and set them aside for September. If you have treasure too bulky […]
This Lenfest-sponsored storytelling project is a cooperative venture of Germantown Info Hub and Gtown Radio. All you have to do to participate (and receive a stipend) is agree to be interviewed for about a half hour or 45 minutes with a story in mind. It’s pretty open-ended, but the topic(s) must relate to your life […]
Philadelphia Water Department – call-for-artists PWD partnered with the US Water Alliance and the Germantown Community Flood Risk Task Force to establish the Rising Ideas Community Arts project. This is a call for community artists, cultural leaders, and organizations interested in creating art addressing Germantown flooding. The intent of this community arts process is to […]
Germantown Info Hub and G-town Radio want to invite you to take part in our Germantown Info Hub Neighborhood Stories Project! We will produce more than 40 first-person narratives by and of Germantown neighbors. Germantown residents have the opportunity to interview a fellow neighbor for the project, or tell a story themselves and receive compensation. […]
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