We pause to recognize the outstanding work of the Institute for the Study of Civic Values and Ed Schwartz, its executive director (and a former City Councilman). Today, they will gather with 400 fellow travellers to talk about setting a neighborhood-focused agenda for the years to come.
Neighborhood organizing is arduous work, and Schwartz wrote the book -- literally. And he's not a guy who rests much, so tomorrow's agenda has an ambitious agenda that features the current mayor (who will "lay out the neighborhood priorities of his administration through the end of the year") as well as one of the two guys who will be the next mayor (who will "outline their neighborhood priorities for the next four years.")
It also features former mayoral candidate Dwight Evans, speaking (for what has to be one of the first times since the primary excitement finally wrapped up) on how to work with Harrisburg.
And it features a special panel on the environment by several panelists who are part of our Next Mayor Community Network.
Events start at 8:30 at the Convention Center. PhillyBlocks 2007 event information can be found here.
Comments (2)
Philly Blocks :
Wendy ,
I don't want to seem to be the ration-overseer but lunch is sold-out and are fees going into an account to earn more money.
To the critics this is a fair ?
Posted by Jasper Zeigler Jr | September 14, 2007 9:33 AM
I hope that participants explore the effort to protect neighborhoods and the riverfront (and city) from casinos. It is one very good example of communities coming together and so far they have not been rewarded despite the thousands of residents who have participated in the effort over the past 18 months or more.
Posted by Jethro Heiko | September 14, 2007 10:00 AM