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Planning for Health: How Philly is Building a Model That's Proactive About Public Health

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Face it Philly, we're not as healthy as we'd like to be. Center City native Clint Randall's job is to help make the connection between city planning and public health, putting our region at the forefront of a growing trend.
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Q&A: Rich Siegel, Main Line Delivery

Felicia D'Ambrosio Tuesday, February 08, 2011
They started with just three restaurants. Now this gang of twenty-something entrepreneurs serve 10,000 choosy, hungry Main Liners by delivering meals from 30 eateries from Bala Cynwyd to Villanova.
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View from the Airport: Waiting as PHL Plows Through Thundersnow

Flying Kite staff Thursday, January 27, 2011
Philly filmmaker Jamie Moffett was heading to Palestine to shoot a new documentary, but was among 1,500 passengers who never got past the tarmac Wednesday night.
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GPTMC's Zale Helps Usher In Mobile, Growth for Region's Tourism Sector

Joe Petrucci Thursday, January 13, 2011
Dear Always Working Web Guy: Kudos for making our city and its attractions more connected to tourists, even the ones that insist on running up the Art Museum steps. With Love, Flying Kite XOXO.
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FLYING PHOTO: Over the Junkyard and Through the Trash, On Two Wheels

Jeff Fusco Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Most definitely the only event of its kind to feature a teeter-totter, the fifth annual Bilenky Cycleworks Junkyard Cyclocross in Olney is believed to be the only cyclocross race held in a junkyard.
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UPenn Funds Seven Sustainable Projects

Joe Petrucci Thursday, December 02, 2010
A record number of applicants have produced a particularly impressive crop of Green Fund recipients, including a project that will install electric charging stations for car-sharing vehicles, announced today by the University of Pennsylvania
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CityRyde Confident About Approval of its Methodology for Bike-Sharing's Use of Carbon Offset Credits

Joe Petrucci Thursday, December 02, 2010
Hitting a major milestone as the UN Climate Change Conference heats up, the bike-sharing experts await OK from Voluntary Carbon Standard Program as investment piles up.
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Raising Girard: A True Community Effort Transforms Commercial Corridor

John Steele Tuesday, November 09, 2010
With transportation, commercial and residential developments surrounding Fishtown and Brewerytown, Girard Coalition begins a redesign of its strategic plan, hoping to connect the neighborhoods.
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Hells Bells: How Motorcycle Artist Marix Stone Survived the Shark Tank

Mike Morsch Tuesday, November 02, 2010
The ABC reality show was only the beginning for this Kensington designer and retailer of hand-sculpted 3D helmets. Sons of Anarchy wants him as he expands his business to do more one-of-a-kind work.
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Bike-Sharing 101: Come Ride for Yourself

Joe Petrucci Thursday, October 28, 2010
Sharing is caring, right? The good people at Bike Share Philadelphia care an awful lot about what they do, and they're hosting two bike-sharing demonstrations in Center City.  
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Q&A: Matt Bergheiser, University City District

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, October 05, 2010
University City is already a hub of sustainability. Off the Grid, a sustainability program created by the neighborhood's community development organization, is poised to bring together all of University City's assets in even more meaningful ways. 
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MOVING PICTURE: Manayunk EcoArts Festival

Walking Whale Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Suburban twenty-somethings, competitive bicyclists and arts/crafts makers move over. Manayunk is also a place for the green. The two-day Manayunk EcoArts Festival brings together the most innovative green businesses, artists and ideas.
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I Want To Ride My Bicycle

John Steele Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Increased funding, determined advocacy and strategic partnerships are taking the training wheels off the region's bicycle scene and making Greater Philadelphia more easily connected, particularly along the Delaware River.
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