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The semi-annual Liberty Lands Music Fest and the annual A Full Plate Rib Cook-off are both happening Saturday, September 11, at Liberty Lands on 3rd Street here in Northern Liberties!
The Rib Cook-off is 12 noon to 4PM and gets you all you can eat for $20. Info: afullplateannualribcookoff.com. The Music Fest is 4PM-10PM and features local bands and the notorious bottomless beer cup!
Don't miss it!
The Self-Defense Center on Liberties Walk (at 3rd St.) is offering free self-defense classes for women, every Wednesday at 7PM. Classes are free for first-timers only. Sign up or get more info at 1024 North 3rd St., 267-324-5367, or TheSelf-DefenseCenter.com.
The NLNA has received a number of large, 32-gallon, recycling containers from the RecycleBank program. These are about double the size of the old blue containers.
But - we're also almost out of the blue containers, and the city doesn't know when more will be available.
So... want one of the new, larger containers? Just bring in two blue containers, and we'll give you a brand-new green one!
More info: contact NLNA Clean & Green coordinator Lara Kelly, 215-627-6562, or trash@nlna.org.
Because Northern Liberties is a Model Neighborhood for the Water Department's greening initiative, you can get a free rain barrel!
Rain barrels capture storm water from your gutters and help prevent flooding. The water also can be used to water your garden or yard.
Supplies are limited, so don't delay! Email NLNA Clean & Green Coordinator Lara Kelly, trash@nlna.org, and include the following info:
- Your name (or business name) and address
- Description of your downspout: shape (round or square), size (2"x3", 3" round, etc.), and texture (smooth or rippled)
- Confirmation that you can fit a barrel 3 ft. high and 29" in your yard near a gutter downspout
Questions? Need more info? Just email Lara!
The Penn Treaty SSD - a nonprofit set up by two Fishtown area groups to accept funds from SugarHouse - will resume accepting grant applications from groups working in Northern Liberties, Fishtown, and parts of Port Richmond. Click here for more information. If you need help filling out the form or turning it in, please feel free to email us.
This innovative program lets you earn points based on how much recycling you put out on your curb each week. You can redeem the points for goods and services, or donate them to school programs. More info at RecycleBank.com.
More than a dozen businesses, green spaces, and other neighorhood spots get the Urban Explorer treatment from Nat Geo this month! Check out the interactive online map by clicking HERE. Or see a PDF of the magazine feature by clicking HERE.
The current issue of Philadelphia magazine includes several awards for NL-area businesses and spots:
- Best City Green Thumbs (City Planter)
- Best Bowling Alley (North Bowl)
- Best Sandwich Shop (Paesano's)
- Best City Blocks (900-1100 N. 2nd St.)
- Best Workout (Lithe Method, Liberties Walk)
- Best Brunch (Cafe Estelle)
- Best New Venue (941 Theater)
Also, Modo Mio (technically just across Girard from NL's northern boundary) got Best Prixe-Fixe. And NLNA President Matt Ruben received Best City Politician. Kudos to the winners, and to all the other very worthy NL businesses that are Best of Philly to those of us who frequent them every day!
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Northern Liberties is one of three Model Neighborhoods for the Philadelphia Water Department's Green Streets program. This initiative uses "green" tools - street trees, landscaping, vegetative swales (water absorbers), rain barrels, and more - to beautify blocks, increase the energy efficiency of homes, cut down on utility bills, and keep dirty flood waters out of our basements and rivers. More info at http://www.phillywatersheds.org/ and http://www.phillyriverinfo.org/
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