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Mayor Nutter Announces New Appointments

July 18 - Mayor Michael A. Nutter today announced the appointments of Allan Frank as Chief Information Officer, Frances Burns as Commissioner of Licenses and Inspections and David Wilson as Deputy Managing Director for Administration. more »

Mayor Nutter Announces Office Of Arts, Culture And The Creative Economy

July 18 – This afternoon Mayor Michael A. Nutter signed an Executive Order creating the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.
Gary Steuer, formerly Vice President of the New York based non-profit Americans for the Arts, was appointed as Chief Cultural Officer. Mr. Steuer will formally start with the Administration in October. more » | Executive Order

Mayor Nutter Announces Almost $20m To Reinvigorate Parkway & Neighborhood Green Space

July 17 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced today that a total of $19.25 million will be invested in reinvigorating the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and in developing Hawthorne Park, a community green space at 12th and Catharine. more »

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia and Pew Charitable Trusts Announce Extensive Improvements for Ben Franklin Parkway and Development of New Park in South Philadelphia

July 17 — Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced plans for extensive landscape and roadway enhancements on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway,
as well as the development of a new park in South Philadelphia’s Hawthorne neighborhood. A consortium of funders will provide more than $19 million for the work. more » | Parkway, Hawthorne Park fact sheet

Mayor Nutter Appoints New Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations

July 08 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced his nine appointees to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations at a press conference in City Hall today.
The Mayor appointed: Rev. James Allen, Rabbi Rebecca Alpert, Regina Austin, Fernando Chang-Muy, Tom Earle, Cynthia Figueroa, Chukri Khorchid, Nick Torres and Kay Kyungsun Yu. Rev. Allen will continue to serve as the Chair of the Commission. more »

July 07 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced today that Philadelphia is now the largest city on the East Coast of the United States to move to citywide, single stream recycling.
He also kicked off the new “All Together Now” single stream recycling program with a “BINdependence Day” celebration in City Hall. All Philadelphia residents are now “free” to put all recyclables into one bin - any bin. more »

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