Communications

Love Your Park

The SCSSD staff and Cleaning Team participated in a 'Love Your Park Week' clean-up day in Geary Park and FDR Park on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 4:30PM to 8:00PM, FDR Park will host the Jerry Blavat Record Hop! For more information about this event, please visit: http://loveyourpark.org/event/jerry-blavat-record-hop/

If you would like to find out more information about Love Your Park Week and other events throughout the city, please visit: http://loveyourpark.org/

Posted May 15, 2012

Shredding Event 2012

SCSSD thanks the 800 residents that participated in this year's Shredding Event!

Together, we shredded and recycled just under 6 tons of paper. In addition, we safely recycled over 2 tons of electronics.

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Posted April 23, 2012

Cleaner and Greener!

The SCSSD Residential Cleaning Team has added a new piece of equipment for street and sidewalk cleaning. The new 'green' sweeper is eco-friendly, having no motor and zero emissions. The brushes of the sweeper are self-propelled as the unit is pushed. The sweeper has been quite effective in picking up cinders, gravel, and other small debris during our "detail" cleaning operations.

Posted March 28, 2012

Shredding Event

Save the date SCSSD residents!  The 6th Annual Document Shredding Event is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, 2012. Take advantage of this convenient opportunity to recycle old paperwork and protect yourself against identify theft.

SCSSD has hired a shredding truck to visit the four Community Districts throughout the day, stopping for one hour at each location. SCSSD residents are welcome to visit the truck at any one of the four locations, whichever time and location is most convenient for you.  Please make note of the truck locations and times below.

Location 1 – 13th & Geary Streets (District 1) from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Location 2 – 17th & Hartranft Streets (District 2) from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Location 3 – 10th & Bigler Streets (District 3) from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Location 4 – 18th & Bigler Streets (District 4) from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Check your mailbox in early April for a related event flyer with more details!

Posted February 14, 2012

New SCSSD Logo and Website

In 2011, SCSSD undertook a challenge to improve the applications of SCSSD branding and internet communications. The result is a “refreshed” logo and the proud launching of this brand new website! The updated logo includes a form of the prior icon, but with new fonts and the addition of “South” to "Philadelphia”, an important identifier of neighborhood pride. The new SCSSD website can be updated by SCSSD internally and will continue to evolve with more timely additions into the future. We hope you find the new SCSSD logo applications aesthetically pleasing, and this new website informative and easy to navigate.

Posted December 20, 2011

Survey says…

Thank you to the 1,070 households that responded to the 2011 SCSSD Community Survey! SCSSD conducted this survey as a follow-up to the 2004-05 survey. SCSSD is proud to report that neighborhood satisfaction has improved for every topic included in the surveys! Residents also assisted SCSSD with future strategic planning by providing nearly 2,000 written comments. SCSSD will be sharing a more detailed summary of survey results in the next SCSSD ‘Neighborhood Notes’ newsletter.

Posted October 11, 2011

SCSSD Cleaners Ready for Fall Leaves

Each season presents new and unique challenges for the SCSSD Residential Cleaning Team. From the excessive heat to the extreme cold, from the rain to the wind to the snow, the Team continues to pursue the primary goal of zero tolerance for neighborhood litter. Our next challenge is the pick-up of fallen leaves and our Team is well prepared. SCSSD is proud to assist neighbors with this service, as a secondary goal of the cleaning program. While we do not expect to capture all of the leaves as they drop, we are committed to revisiting every street as often as we can until all leaves are collected.

Posted October 10, 2011

SCSSD Funds Tree Trimming Project

Street trees are a valuable community asset and SCSSD is proud to help residents and the City by performing periodic tree maintenance. SCSSD is currently funding a $200,000 project to trim all of the 1,500 street trees located within the SCSSD service boundaries.  This is the third project SCSSD has completed since initiating tree care programs in 2004. SCSSD has also planted 331 new street trees at locations requested by residents, with another tree planting project scheduled for this fall.

Posted October 7, 2011

Children’s Halloween Party 2011

Save the date SCSSD residents! The 7th Annual Children’s Halloween Party is scheduled for Saturday, October 29th, 2011 from 3pm to 5pm at the American Swedish Historical Museum in Historic FDR Park. Special guests this year include Buzz Lightyear, the Incredible Hulk, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Abby Cadabby, and Strawberry Shortcake. SCSSD residents can also enjoy free snacks, take home trick-or-treat gifts, face painting, balloon artistry, pumpkin painting, and DJ music and dancing. This event is exclusively for SCSSD residents. Residents must bring the orange event flyer (mailed to SCSSD households in October) for admittance.

Posted October 6, 2011