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Restoring Our Community One Person At A Time
G'Town Restoration Community Development Corporation
G'Town Restoration CDC is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization comprised of community building leaders who are willing to work together to provide information, skills, tools and technical assistance to residents, organizations, businesses, elected/appointed officials, funders and policy makers engaged in the efforts to improve the quality of life in Northwest Philadelphia.
News and Events
 April 11, 2015Mother Nature gave us a beautiful Saturday to clean up! |  Kappa Klean!!The brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi spruce up the corners of Germantown Avenue and School House Lane. State Representative and fraternity brother Stephen Kinsey was there to lend a helping hand while Dr. Churchville Executive Director of G'Town Restoration CDC joins the crew in a snap shot. |  Ministry Men!Harambe Baptist Church's Deacon Graham, a living example of the scripture verse "Faith without works is dead" takes on the corners of Chew and Chelten Avenues early in the morning! |
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 No work is too hard!Deacon Lewis working hard to make the street as bright as his smile! Harambe Baptist Church is located at 5648 Chew Avenue. |  Chew and Chelten Avenue Clean upDeacon Turner stands by with needed equipment. |  Chew and Chelten Avenue CleanMrs. Churchville smiles as she sweeps! |
 Chew and Chelten Clean UpDr. Churchville pauses, but only for a moment...more work to be done! |  Chew and Chelten Clean UpBrother May takes on curb duty! |
 Help-A-Neighbor Day May 16, 2015G'Town Restoration CDC/NAC, Harambe Baptist Church and Summerville Second Chance, Inc. partnered to clean up the 5600 block of Boyer Street and Honor Mom Barbara Burnham for her life-long services to the community and neighborhood in which she lives. |  Rain Can't Stop Us!Despite showers, Harambe member Billie Whitly canvassed the 5600 block of Boyer Street Neighbors to find out what they needed for community improvement. |  Smiles for Miles!Helping our neighborhoods begins with a simple smile. Sister Lorraine Beaton is always willing to oblige!! |
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 Honoring Mother Barbara BurnhamG'Town Restoration CDC/NAC, Summerville Second Chance, Inc. and Harambe Baptist Church members gather around the neighborhood heroine, Mom Burnham before clean-up commences. |  Love Spilling OverNeighbors, friends and partnering organizations gather around Mom Burnham. |  Setting Things Up!G'Town Restoration's NAC Coordinator, Charles Richardson, lends a helping hand to Gregory Henry, a friend and neighbor of Barbara Burnham. |
 Curb Appeal!Mom Burnham's garden was spruced up with cedar chips and a few pretty flowers! |  A New Coat of Paint!Summerville Second Chance, Inc.'s President, Chauncey May, begins to make Mom Barbara's garden bright as he touched up her home's facade with a new coat of paint. |  Door-to Door SurveyingHarambe's Elder Richard Cottom asks friendly neighbors about their concerns. |
 United Front!G'Town Restoration's Executive Director, John Elliott Churchville and Harambe Baptist Church's Deacon Herman Graham dig in together to clean Boyer Street. |  Pastoral Participation!During the neighborhood survey, Harambe's Pastor, Jeff Harley, stops for a moment to chat with church member Pat Thomas, who lived on Boyer Street years ago! |  Working Women!Elizabeth Armstead, Elizabeth Dowdy, Birdell Brooks, and Lavern Saunders work out a neighborhood canvassing plan. |
 Well Done!A few more feet to go and the "Help a Neighbor Day" mission will be completed. |
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