Fishtown Neighbors Association

There will be no general membership meeting next Thursday, June 20!

Instead, please join us on Friday, June 21, from 6-9pm at the NKCDC Garden Center for our annual Meet the Neighbors party. Come out and get to know the people who live in your neighborhood, enjoy food and drinks from some of our most-buzzed-about restaurants and breweries… and enter to win generous raffle prizes from local businesses.

See you there!

Come out and meet the people who make Fishtown a great place to live!

When: Friday, June 21 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: NKCDC Garden Center (Frankford & Berks)
www.nkcdc.org/land-use/garden-center

RAIN OR SHINE!

The suggested door donation is $10. Admission is free for children under 12.

There will be delicious food, drinks and Kat’s famous salsa!

Community Service Awards will be presented to members of the community who have gone above and beyond to make our neighborhood the best in the city.

And… of course….we’ll be raffling off amazing prizes from local businesses.

You don’t want to miss this party! More details to follow shortly, but you can RSVP on Facebook  and get updates, here: https://www.facebook.com/events/498311366901704/

FNA and the NKCDC are calling all gardeners, farmers, green thumbs and plant lovers!

Bring your seeds and plants to an upcoming exchange at the NKCDC Garden Center (Frankford & Berks) on Thursday, June 6th, from 5-7 pm.

Philly Seed Exchange will lead a short workshop on seed saving. Afterwards, share and swap your seeds and plants with neighbors and friends. It’s free.

Don’t have seeds this year to exchange? Not a problem, use some of ours to get your garden growing. 

We hope you can join us for this month’s FNA meeting!

When: 7pm on Thursday, May 16
Where: Fishtown Rec Center (1202 E. Montgomery Ave.)

Get 26th district updates!

Find out about Meet the Neighbors!

Hear from our featured speakers:
All Democratic candidates running for the office of City Controller have been invited to present themselves to the community, prior to the Democratic Primary on Tuesday, May 21. 5/21. We hope to hear from all of them! (The Republican candidate is unopposed.)

Brett Mandel - http://brettmandel.com/

Mark Zecca –  http://www.zeccaforcontroller.org/

Alan Butkovitz - http://www.alanbutkovitz.com/index.htm

See you there!

Join the newly formed Friends of the Fishtown Recreation Center and the Fishtown Neighbors Association at The Rec (1202 E. Montgomery Ave.) on Saturday, May 11th to help clean up the grounds from 10AM to 12PM.

The Friends will be meeting at The Rec for a cleanup on the second Saturday of each month, from May through October.

We hope to see you there!

The April meeting of the FNA Beautification Committee will be held at 6:30PM on Wednesday, April 24 at The Fishtown Rec (1202 E. Montgomery Avenue) and is open to all Fishtown residents.

Come out, meet your neighbors and get involved in making our community even more beautiful! Exciting things are happening and we’d love for you to be a part of them!

* The date change is due to a conflict at The Rec. Moving forward, FNA Beautification Committee meetings will continue to be held on the 4th Thursday of every month, unless stated otherwise.

Please help plant 35 trees in Fishtown, Port Richmond, and East Kensington!

Date & Time: Sunday, April 21, 10am
Location: 2771 Jasper St. Phila., PA 19134

• Pick-up trucks (& drivers) needed.
• Tools will be provided. Bring gloves.
• Two hours of planting estimated.
• No experience necessary.
• All ages welcome.
• Rain or Shine!
• Food and drinks provided.

There will be a volunteer lunch after planting at the Philadelphia Brewing Company on Martha at Hagert.

Please email PhillyTreePeople@gmail.com for more information, if needed.