Neighborhood Innovation : Featured Stories

Now's your chance to make something this year. Three winter classes start in the next week at the internationally renowned, non-profit promoter of the ceramic arts in Old City.

No year-end lists or predictions here, just an honest look at some holiday break news that includes meds, eds and creatives and that's indicative of themes we'll be watching closely in 2011.

Campus Philly's recent survey reveals nearly half of non-native Philadelphia-area college students are staying in the region after graduation, a huge increase from a similar 2004 study.

Kathryn Pannepacker and Handmade with the Homeless provide creativity as a tool for self-expression and community for those in transition, as well as some amazing crafts like scarves and ornaments.  

Even as temperatures dipped to more seasonally appropriate numbers, Frankford Avenue in Fishtown was a hotspot for First Friday, offering up tango lessons, country-western 45s, and free kittens.

A record number of applicants have produced a particularly impressive crop of Green Fund recipients, including a project that will install electric charging stations for car-sharing vehicles, announced today by the University of Pennsylvania

Hitting a major milestone as the UN Climate Change Conference heats up, the bike-sharing experts await OK from Voluntary Carbon Standard Program as investment piles up.

With religious and political figures among his subjects and public spaces his usual showroom, Joe Boruchow's art inspires thought or outrage. Decide for yourself in the friendly confines of The Bean on South Street, where his exhibit runs through Dec. 7. 

The Comcast Digital Connectors program celebrated its impact over the last year, including students from Project H.O.M.E. and the People's Emergency Center who are learning how to develop careers in technology and their communities.

If you're a technology pro with a thirst for the arts or community service, read on to learn how to make a difference with the Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia. 

The inaugural TEDx Philly event, a celebration of innovative ideas happening right here and right now, took over the Kimmel Center in Center City on Thursday. Here's why we thought it was awesome and can't wait for the next one.

What do you get when you throw a few hundred techies and creatives together in Center City and let them decide what their day-long conference will cover? Photographer Jeff Fusco captured some of BarCamp Philly's user-generated brilliance at University of the Arts.

Monday is America Recycles Day and the RecycleNOW Philadelphia campaign announced big plans to further boost and incentivize recycling citywide. And it's even easier than separating paper from plastic.

Led by an inspiring effort at Mt. Airy, hundreds of volunteers will be at Philly's parks on Saturday for an ambitious cleanup.                                                    Find out where and how you and your friends can help.

With transportation, commercial and residential developments surrounding Fishtown and Brewerytown, Girard Coalition begins a redesign of its strategic plan, hoping to connect the neighborhoods.