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LABA
Celebrating
- 20 Plus Years of Community Service
LABA, today bridging business and community...
Lancaster Avenue Business Association-Community
Development Corporation (LABA-CDC), has experienced many victories
throughout the past nineteen
years of service. None of our success was without lots of support form
our family, friends, community and business associates.
1986 - 2006
Celebrating 20 years of Community Service.
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Clean
/Sweep & Beautification Plus Initiative: (LABA-CDC Corridor
Maintenance Program)-
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Since
1990, Showcase Inc. / LABA has provided leadership initiating
the removal of rubbish on vacant
lots-
on and in the
immediate
area of Lancaster Avenue. Through this effort to date eight
vacant lots have received attention from the Mayor's Neighborhood
Transformation
Initaitive and the Philadelphia Green Programs. We support
a cleaner environment by organizing volunteers to work hands
on
in LABA Corridor Clean / Sweeps.Through the LABA Inclusive
Initiative in collaboration with Peoples Emergency Center-PECCDC
. LABA was instrumental in offering support to PEC
in receiving funding
to extend clean-up three days a week on the
corridor from 38th to 43rd on Lancaster. This service project
stems from the continued efforts of the Showcase Inc. /
LABA and its goal to provide the LABA Clean-Sweep & Beauification
Plus Program, designed to provide extended cleaning service
along the corridor 40th - 52nd - 52nd -63rd creating a
cleaner environment
the length of the business corridor and its adjacent corners.
Our accomplishment is the success of the continued maintenance
and
controlled dumping
at
the lots and along the corridor. LABA is helping in
the process of neighborhood revitalization, on the Historical
Lancaster Avenue,
making the
area more inviting
for daily shoppers and potential developers.LABA Clean /Sweep Initiative
has been revised, its enhanced objective is met by its
new name- LABA-CDC-
Corridor Maintenance Program. (Currently
seeking funding support) The
collaboration extends the corridor - LABA-CDC
continues building collaborations,
with the help of E-Z- West Philadelphia Empowerment Zone,
Ready, Willing & Able
cleans an added 3 days a week from 44th to 54th on Lancaster
Avenue and the adjacent area targeting the empowerment
zone. Beautification Plus is the phase of the
corridor maintenance program that identifies with physical
and fa'cade improvements
to properties painting, streetscaping,
tree/flower planting, to create a greening affect within the business
corridor extending to local neighborhoods.
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The Plus, is
the Education Phase, that promotes LABA-"Take the Pledge" educating
through "No Liter" promotions, advertisement and workshops, re-educating
the values of a Clean Environment and how collectively both business
and community
can
address the
concerns and contribute to this initiaitve.
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Goal-
To maintain and increase collaboration with CBO's, and corridor stakeholders
geared towards collective revitalization project initiatives.
To obtain
funding support for LABA-CDC Corridor Maintenance Program designed
to provide extended cleaning service along the corridor, 40th
- 52nd --- 52nd -63rd creating a cleaner environment the length
of
the business corridor. This program introduces a local contractor
that
provides a sustainable community outreach service with
training and employment
opportunity. (photos)
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Continued Programs
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