REBUILDING OUR COMMUNITY
"One Step at a Time"
“One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals.” ― Unknown
Tioga United
• We have help informational zoom meetings
• We hosted (4) COVID screening test at our community office
• Distributed lunch to over 100 school children every Tuesday and Thursday
• Distributed boxes of produce to over 200 families every Monday and Friday
• We have distributed literature on Save Your Homes, and other city programs
• We held an outreach day and distributed coats, diapers, and shoes to families in need
• Every time we get an opportunity to talk with individuals we take the opportunity to update them on Tioga United NAC and retrieve their phone number and email addresses.
However we need your help. We need you to send us your contact information and what your interest are and what you love about the community. Also, we would like to know what your dislikes as well and what you would want to see done about the problems
You can reach Tioga United, Inc. at Tiogaunited@hotmail.com
Assistance
Tioga United is still here to serve our community with your safety as our highest priority. During this global COVID-19 pandemic, our commitment to giving you safe, reliable resources is even more important to us. To protect you and our staff we scaled back our in person assistance but we are available via telephone or email.
Tioga United, Inc. is honored and blessed to serve as your area NAC. We currently service (7) census tracks highlighted in the yellow. Unfortunately, due to the unprecedented times we have been reestablishing what services we can provide at a same distance.
We are still offering assistance with:
• Mortgage and Real Estate Tax Foreclosure
• Rental Assistance
• Emergency Housing Information
• Eviction Prevention Program
• Finding resources
• Addressing property tax issues
• Accessing benefits and emergency services programs
• Finding job training and placement opportunities
• Starting or growing your small business
• Addressing neighborhood trash and blight issues
• Responding to neighborhood zoning and development
For direct assistance see CONTACTS.
Community Links
www.phila.gov
https://www.phila.gov/zba/appeals-calendar/#/2021/02
Registered Community Organizations (RCOs) are community groups that are concerned with the physical development of their community. To learn more about existing RCOs, see Resources, below. RCOs:
- Get advance notice of projects that will be reviewed by the Zoning Board of Adjustment or the Civic Design Review Committee.
- Organize and conduct public meetings where community members can comment on planned developments in their neighborhood.
- Get notified by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) whenever a:
- Zoning variance or special exception is requested.
- Development requiring Civic Design Review (CDR) is proposed.
Connect
| Address: | 1515 Arch St. 13th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 |
| Email: | rco@phila.gov |
| Phone: | (215) 683-464 |
Press
The cleanup of every Philly block has started. Here’s what to expect
The cleanup started this week in the River Wards neighborhoods. North Philly is next, followed by West, Southwest and South Philly.
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Construction begins on new high school campus at North Philly warehouse, vacant lot
An abandoned warehouse and an adjacent vacant lot in North Philly are going to look very different come 2019, when Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School opens its doors at 17th Street and West Allegheny Avenue.
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Why a North Philly developer gave up a ‘money grab’ to give back to local creators
Real estate investor Ani Sanyal and his partners at Tioga Park Development Group are offering gallery space to local artists — for free.
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The ‘Boner 4Ever’ building’s new developers want to pay tribute to its famous graffiti
Those heading north on North Broad Street see the vertical graffiti spelling out the words so large that they are visible from Google Maps: “Forever Boner."
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"I helped my agency become a Registered Community Organization."
Prior to participating in the Pilot Program of CPI, Verna was already heavily involved in her community. Verna applied to be part of CPI because she was interested in learning how to implement the plans and studies that had already been done for her community.
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Developers move forward with plan to bring ‘urban center’ to North Station neighborhood
A plan to revitalize an plot of land surrounding the blighted North Station Amtrak stop came into clearer focus this week, when developers released renderings and details for the project.
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THIS IS TIOGA UNITED
About Tioga “Tioga centers around 20th and Tioga Streets. The area was originally called Kenderton when it was subdivided around 1820 by Kenderton Smith.
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Architizer Project
The Tioga United Homeownership Program will convert six 100+ year old attached and semi-attached houses into ten new homes in Tioga, an underserved neighborhood in North Philadelphia.
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Tioga: Baseball Is An Outlet For Youth Involvement
The youth of Tioga have found a place they really feel at home at the Tioga United Baseball Field.
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Battle over development of community garden in Tioga
For 19 years Warren Harrison grew potatoes, beans, corn, and tomatoes in the community garden across West Venango Street from his home.
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Nicetown-Tioga: Mercy Family Center Works to Help the Community
The center got its start when a local parish house realized there was something missing in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood.
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Urban League of Philadelphia Partners With Aramark to Provide 500,000 Summer Meals to Students
Through the partnership, Philadelphia-based Aramark will provide at least 65,000 meals per week to ULP distribution sites set up in local community churches, organizations and municipal buildings.
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Tioga: Change Through Political Uncertainty Remains Focus of Tioga United
While the nation awaits President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, there remains an uneasy feeling among some members of the Tioga community as they wait to see what unfolds.
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Community Revitalization
revenue. revitalization. certainty.
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Visions of a Patch Adams Free Clinic in North Phila.
by Don Sapatkin, Inquirer Staff Writer, Posted: July 22, 2013
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WINNDEVELOPMENT CELEBRATES
– WinnDevelopment, the real estate development arm of WinnCompanies, celebrated the completed rehabilitation of the Venango House Apartments, an affordable housing community for seniors in the Tioga neighborhood of Philadelphia, with a ribbon-cutting at the property.
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Scoop
Scoop Newspaper
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Events
Contacts
1539 W. Venango Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Joy Gary
NAC Coordinator
Phone: (267) 748-9990
Fax: (267) 318-7615
E-mail: JGary@TiogaUnitedNAC.org
Terrell Brown
NAC Outreach Coordinator
Phone: (267) 639-6912
Fax: (267) 318-7615
E-mail: TBrown@TiogaUnitedNAC.org
History
Meanwhile another neighborhood employer, Temple University Health System, experienced tremendous growth in recent decades. Temple Health has more than 5,500 employees at this location.
Today, Tioga’s community leaders are striving to keep the neighborhood stable so that revitalization can take hold in a neighborhood that boasts unparalleled transportation access within the region.
Tioga United started in 1996 as Unity Day Tioga with dedicated volunteers, who some are still with us, hosting an annual community festival and after many years of enjoyment neighbors began asking if we could help with issues plaguing our community such as vacant lots, abandoned houses and cars, lack of recreation and more. So, in 2001 the volunteers incorporated our organization to be birthed as Tioga United. Under this we have...
Celebrated over 20 years of community service
Hosted many community meetings
Rebuilt the Jerome Brown Playground with KaBoom and The Home Depot
Clean and green over 200 vacant lots per year
Rehabbed 4 abandoned houses and sold to first time home buyers who became valuable community residents
Meet and oversee a fair zoning process as a RCO
Opened a community office that is available to the community for meetings, faxing, copying and job search.
Hired youth to participate in a clean up project in the community during the summer
Host a senior citizens prom that has grown from 75 to 800 senior citizens
And the list continues to grow
Join us
- Philadelphia, PA, United States
- 1539 W. Venango Street Philadelphia, PA 19140
- (267) 639-6912
- TiogaUnited@hotmail.com
- Monday to Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Please call ahead to schedule an appointment.
Our community services are continuing throughout this difficult unprecedented times. We are open by appointment only!
Projects
Preserving Tioga's Treasures
Tioga United Home Ownership Program Philadelphia PA Past Meets Present: Preservation and Green 2011
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Tioga Neighborhood Strategic Plan
Role of Tioga United in the Community
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Tioga Goals Strategies Report 2016
A special thank you to our partners Tioga United Inc., Mercy Neighborhood Ministries of Philadelphia, and the residents of Tioga for offering us their dedication, feedback and support throughout this project
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Tioga Strategies for Neighborhood Revitalization 2010
Philadelphia City Planning Commission
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