Petition

Petition: Acquire 3 Vacant Lots For Expansion of Happy Hollow Recreation Center/Playground

by Original Friends of Happy Hollow

SoLo/Germantown Civic Assoc.-WAM (Wayne Ave Merchant Assoc.)

To:

State Representative Darisha Parker, 198th District PA

Mayor Cherelle Parker, City of Philadelphia

City Councilmember Cindy Bass, Council District 8 Philadelphia

Planning Commission City of Philadelphia

We, the undersigned, support the proposal for the City of Philadelphia to acquire the 3 vacant lots; 4712, 4714, 4716 Wayne Ave as per the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) Germantown-Nicetown Transit Oriented Plan 2005-08 for expansion of Happy Hollow.

The longtime vacant lots are adjacent to the historic Happy Hollow Playground/Recreation Center which opened April 29, 1911, the first in the City. They are along the Wayne Ave Business Corridor in Germantown, Phila., PA 19144 and will provide the space for expansion; construction of a LEED certified annex building to alleviate the present overcrowding, allow space for additional programming and services in order to serve a diverse, growing, evolving community while preserving history as well as a community landmark.