Dozens of City & Community-Based Organizations Join Residents at
Shissler Recreation Center in Fishtown
WHO: Mayor Michael A. Nutter
Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mike DiBerardinis
Commissioner of Recreation Susan Slawson
Mark Focht, Executive Director of Fairmount Park
Jane Golden, Executive Director of the Mural Arts Program
Drew Becher, President of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Howard Neukrug, Director of the Office of Watersheds for the Philadelphia Water Department
Sandy Salzman, Executive Director of New Kensington Community Development Corporation
WHAT: Mayor Nutter and the Department of Parks and Recreation will celebrate the merger of Fairmount Park and the Department of Recreation with the Green Ribbon Event and Tour. Dozens of residents and City and community-based organizations will convene to commemorate the union in Fishtown. The Philadelphia High School of the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Drumline will kick-off the press conference with a unique performance. The stage will be flanked by kinetic sculptures from the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby.
After the press conference, event attendees are invited to take the Green Ribbon Tour, an excursion from Shissler Recreation Center to Penn Treaty Park. The group will be led by Commissioner Michael DiBerardinis and stop at Palmer Park, Hetzell Baseball Field, the corner of Girard and E. Columbia Avenues and Penn Treaty Park. Green ribbons will adorn fences, jungle gyms, trees and lamp posts on the recreation center’s property and along the tour route.
WHEN: 10:00 AM
WHERE: GREEN RIBBON EVENT
Shissler Recreation Center
1800 Blair Street
Philadelphia, PA 19125-2436
GREEN RIBBON TOUR
Start: Shissler Recreation Center
First Stop: Palmer Park @ E. Palmer St and Frankford Ave
Second Stop: Hetzell Baseball Field @ Livingston St and E. Columbia Ave
Third Stop: the corner to Girard and E. Columbia Ave
Final Stop: Penn Treaty Park
