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FCA / Penn AC Rowing Association

Join the Fairmount Civic Association and the Pennsylvania Athletic Club Rowing Association for a joint gathering at the Penn AC Boathouse 10/17/2024 from 7:00 – 8:15PM. Refreshments provided and registration is free please use the following link https://forms.gle/xEmUawz3oopj2Bg99

PPD Town Hall – Special Meeting 5/23/2024

The Philadelphia Police Department has asked us to host a town hall event to address concerns in the neighborhood related to 2100 Girard. It will be Thursday May 23rd at the City School 860 N 24th Street. at 7:00PM. 

No refreshments we will have the meeting right at 7:00PM

We will have officials from both the 9th and 22nd districts there to make statements and answer questions.

2100 Girard Ave – Feedback and Meeting

The FCA Board met at our monthly meeting last night (5/7/2024) to discuss the City of Philadelphia’s activities at 2100 Girard. We are still gathering information and evaluating the options we have as a community. We are also securing a time and place for a special meeting which will be announced here and through the newsletter when that information is available.

The Board will meet again on Thursday night (5/9/2024).

In the meantime we created this google form to gather questions and comments related to 2100 Girard, which is as the link below.

https://forms.gle/t3854yQxWMAHFX428

FCA Changes to Bylaw / Articles of Incorporation

We have been working on a draft of our bylaws and articles or incorporation. The most updated versions are on our website and can be accessed at the following links (PDFs). We are hoping to propose a vote to approve the changes at our Oct and December 2022 meetings.

https://www.fairmountcivicassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FCA-Bylaws-revised-October-2022-clean-version.pdf

https://www.fairmountcivicassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FCA-Amendment-to-Articles-of-Incorporation-2022.pdf

Passing of FCA Board Member Bruce Butler

We are very sad to announce the passing of our current Secretary and former VP and President Bruce Butler on January 18, 2022. Bruce was an incredible board member for the FCA dedicating countless hours in service to our neighborhood, which he loved so much. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/inquirer/name/bruce-butler-obituary?id=32371584