Author Archives: Friends of Vernon Park

Looking forward to this event. Please join us and bring a picnic blanket or chair and your friends and neighbors!

Positivity, Coalition-forming and Community! Thanks NEWSWORKS for a great article. ‪#‎vivagermantown‬ http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/nw-philadelphia-more-stories/item/82967-in-germantown-real-hope-rises-for-better-days-ahead

Join us to get starters for your garden—all organically grown. We will post after the event with the amount of remaining plants for sale, but come out if you can for the best selection!

Work is scheduled to begin very soon in the Park. Here is an overview of what is to come. We thank our wonderful community for patience and positivity as the construction fences go up and the Park has limited access. … Continue reading →

Dear faithful friends and neighbors of Vernon Park, Foiled by dreadful bad weather yet again, the groundbreaking in Vernon Park has been cancelled. We can all keep our spirits up – the surveyors began marking out the park and the … Continue reading →

Please join us for the Groundbreaking Ceremony on Tuesday, March 3 at 3pm!   Read all about the renovations here: http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/nw-philadelphia-more-stories/item/78723-major-improvements-to-germantowns-vernon-park-on-the-way

The Friends of Vernon Park are deeply troubled by the condition of the YWCA building on the park’s northern edge. For 8 years we have watched its disintegration with increasing concern. The building has never been adequately secured, and is … Continue reading →