Germantown United Community Development Corporation (GUCDC): Difference between revisions

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Germantown United CDC (GUCDC) is a community-based nonprofit organization. Vibrant commercial corridors or “Main Streets” contribute to strong neighborhoods. They provide a place to work, shop, and meet your neighbors. Through our Targeted Corridor Management Program contract with the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce, GUCDC provides assistance to businesses, brings planning and resources to the corridor, oversees activities to make the corridor clean and safe, and works to attract new businesses to the area. Our organization is actively working to bolster and reinforce the vibrancy of the business district to meet the needs of the surrounding community and attract visitors from outside the immediate neighborhood. GUCDC is also exploring opportunities to strengthen and diversify the mix of commercial uses in the business district, the potential to reuse vacant or underutilized properties, business and job attraction strategies, and available sources of funding to support recommended revitalization strategies.

Our work is focused on the Central Germantown Business Corridor, which is bounded by Chelten Avenue between Baynton and Morris streets; Germantown Avenue between Washington Lane and Berkley Street; Maplewood Mall; and short stretches of important intersecting streets such as Greene Street, Wayne Avenue, and Pulaski Avenue. The yellow line in the map of Germantown demarcates GUCDC’s boundaries.

Note: The above description came from the organization's Mission & History page.

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+{{toplink|url=http://germantownunitedcdc.org|name=germantownunitedcdc.org}}'''Germantown United CDC''' (GUCDC) is a community-based nonprofit organization. Vibrant commercial corridors or “Main Streets” contribute to strong neighborhoods. They provide a place to work, shop, and meet your neighbors. Through our Targeted Corridor Management Program contract with the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce, GUCDC provides assistance to businesses, brings planning and resources to the corridor, oversees activities to make the corridor clean and safe, and works to attract new businesses to the area. Our organization is actively working to bolster and reinforce the vibrancy of the business district to meet the needs of the surrounding community and attract visitors from outside the immediate neighborhood. GUCDC is also exploring opportunities to strengthen and diversify the mix of commercial uses in the business district, the potential to reuse vacant or underutilized properties, business and job attraction strategies, and available sources of funding to support recommended revitalization strategies.
-== Our Mission ==
+Our work is '''focused on the Central Germantown Business Corridor''', which is bounded by Chelten Avenue between Baynton and Morris streets; Germantown Avenue between Washington Lane and Berkley Street; Maplewood Mall; and short stretches of important intersecting streets such as Greene Street, Wayne Avenue, and Pulaski Avenue. The yellow line in the map of Germantown demarcates GUCDC’s boundaries.
-''To promote and facilitate the revitalization of Germantown’s business corridors through a sustainable, creative, and community-driven approach to economic development.''
-=== Fund for Germantown – Programs for Progress ===
+''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above description came from the organization's [http://germantownunitedcdc.org/about Mission & History] page.
-Germantown United Community Development Corporation (GUCDC) has established a Fund enabling members of the community to undertake locally impactful projects. The purpose of the Fund for Germantown – Projects for Progress Program is to support projects that have an immediate physical impact on Germantown. These intentionally small grants (typical grants are approximately $100-$1000) are designed to stimulate grassroots involvement in promoting a greater Germantown.
-=== Online Business Directory & Neighborhood Website ===
-In 2015, Germantown United Community Development Corporation (GUCDC) received a grant from the Philadelphia Commerce Department to develop an online business directory and neighborhood website for Germantown. The website will promote the revitalization of Germantown’s business corridors by formally connecting businesses throughout the corridor and raising awareness and support in the community.
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