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[http://germantownunitedcdc.org germantownunitedcdc.org][[File:GUCDC.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Storefronts in Germantown United Community Development Corporation's service area.]]
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{{toplink|url=http://germantownunitedcdc.org|name=germantownunitedcdc.org}}[[File:GUCDC.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Storefronts in Germantown United Community Development Corporation's service area.]]<blockquote>''Sustainable. Creative. Community-driven.''</blockquote>
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== A Community-based Nonprofit Organization ==
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'''Germantown United CDC''' is a community-based nonprofit organization serving Northwest Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood. Our work is centered on '''commercial corridor revitalization and community economic development'''. We offer programs that support the local business community and neighborhood residents.
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'''Germantown United CDC''' (GUCDC) serves a vibrant commercial corridor or “Main Street” and contributes to strong neighborhoods. The stores provide places to work, shop, and meet your neighbors.
 
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*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.  
 
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*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.
 
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*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.
 
  
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==Local Description==
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''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above description came from the organization's [https://germantownunitedcdc.org/what-we-do/ What We Do] page.
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Germantown United CDC describes its service area:<blockquote>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.</blockquote>
 
  
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==Maps==
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==In The News==
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*Google Maps:&nbsp;[http://www.google.com/maps/place/Germantown,+Philadelphia,+PA/@40.0316601,-75.1936241,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c6b8378dd5cc2f:0xe01e6bd5fdad562a Germantown, Philadelphia, PA]
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*[http://www.phillytrib.com/metros/grant-will-help-preserve-african-american-historic-sites-in-germantown/article_180f7e04-8be0-56af-810b-ab21bc217c5c.html Grant will help preserve African American historic sites in Germantown], Philadelphia Tribune, November 7, 2017.
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*Germantown United CDC:&nbsp;[http://germantownunitedcdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Philadelphia_GermantownUnitedCDC_Boundaries_sm-232x300.jpg Germantown United CDC Boundary Map]
 
  
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''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above description came from the organization's [http://germantownunitedcdc.org/about Mission & History] page.
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==Info==
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*Directory:&nbsp;[https://germantownunitedcdc.org/directory/ Business Directory]
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*Facebook:&nbsp;[https://www.facebook.com/germantowncdc @germantowncdc]
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*Map:&nbsp;[http://germantownunitedcdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Philadelphia_GermantownUnitedCDC_Boundaries_sm-232x300.jpg Germantown United CDC Boundary Map]
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*Twitter/X:&nbsp;[https://twitter.com/germantowncdc @germantowncdc]
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*Video:&nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ33WPewDBE Buy Local Germantown] (at YouTube, 3m10s)
  
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==In The News==
 
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*[http://www.phillytrib.com/metros/grant-will-help-preserve-african-american-historic-sites-in-germantown/article_180f7e04-8be0-56af-810b-ab21bc217c5c.html Grant will help preserve African American historic sites in Germantown], Philadelphia Tribune, November 7, 2017.
 
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Latest revision as of 19:13, 6 December 2023

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Storefronts in Germantown United Community Development Corporation's service area.

Sustainable. Creative. Community-driven.

Germantown United CDC is a community-based nonprofit organization serving Northwest Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood. Our work is centered on commercial corridor revitalization and community economic development. We offer programs that support the local business community and neighborhood residents.

Note:  The above description came from the organization's What We Do page.

In The News

Info


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