For more information contact emailChristopher
Leswing
or call (610) 645-6116
For
information on The Friends of the Cynwyd
Trail please email: info@cynwydtrail.org If you are on
FACEBOOK. Please
click here to join our
"friends of the Cynwyd Trail"
Group
(R6) Rail timetable
Bala Avenue enjoys 2 stops along this rail line:
Bala station which is located at City line and Bala Ave.
Cynwyd station which is at Montgomery ave. and Bala Ave
The Jewish Relief Agency is a dynamic, volunteer-driven organization whose goal is to help Jews in need. Since its founding in 2000, JRA has been bringing together individuals of all means, ages and backgrounds each month in a spirit of community and tikkun olam. Through the efforts of JRA’s community of more than 4,000 volunteers, we are providing monthly food relief packages to 2,500 low-income Jewish families throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.
Tree planting success by
Friends at Cynwyd Heritage Trail.
April 10-11 - Bala Cynwyd
It was a wave of over 200 people who came down to the Friends of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail sponsored tree planting weekend. After some planting instruction this wave of people descended on the slopes surrounding the Cynwyd trail like a troop of army ants. Carrying implements of earthly destruction like shovels, pick axes, rakes and wheelbarrows they cleared space around the pre marked areas and dug holes. spirits were high even with the daunting thoughts of putting 275 trees in the ground in 2 days.
Teams of volunteers, guided by members of PHS, the boy scouts and residents managed to get 200 trees in on Saturday. Followed up by the remaining 75 trees on Sunday.
After years of sponsoring "clean up weekends" which involved removing debris, hauling off garbage and cutting down evasive trees and plants it was a refreshing change to plant something along this damaged landscape.
On Sunday the planting was followed up by a BBQ at the Cynwyd Club, which is located on the Trail and a great partner. West Laural Hill cemetery, a true partner in the daunting task of fixing the trail was truly generous.
This first
formal major planting at the Cynwyd Heritage Trail, iwas organized by Chris
Leswing, Assistant Director of Building and Planning for Lower Merion Township. Food and Refreshments were provided by the
Friends of the Cynwyd Trail.
The trees were provided from a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. This was the largest mass planting
effort in Lower Merion Township so far this decade.
Suspects sought in rash of burglaries in
Bala Cynwyd
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. - March 22, 2010 (WPVI) --
Lower Merion police are going public for the first time, about an
extensive rash of burglaries at various businesses and homes in Bala
Cynwyd, Montgomery County.
Stormwater, Compost and Rain Barrels
Eric Lowry, Lowry Eco Solutions
What does stormwater runoff have to do with home composting and
rain barrels? We’ll get to that in a minute, but first we have some more
basic topics to discuss.
Nutter to launch Philadelphia Recycling Rewards program, Dec 3rd.
In something of an about-face of a previous decision, Tomorrow in North Philly Mayor Nutter and a phalanx of his top people will announce the Philadelphia Recycling Rewards — essentially a program through RecycleBank
where the more you recycle, the more incentives you get to keep
recycling, including discounts, gift cards and charitable contributions
in your name.
The program will start in North Philly and then roll out by sanitation area starting in February, 2010.....
The firm Gulfstream Services has expanded its operations into the Philadelphia region by bringing in Bryan Shipenberg of Bala Cynwyd to handle buying and sales along the North East.
Gulfstream is a complete recycling and environmental company with over 30 years of industry experience. We specialize in the recycling of post consumer plastics, post industrial plastics and most other commodity grades. We also recycle cardboard, paper and metals.
We buy plastics, post industrial plastics and most other commodity grades as well as cardboard, paper and metals. I can get customers: gaylord boxes, super sacs, pallets and recycling equipment such as balers, grinders and shredders. We work with you to design a recycling program tailor made to suit your needs.
For information call 610-785-1307 or email bryans.gulfstream@gmail.com
“Green economy” research from Philadelphia offers hints for other major metros
The Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
has published new research detailing the sorts of investment necessary
to build the foundation for economic progress related to sustainable
manufacturing, green construction and demolition waste recycling, and
energy efficiency projects/retrofits.
The biggest potential obstacle to this progress: strategy and worker training/education policies rooted in the past.....
See whole article
Other Resources
Greater Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network. click here
The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. click here
BalaAveune.com gets an online boost from technicallyphilly.com
Bryan Shipenberg, a Bala Cynwyd-based graphic designer,
launched a less sleek, if more localized, site focused on a business
district in suburban Montgomery County’s Lower Merion, called Bala Avenue.
For now, it’s little more than aggregation and press release
regurgitation, but he’s effectively squatting on the profitable
hyperlocal news trend.
“I believe that a year from now when the township lays the Cynwyd
Trail and finishes the rehab of the Cynwyd station, people will come.
When they open the Manayunk bridge more people will come,” Shipenberg,
who also maintains a site for the Friends of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail, wrote Technically Philly in an e-mail. “With a little infusion of money, time and hard work BalaAvenue.com will become a great resource for the region.”
Cynwyd Trail Article in Main Line Times (Front Page, August 20th)
Pictured on the trail near the Cynwyd Station are members of the board
of directors of the Friends of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail, from left:
Nancy Winkler, president; her husband, Jay Bryan; Sarah Francis; Jerry
Francis, who also serves as president of the Lower Merion Historical
Society; Kathy Burns, secretary and volunteer coordinator; Bryan
Shipenberg, who has designed the group’s Web site, as well as BalaAvenue.com; and Steve Selinger.
By Cheryl Allison
Lower Merion admits that when it handed out its first Emerald Necklace Award in 2006 it had a bit of an ulterior motive. Yes,
the new honor would recognize someone who had played an important role
in protecting or preserving precious open space in the township. But the hope was also that the example would inspire other community members to do the same.
Three
years later the newest recipient is proof that that aim was right on
target — and then some. The honoree is not an individual but a group,
70 members strong and growing.
In a ceremony earlier this month
the board of commissioners named the Friends of the Cynwyd Heritage
Trail 2009’s “jewel” in the area of open-space preservation....
Earlier today, Meal Ticket dropped by Avril (134 Bala Ave.) the upcoming Bala Cynwyd BYO from former Daily News April Lisante and her cheffing husband, Christian Gatti. food editor/writer
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