Your Daily Guide

🚆 Jumping the Turnstile? It Could Cost You $300

Speaking of SEPTA, the transit agency has been trying to gain back some funds (about $50 million) by cracking down on fare evasion. With evasion now categorized as a criminal offense, SEPTA Police have charged over 3,200 people so far this year with fines of up to $300. [🎧 City Cast Philly, 🔒 The Inquirer]

🏙️ Former Rite Aid Bought by Sixers in First Sign of Center City Revitalization

While all eyes are on Philly’s future WNBA team, the Sixers are quietly making some moves off the court. Despite the Center City arena no longer in the cards, the Sixers and Comcast are moving forward with their promise to revitalize Market East by purchasing some property for redevelopment. [🎧 City Cast Philly, 🔒 Philadelphia Business Journal]

🌳 Waterfront Parks Could Transform Philly Neighborhoods

Manayunk is one of Philly’s most flood-prone neighborhoods, with devastation from Hurricane Ida spotlighting the risks. But while a park could mitigate flooding from Philly’s waterways, residential developments are nonetheless planned along the floodplain. Meanwhile in Bridesburg, a new waterfront park is ready to open at a former industrial site. [Grid Magazine, Philly Voice]

🥕 Philly Youth Use Gardening As Therapy at This Urban Farm

Further down the Schuylkill River, teenagers at Bartram’s Garden’s Sankofa Community Farm are finding community outside the home and school as they connect to the land through an agricultural program. [Love Now Media]