Slawson spent 20 years with the Department, retired, and has since come back to the since-merged Philadelphia Parks and Recreation as commissioner, per Mayor Cherelle Parker’s recommendation.

The city owns more than 1,000 works of art. It hasn’t inventoried them for decades and doesn’t know where at least 85 of them ...

Philly’s preparations for America’s 250th anniversary lost momentum amid COVID and other challenges. Is it too late to pull ...

Mayor Parker took a team approach ... now has 19% of positions unfilled, Parks & Recreation has 28% unfilled, PWD has 15% unfilled and Streets has 15% unfilled. Our ongoing marketing efforts — ...

But the first year of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration ... In the past year, three new gardens have started on parkland, including one at the Hatfield House in Strawberry Mansion. Although Parks ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker is a little more than a month into her second year leading Philadelphia. And on Wednesday, the city's 100th mayor laid out some of her priorities for 2025 during the Chamber of ...

Mayor Cherelle ... advisory board. Parker also promised money coming for the plan. "My announcement of a significant city financial commitment focused on the production of new housing and ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker announced the creation of a new position to oversee her vision of creating and preserving 30,000 housing units in Philadelphia. Mayor Cherelle Parker on Wednesday announced ...