Other Parts Of Phildelphia

Here is a link to a website with different community like Port Richmond , Mt Airy ,Roxborough.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2205843/html.html

REP Kenyatta'S views of the community

1.       What were some of his legislative events?  Healthy Senior Event,  186th College Achievement Fair, Career Fair, Small Business Symposium, just to name a few.  
2.       What were the demographics of his district in the past and how has this changed? Gentrification has change the community and it has improved the community.  (I’m thinking it was always a mixed community so not much has changed,)

The current demographics for Rep. Johnson’s district are as follows:Women make up a large percentage of his district ( ages 18-35). The residents of this district are approximately 70 percent African American, 20 percent Caucasian and 10 percent Asian. The majority is low-income, however there is a subset of constituents, particularly in the South Street area of the City, that are progressive and policy-focused. This subset includes a substantial student population.  Business and economic opportunities:Rep. Johnson’s district consist of five main business corridors, which are Point Breeze Avenue, Passyunk Avenue, South Street, Washington Avenue and Grays Ferry Avenue. Many of the establishments in these corridors are small businesses and the recent decline in the economy has had a negative effect on many of them.  Because Small Business play a major role in helping to sustain the economy on both the local and national level, Rep. Johnson hosted the Small Business Symposium to help bring resources to the businesses in his district, including information about the Small Business Act. Rep. Johnson continues to advocate for small businesses to ensure that they receive the support they need including tax credits and other incentives to help them spare and grow their businesses.

This isJordan Harris Mayor Nutter and Rep. Johnson.

Rep. Kenyatta volunteers hard at work.

Rep doing the peace  not gun walk to help decrease the crime in the neighborhood

My community of Point Breeze South Philadelphia

The area of point breeze   Alter (near Washington Avenue) to McKean streets, Broad to 27th streets
Population is  25,000 78 percent : white 8percent ; Asian, 11 percent; Latino, 2 percent; other, 1 percent. About 30 percent of the population is under 18.
The community of  Point Breeze was establish in  1895.
Point Breeze was tidy and well-maintained. Its growing  business district. Point Breeze Avenue is filled with restaurants and stores. Over the years, the businesses suffered because of the. Drugs, blight and crime crept in, which made the area the way it is. The population drop 10% during the year of 1990 and 2000, because of school closing . The Point Breeze Performing Arts Center opened at 1717-21 Point Breeze Ave. 20 years ago and has trained a lot of talented dancers. Universal Companies, at 15th and Catharine streets, took on the mission of renovate  South Philly areas in the mid-'90s.  the founder of the universal company Kenny Gamble donate a 100 million to bulid house between south federal west of board to 19^th. this was only the beginning  the nonprofit company envisions eventually constructing about 2,000 homes in the area surrounding its headquarters.
Universal is also in the education business, running William S. Peirce Middle School, 24th and Christian streets, and Edwin M. Stanton Elementary, 17th and Christian, for the School District of Philadelphia. Edwin H. Vare Middle School, 24th Street and Snyder Avenue, has been converted to a charter, also under the company's operation. The organization also has its own charter school, Universal Institute, 801 S. 15th St.
   Celebs of  Point BreezeMiami Heat forward Rasual Butler, from 20th and Manton streets; Anthony Burrell, 22nd and Dickinson streets, is a product of the Point Breeze Performing Arts Center and now is a backup dancer for Beyonc; legendary jazz musicians the Heath Brothers -- tenor saxophonist Jimmy, drummer Albert and bass player Percy; Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, lead vocalist/rapper of Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, from 23rd and Watkins streets; H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University, from 15th and Wharton streets
Land marks : The Point Breeze Performing Arts Center and the avenue itself, once a major shopping district.
Types of Architecture: Rowhouses and townhouses
State Senate district: First, Vincent Fumo (D); Eighth, Anthony Williams (D)
State House district: 186th, Harold James (D)
City Council district: Second, Council President Anna Verna (D)
Civic groups and townwatches: Point Breeze Civic Association, Point Breeze Community
The civic association is a non profit organazition which there jobs are to support and help bulid the comminty of point breeze  by servicing the community.