The Passyunk Square Civic Association (PSCA) is a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation. The mission of PSCA is to enhance the quality of life in the neighborhood, preserve the neighborhood’s unique historic character and to promote a cohesive community of residents, businesses and institutions.
Regular Meetings
First Tuesday of the Month (except July & August)
6:30 PM
Meetings are held at:
South Philadelphia Older Adult Center, E. Passyunk Avenue at Dickinson Street map it
BOARD OF DIRECTORS;
Christine Knapp, President, Chair, Trash and Recycling Committee
Christine has lived in Passyunk Square since June of 2006 after buying and renovating a house on the 700 block of Earp St. She chose to move to the neighborhood because of its great culture and diversity, walkability, and abundance of restaurants. During the day, Christine is the Director of Outreach at PennFuture, a statewide environmental advocacy organization. Naturally, many of her interests in the neighborhood have to do with making it cleaner and greener.
As chair of the Trash and Recycling committee, Christine organizes monthly volunteer cleanups on the first Saturday of each month, helps people to acquire recycling bins, and does education around both topics.
Jackie is currently the President of PSCA and serves on the Zoning and Planning Committees. She originally got involved to know what’s going on in the neighborhood but now sees her time volunteering as an important part of her family’s life. She hopes to see the community continue to thrive and become an example for others in the City.
She is an architect and manages her own practice doing mostly residential and commercial projects. She lives with her husband, two kids, and two dogs on Ellsworth Street.
Pam Zenzola, Vice President, Events Committee
Pam moved to the neighborhood in November 2008, becoming immediately involved with the Passyunk Square community. While living in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Horsham or Philadelphia, Pam always gets connected with the local organizations. Why? Because Pam believes her home is not just her house but her community as well.
Pam is excited to be the Chairperson of the Events Committee. Contact Pam if you want to have a good time while organizing a happy hour, plant sale, or many other types of events for the community.
Karin Morris
Karin Morris has lived in Passyunk Square for six years, and works as the Manager of the Office of Smart Growth at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Originally from Cleveland, Karin has a Masters degree in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan. She enjoys gardening, hiking, reading, and fulfilling all her earthly needs south of Washington Avenue. Karin heads the planning committee.
John C. Raezer, Fundraising/Sapling Program
John has lived in the PSCA area since May of 2008 and initially became involved with PSCA through Gold Star Park and the planning committee. He is a Philly native having grown up in Wynnewood and has also lived in San Francisco and New York City. John has his MBA from Wharton and a degree in economics from Harvard University. He enjoys running, participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters, riding his Vespa, traveling and eating at many of the excellent restaurants on Passyunk Avenue.
Natalia E. Taggert, Treasurer
Natalia E. Taggert has lived in the PSCA neighborhood since December 2007. She is a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before becoming the new Treasurer of our PSCA organization, she helped to organize the Fifth Holiday House Tour in 2009. Since then she has fallen in love with our organization. Natalia has a BA degree in International Relations from University of Pennsylvania and a MGA in Public Finance from the Fels Institute of Government-University of Pennsylvania. In her spare time, she likes to go for long walks with her bichon frise dog, travel, eat out and exercise among other things.
Andrew Emma, Beautification
Andrew moved to the South Philly area where generations of his family were raised in August of 2005, after finishing his Bachelor’s Degree in Geography & Urban Studies from Temple University. He discovered his love of community beautification a few years later, and from then has become increasingly interested in making Passyunk Square serve as a model of sustainability for Philadelphia and beyond. He enjoys way too many things to list here, such as sports, music, delicious food, and anti-consumerism, but lately they’ve all been surpassed by his greening ambitions. All you need to know is that he wants your ideas, whether it’s creating more community gardens, planting more trees, recycling more items, or meeting more good people, and he wants them to become realities.
Mike LoGreco, Communications
Jackie Gusic, Education
Jackie currently serves on the Zoning and Planning Committees, as well as education committee. She originally got involved to know what’s going on in the neighborhood but now sees her time volunteering as an important part of her family’s life. She hopes to see the community continue to thrive and become an example for others in the City.
She is an architect and manages her own practice doing mostly residential and commercial projects. She lives with her husband, two kids, and two dogs on Ellsworth Street.
COMMITTEES
Beautification
Clean-ups, plantings, banners, block efforts
chair: Andrew Emma
Communications
Membership, public relations
chair: Mike LoGreco
Zoning
Monitoring zoning change requests
chair:
Safety / Passyunk Square Town Watch
chair: Aubin Clever
Trash & Recycling
chair: Christine Knapp
Planning
chair: Karin Morris
Fund Raising/Sapling Program
For association activities
chair: John Raezer
Education
chair: Jackie Gusic
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Passyunk Square Civic Association
PO Box 18052, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Washington Avenue to Tasker Street & 6th Street to Broad Street
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Passyunk has also been known as Passayunk, Passyonck, Passuming, Passajungh, Perslajongh, Passajon, and Paisajungh. All related to the Native “pachsegink”, meaning “in the valley” or “place between the hills.”
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A non-profit 501(c)(3) group
P.O. Box 18052 Philadelphia, PA 19147
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