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The golden years: How to help residents gracefully age in place

Ungrated

Simpson is a manager of 55-and-older communities in the suburbs of Philadelphia. It can be a useful planning tool in determining what services or physical modifications are appropriate to offer. Dwayne Taylor is the general manager of 2101 Cooperative, a high-rise in Philadelphia. Collins, Esq.

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Crisis Averted: Philadelphia Event Venue’s Labor Conflict Ends Quickly

Associations Now

The tools exhibitors could use. Smooth negotiations on new agreements between the unions and the PCCA board had broken down Wednesday night over a clause allowing exhibitors to use power tools to build their booths regardless of size—something the union reps said would threaten their work. The big sticking point?

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Expos Returning to Philadelphia After Labor Contract Changes

Associations Now

Now that there’s a deal in place with most—but not all—of the labor unions that work the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the Philadelphia facility is starting to win back some business. “This meant that, despite a successful meeting in 2007, AIHA would not reconsider Philadelphia.”

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Let Your Member Data Show You the Way

Spark Consulting

This Old City blogger Jon Geeting’s photos of sneckdowns in Philadelphia in February are a perfect illustration of how, paradoxically, a blanket of snow uncovers the most natural paths for cars and pedestrians. You can do a lot with the tools most of us have access to,” Engel says. So far, the packages have “gone crazy,” Liston says.

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In Loving Memory of My Mom, Ruth D. Kanter (My Mom)

Beth Kanter

Despite her lack of comfort using online tools, she was interested in anything that her children were involved with, even if it wasn’t her cup of tea. I remember her wrapping up Thanksgiving leftovers and distributed them to homeless people on the streets of Philadelphia.

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Gaming the System

Idea Architects

This New York Times article about the Army Experience Center in Philadelphia might challenge your mindset. Gaming is not a new tool in the military's recruitment approach. Some key facts: The Experience Center replaced five smaller recruitment stations, but costs approximately the same.

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Let Your Member Data Show You The Way

Associations Now

This Old City blogger Jon Geeting’s photos of sneckdowns in Philadelphia in February are a perfect illustration of how, paradoxically, a blanket of snow uncovers the most natural paths for cars and pedestrians. You can do a lot with the tools most of us have access to,” Engel says.