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September 22, 2023
Lunch Truck Lineup – 2023 Schedule
Our seasonal Lunch Truck Lineup program runs from April – October. Weekly schedules will be posted on our social media accounts and below. Get the weekly schedule straight to your inbox by signing up for our Lunch Truck Lineup emails. #LunchTruckLineup #NavyYardEats Locations Tuesdays: Marine Parade Grounds • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays: 11th
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September 18, 2023
Partnership Announced to Connect Philadelphians with Career Training in the Skilled Trades Starting at $25/hr
The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative and PIDC’s Navy Yard Skills Initiative Launch Professional Development Program with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division for Union Careers University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI) and PIDC’s Navy Yard Skills Initiative (NYSI) launched a program to train Philadelphia residents for permanent, full-time, union careers starting at
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September 18, 2023
Navy Yard-Center City Express Shuttle Stop Relocation Effective Oct. 2
Navy Yard-Center City Express Shuttle Stop Relocation from 10th & Filbert to 10th & Market Effective Oct. 2 Attention Navy Yard Transit Riders! Be advised that there will be upcoming changes to the Navy Yard-Center City Express that will impact your commute. Beginning Monday, October 2, the Navy Yard-Center City Express stop at 10th St
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August 18, 2023
Newsletter Archive
Catch up on all of the latest Navy Yard news and be sure to sign up for our newsletter emails.
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August 14, 2023
Award-Winning Biotech Training Program to Begin Second Recruitment
Award-Winning Biotech Training Program to Begin Second Recruitment to Connect Philadelphians with Quality Jobs in the Region’s Rapidly Growing Life Sciences Sector The Wistar Institute, the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, Iovance Biotherapeutics, PIDC, and The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia Launch Second Recruitment for the Award-Winning Program on August 22 Partners in Greater Philadelphia’s
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July 24, 2023
Navy Yard to Host Inaugural Night Festival Event This Fall
Featuring Food Trucks, Live Music, Family-Friendly Games and More The Navy Yard is scheduled to hold its first Night Festival Thursday, September 7, from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. The inaugural event will be held at Central Green, the family-friendly, open-to-the-public event will feature a diverse lineup of vendors, including food trucks, musicians, games, and crafters and
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July 21, 2023
Get Your Green Thumbs with an Urban Homestead-ish Workshop
Caring for and tending to plants in an urban environment can be a difficult task. That’s why at the Navy Yard we offer fun and free programming to strengthen your understanding of plant care and connecting with nature. During a recent Urban Homestead-ish Houseplants 101 class hosted by Black Girls with Green Thumbs, Latiaynna and
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July 5, 2023
Support the Navy Yard Back-to-School Drive
The Navy Yard will be collecting school supplies to support two local elementary schools. F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School and D. Newlin Fell School are both K-8 elementary schools located in South Philadelphia. The collection will take place Monday, July 17 through Friday, August 25 with drop-off locations throughout the Navy Yard campus. Being part
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June 30, 2023
High School Students Tour The Navy Yard During Global Entrepreneurship Program
High school students aspiring to be future leaders in global business visited the Navy Yard June 29 as part of Lehigh University’s Iacocca Global Entrepreneurship Intensive (IGEI) program. Nearly 50 students from Pennsylvania, surrounding states, and from around the world (representing 12 total countries), took part in the day trip to Philadelphia where their first
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June 22, 2023
Business Seminar Focused to Help Disadvantaged Businesses Held at Navy Yard
Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson and his staff hosted a workshop titled “Doing Business with the City” June 21 at The Navy Yard with city-affiliated organizations. The free and open-to-the-public event focused on engaging with minority- and women-owned business enterprises and provide them with resources to better prepare them when it comes to available opportunities
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June 13, 2023
Navy Yard Welcomes New General Manager
We are pleased to welcome Lucy Bitton as the new Navy Yard general manager. Bitton is taking over for Poe Leggette, who served in that role for the past 11 years and is moving into a new, expanded role with CBRE (PIDC contracts with CBRE to run daily campus operations at the Navy Yard). “Our
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June 8, 2023
New Interactive Navy Yard Map
This just in, we’ve created a new interactive Navy Yard – Things to See & Do Map where you can discover all the Navy Yard has to offer conveniently from the palm of your hand. The map, which can be downloaded and accessed through Google Maps, is sorted by categories so you can find what you want
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June 5, 2023
Elementary School Students Celebrate End of School Year at The Navy Yard
Students from F. Amedee Bregy Elementary School (Bregy Elementary) celebrated the end of the school year with a fun day of activities at The Navy Yard last week. The students participated in a field day with activities such as tug-o-war, 3-legged race, potato sack race, obstacle course, egg relay race, water carry race, kite flying,
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June 5, 2023
Long-time Navy Yard Security Officer Gets Promoted
Brandon Capone has seen a lot in his nearly nine years of working as a security officer at the Navy Yard. Most recently, he saw his role and responsibilities with Allied Universal Security Services (Allied) increase. (Allied is the contracted security company at the Navy Yard for PIDC.) Capone, who lives in South Philadelphia with
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May 19, 2023
Phillies Honor Local Veteran with Ceremony at the Navy Yard
The Philadelphia Phillies honored a local veteran’s service during a ceremony May 18 on the Marine Parade Grounds at the Navy Yard. Anita Garner, a Navy veteran, arrived to a crowd of wave-flagging supporters completely surprised by the event – she thought she was arriving to go to a meeting. Garner served during Desert Shield/Desert Storm as
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