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    The Citizen

    The Citizen

    The Philadelphia Citizen, a non-profit, non-partisan media organization has a dual mission: To provide deeply reported journalism that emphasizes solutions that can move our region forward, and to actively reignite citizenship in and around Philadelphia.

     

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    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    Executive Editor/Executive Director

    roxanne@thephiladelphiacitizen.org

     

    Roxanne oversees the workings of The Philadelphia Citizen, including its editorial and event content, and writes and edits stories about solutions to problems in Philly. She has been a Philadelphia journalist for more than two decades, as well as an award-winning magazine writer whose work in national and regional magazines explored the effects of war; the moral and literal cost of healthcare; kick-ass female athletes; art capers; self-help scams; and a range of women’s and social issues.

     

    Roxanne is passionate about Philadelphia, a city she loves and worries over in equal measure.

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    A street tree being planted in a new pit designed to give it space to grow.

    Four Ways Philly can grow its tree canopy

    Philly will get a ton of benefits if its first-ever Tree Plan succeeds. Right now, our trees store 99,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year. That number will increase as the canopy grows.

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    On the stretch of Kensington Avenue between the Allegheny and Somerset SEPTA stations, wound care vans, mobile drug treatment clinics, drop-in centers and harm reduction sites offer daily care to the hundreds […]