We will be holding our annual Fall cleanup on Saturday 10/27/12 from 9am – 1pm. Feel free to stay and help for as long as you can. We will be meeting at 8th and Mifflin at 9am for some light refreshments and then focusing on our boundaries eastern streets. This cleanup is in conjunction with the Passyunk Square Civic Association.

Contact beautification@epcrossing.org with any questions.

The Board of Directors of EPX invites you to attend the 19th Annual Alfonso Cavaliere Memorial Fund Concert, held on Sunday October 28, 2012 @ 4:00 pm in the auditorium of SS. John Neumann-Maria Goretti High School.

The concert Features the Bel Canto Lyric Opera Company and Orchestra. Tickets are available at the EPX General Membership meetings on October 1st. General Admission tickets are $15.00 and Senior Citizen tickets are $12.00.The concert benefits musician scholarships for local artists at the undergrad and graduate levels. EPX receives a small return on every ticket we sell.

So come discover this little hidden musical gem of South Philadelphia and listen to a lovely afternoon serenade of Light Opera, Broadway, Patriotic tunes and Neapolitan songs while supporting two very worthy causes!

To purchase tickets call Roger Bruno at (215) 336-3060

OR

Buy Tickets Online

We will be holding their zoning meeting on Wednesday, October 24th at 7:00PM at the EPX Center @ 1729 S 11th St. (Enter through gate on 11th St. just north of Neumann-Goretti H.S./Moore St. Office is in 2nd yellow-brick building on left.) All neighbors are welcome and open to the public.

Also, please check out our new zoning page with results from all of our meetings and ZBA decisions where available:

http://www.epcrossing.org/committees/zoning/

Agenda

1653 E Passyunk Ave (Cantina Los Caballitos): Update on lot and EPX agreement (it’s still coming, just an explanation of why it’s taking so long).

1843-5 E Passyunk Ave (King of Jeans, again…):Re-revised plan for 9 two bedroom units with first floor commercial and second floor office commercial space.

1816 S 9TH ST: Retail grocery store on first floor with two apartments on second floor.

1601 S 10th St (Fountain Porter): Application for modification of PLCB conditional licensing agreement to extend hours from 1AM to 2AM and re-allocate seating requirement.

1146 McKean ST: For use of first floor as convenience store/grocery with existing second floor residential.

NEW ADDITION! 1908 E Passyunk Avenue: Application for limited distillery retail license to sell limencello by retail only; no consumption on premises besides a total of 1.5 ounce sample per person. By law, hours cannot exceed 11PM.

The October 2012 EPX General Membership meeting will be held Monday, October 1st, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Everyone is welcomed and invite your neighbors!

This month’s guest speakers will be The East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District’s Executive Director, Renee Gilinger.

Also, if you need a recycling bin you can pick one up for free at this meeting.

Agenda Here. (September’s minutes here)

The meeting will be held at the EPX CENTER 1729 S. 11th Street!

On the campus of Ss. John Neumann-Maria Goretti High School. (Previously the Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph) The EPX Center is the middle building of the three located just north of the main school. Go to the gate just north of the main entrance at 11th & Moore Streets and follow the signs that read EPX.