Neighborhood Forums: A City That Work

Great Expectations: A City that Works

Philadelphia City Hall and good customer service? In the same sentence?
That’s the bold goal of the Nutter administration.

You can help make it happen. How? Attend one of 10 neighborhood forums cosponsored by the Great Expectations project and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia.

Michael Nutter and his top aides promise to use your input at these forums to help shape the performance standards and customer service expectations that they are setting up for city departments. Top officials will attend; they will explain the city’s goals for six core areas: public safety, education, jobs, healthy communities, ethics, and customer service. City Council members will be invited.

Registration is required. To use the online registration, create a Great Expectations account, which you can do at the left. Click "Create new account" under the "User Login" area and then return to this page and select the event you would like to attend from the list below. If you already have an account, log in, and then return to this page and choose an event below. Once you choose an event, the registration form will appear at the bottom of the page. (Note, you must be logged in to the site for the registration form to appear.)

If at any time online registration is unavailable, please call the phone line, 215-854-5956, and tell us your name, the date of the event you'd like to attend, and how many people are in your group.

Select an event to attend:

Each event will begin with a free, hot dinner at 6:30 p.m. The forum will run from 7 to 9:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Free parking is available at most sites.

Tuesday, April 29
St. Gabriel’s School, 2917 Dickinson St.

Monday, May 5
Holy Innocents Church, 1337 Hunting Park Ave.

Wednesday, May 7
Perzel Community Center, 2990 St. Vincent Ave.

Friday, May 9
Klein Jewish Community Center, 10100 Jamison Ave. (Note: 9:30 a.m. to noon. Sign-in begins at 9 a.m.)

Tuesday, May 13
Lutheran Theological Seminary, 7301 Germantown Ave.

Wednesday, May 14
Philadelphia Inquirer, 400 N. Broad St.

Thursday, May 15
Einstein Medical Center, Gouley Room 5501 Old York Rd.

Monday, May 19
High School of the Future, 4021 Parkside

Tuesday, May 20
University Square Apartments, 3901 Market St.

Thursday, May 22
Philadelphia Inquirer, 400 N. Broad St.

If you have any questions about online registration, contact Jodie Chester Lowe at jchester@phillynews.com.