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Junto: Creating an Age-friendly Environment

May 14th, 2010 by Olivia No Comments
Junto: Creating an Age-friendly Environment

Junto: Creating an Age-friendly Environment

Please join us Thursday, June 10th at 6:00 P.M. for The Aging Junto.

This month we will be discussing issues we face as a society as a significant portion of our population enters their golden years. As a community, the better and more accessible we can make our environment for seniors, the better it will be for people of all ages. Out of the 10 largest cities in the USA, Philadelphia has the largest proportion of people age 60+, most of whom want to remain in their homes and communities for as long as possible. In order for this to happen, the physical and social environment must support seniors who want to live independently and it must complement the existing programs and services offered by the agencies that serve them.

Background on GENPHILLY
This Junto is being curated by Generation Appreciation Philadelphia (GenPhilly). GenPhilly is committed to promoting an age-friendly city by inspiring emerging leaders to make connections with older adults in their professional and personal lives. Its members come from a variety of backgrounds such as the arts, social work, technology, public policy, law, community development and more. The group has regular events aimed to encourage collaboration between different disciplines around aging issues, and has bi-monthly meetings to provide a support network for emerging leaders who jobs touch on aging.

We have an excellent panel lined up to lead this discussion.

Katherine Gajewski, Director of Sustainability for the City of Philadelphia

Allen Glicksman, PhD, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging

Christine Knapp, Coordinator, Next Great City & Director of Outreach, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture).

Our panel discussion will be moderated by Kate Clark, MPA, Generation Appreciation Philadelphia (GenPhilly).

Refreshments will be served at 6:00 P.M. and the panel discussion will begin at 7:00 P.M. As always, we provide the cold Newcastle Brown and Philadelphia’s best tomato pie. You bring something to share, if it is not too much trouble.

When:

Thursday, June 10, 2010

The discussion which will begin at 7pm. Food and drink at 6pm

Where:

P’unk Avenue
1168 E. Passyunk Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Posted in Junto

No Symfony users group meeting this week

May 10th, 2010 by Tom No Comments

We’re looking at doing a meeting the following week or possibly next month. Fact is, we’re busy!

Speaking of Symfony and being busy, if this announcement disappoints you— if you’re eager to hobnob with other Symfony developers— may I suggest you apply to work here? You’ll have all the Symfony you can eat! We’re particularly eager to talk to experienced PHP5 framework coders, and to Ruby on Rails coders who are open to working in PHP (sekrit plans to convert us to Ruby are a bit unrealistic given the depth of our commitment to PHP and Symfony).

Posted in Development, Symfony

We’re hiring a new developer

May 3rd, 2010 by Alex No Comments

Things are moving pretty fast lately on our corner of E. Passyunk and Federal. Apostrophe is rolling along at a full clip and we have all sorts of other exciting projects we’re in the midst of. Olivia Rabe recently joined the team to work closely with our clients on issues of content strategy and Apostrophe support. We’re even beginning to expand our studio space into the adjacent building.

If this sounds at all interesting to you, the best news is that you might be able to help us fill some of our new space: We’re looking to make another addition to the team so we can continue to build these amazing applications and still go home on time. Right now we are looking for a new developer, somebody who would assist in the creation of new Apostrophe features and collaborate on development of products for our clients.

If you think you might be the right fit, or know someone who is, read on after the cut.
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Posted in Development, Symfony