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CCD President & CEO Prema Katari Gupta's cover essay outlines CCD's continued focus on "clean and safe," the expanded services we are committing to these priorities and the improvements the city has made and challenges we still face. Also inside: research reports, spring events, renovations on Jewelers’ Row and more.

In this spring edition of the CCD/CPDC quarterly newsletter, President & CEO Prema Katari Gupta's essay, Celebration and Stewardship, reveals the newly created vision, mission, and value statements of CCD. Prema also explains that in times of citywide celebrations, all roads inevitably lead to the streets and public spaces of Center City.

1 Homelessness in Center City 3 New Pedestrian Lighting 4 CCD’s Many Helpful Signs A Clean Center City 5 CSRs: Evening in the City Philadelphia Crime Prevention Council 6 Sister Cities Park Philbert ♥ Plant!Philadelphia 7 Summer Concerts PHLASH Is Back State of Center City, 2011

1 The Next Five Years 3 Dilworth Plaza Donors 4 Sister Cities Park Quickly Becomes Popular 5 Sister Cities Park Activities 6 Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory New Farmers’ Market 7 CSR John Felder 8 ‘Center City Cooks’ 9 Summer in Center City Fashion and Art from Street Banners

1 Looking Beyond 22nd and Market 3 Dilworth Plaza Donors 4 CCD Meets Knight Arts Challenge Grant ShootersINC Creates Video About Dilworth Plaza 5 International Festival Celebrates Sister Cities Helping Keep Center City Clean for 15 Years 6 CCD Parks Summer Programming 8 CCD Summer Events

1 The East Side Comes Alive 3 Dilworth Park Donors 4 Dilworth Park to Open in September CCD Donates Bicycles 5 New Website for CCD Parks Rita's Water Ice Center City District Smart & Safe Fair 6 Summer Activities Offer Fun Unforgettable Events at CCD Parks 7 Maxine Barr: A CSR Profile Streetscape Maintenance

1 Agenda for the Next Mayor 3 Street Banners Enliven Downtown 4 CCD Streetscape Improvements 6 Sharing Responsibility for Streetscape 8 Next Steps for Newspaper Boxes? 9 A Better Use for 43 Alleys? 10 Terrence Keene: Tracking Problems 11 Summer at Dilworth Park