Jared Solomon

Help with utility bills Saving homes from foreclosure JARED SOLOMON Almost daily, people come into my Property values are on the rise, causing higher PA STATE REPRESENTATIVE 202nd office because they either have received property taxes. As a result, some of our neighbors JARED SOLOMON PA have fallen behind, so my staff has contacted them a utility shutoff notice or their water, P.O. Box 202202 by letters and phone calls to help them resolve gas or electricity is already shut off. Harrisburg, PA 17120-2202 nd unpaid property taxes and, in many cases, save 202 People who are behind on utility bills STATE REPRESENTATIVE homes. Often, they are working parents, people with often ignore it, which can lead to disabilities or seniors who did not even realize that more fees and eventually a shutoff. In 7012 Castor Ave. • Philadelphia PA, 19149 • (215) 342-6340 their home was in danger of foreclosure. $200,000 state grant helping dozens of people either prevent a shutoff or @RepJaredSolomon • C /RepJaredSolomon • [email protected] • StateRepJaredSolomon restore service, we have developed steps to guide We have already reached out to more than 100 for Tarken Recreation people who have fallen behind on utility bills and are neighbors and saved more than a dozen homes by Center worried about a shutoff. We recommend: helping them apply for Philadelphia’s Owner-Occupied Saving homes from Payment Agreement (OOPA) program. OOPA saves DO talk to your utility company. PECO, PGW, foreclosure Jared brings $200,000 state grant for Tarken Rec Center people from tax foreclosure by letting them pay a

and PWD will work with you as best they can to INSIDE: small amount toward their tax balance each month Help with utility bills minimize additional fees and to avoid shutoff. They On Aug. 1, I without breaking the bank. In many cases, people do not want to see people go without electric, gas, More police offices was joined by were able to avoid paying interest and penalties or water. Stay in constant communication even if and new 2nd Police city, state, and altogether on their outstanding tax balance. you do not have the money to pay your bill. District local leaders to announce look into assistance programs and payment Single-family homeowners are an important backbone DO the award of plans. Each utility company has special programs of our community. That is why we have been working a $200,000 designed to assist you in paying your bill, if you hard to make sure these residents are not at risk of grant from have fallen behind. losing their homes because they have fallen behind on property taxes. If you or someone you know in the the state DO reach out to friends, family and charities for area is in this situation, please reach out to my office. Department assistance. If you do not have the funds to keep We are here to help. of Community your service on, you may need outside funds and and Economic lpo.kl.0818 these sources are typically the most fruitful. Development DO visit my office (7012 Castor Ave.) or call us Jared’s Super Volunteer for the Tarken Recreation Center (Photo 1)! held two (215-342-6340). If you are not able to resolve your 100-person Tarken is a vital hub for our neighborhood. It has a issues following these tips, we are here to help. It beautification Program update passionate rec leader in Walt Mulholland, and now a can be difficult to navigate your options, but we efforts at new community group supporting it – Brick by Brick, have plenty of experience and can assist you every Save the Dates! Tarken, where For the past JARED’S OFFICE Block by Block, founded by local community leader step of the way. we painted two years, my Election Reform (and Super Volunteer with my office) Sharon Calvin. DO NOT ignore utility bills and notices. Ignoring staff has been over graffiti, Legislative Summit BY THE NUMBERS But Tarken needs some love and reinvestment. Its removed your bills does not make them disappear – it just growing Jared’s Oct. 23 • 6 p.m. makes them climb higher. We have seen many tennis court has no nets and is used as a makeshift weeds, and Super Volunteer Philadelphia Protestant Home instances of bills getting into the thousands of soccer pitch. The basketball courts have faded lines brightened up Program, creating 6401 Martins Mill Rd. dollars, which makes it that much more difficult to a network of and cracked pavements. The playground has missing the basketball pay down when you do decide to address it. volunteers and Senior Fair swings and damaged equipment. courts. DO NOT rely on medical vouchers to avoid a empowering them Nov. 17 • 10 a.m. 6,784 507 That is why I worked with the Parks and Rec Now that we shutoff. Medical vouchers are issued for people with the tools St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church Department, the Parks Alliance, state Sen. Christine have a state with medical conditions to avoid immediate and knowledge to 1009 Unruh Ave. 12,049 People visited Philly 311 Tartaglione and City Councilmember Cherelle Parker grant, we will work with city leaders, key stakeholders shutoff, but only give people a one-month grace organize block cleanups to tackle the litter problem Call 215-342-6340 to RSVP Constituents our office Reports to get a Keystone Communities Grant from DCED. and philanthropists to leverage this grant to get even period and typically can only be used three times in our area. The city has four neighborhood cleanups for both events. This builds on my efforts to support Tarken through more money to rebuild Tarken, which has a bright during your lifetime. Medical vouchers simply give every summer and we work with them by getting Helped partnership with the World Mission Church of God and future ahead, and we look forward to working with all you another month without payment, but do not more people to participate. Our office provides Translation help needed the International We Love You Foundation, who already partners to make that future a reality. prevent your bill from climbing higher. the volunteers with the dates and materials for the I represent the most linguistically cleanup, including a Super Volunteer t-shirt. diverse district in Pennsylvania. Roughly DO NOT rely on seasonal shutoff laws and 30% of our residents were born in regulations. Yes, it is true, that utility companies Recently, we invited people to learn more about Improvements Debut at Max Myers and Wissinoming Park another country. Many do not speak 641 cannot cut your heat in the winter months (Dec. becoming a Super Volunteer (Photo 1). We had a great English well. In addition to this grant for Tarken, 2018 has part of the first phase of beautifying this area of the 1 through March 31) and cannot cut your cooling turnout and those who attended were enthusiastic. 655 Property Tax/ seen exciting new facility upgrades elsewhere in rec working with the local civic association (Photo during a heat wave, but during these times, your If you or anyone you know is interested in joining, We need your help to serve all people SEPTA Rent Rebate the district. First, after years of work from before 3). Second, city and state leaders opened fantastic bills still accrue. If you are already behind on please call Mary Dougherty at 215-342-6340 and she regardless of their native tongue. Are 1,334 I was elected to office, I celebrated a new $300K renovations to Wissinoming Park, including a new your bills and do not pay them during the winter will mail you a packet with information and explain you bilingual? Are you interested in Senior IDs Event playground at Max Myers Rec Center along with playground, spray ground and rain gardens (Photo knowing your service will not be shut off, that just how to get started. serving your community by volunteering Attendees Councilmembers Henon and Sanchez (Photo 2). I 4). Be sure to check out these great community means you will be shut off in April with four more Jared’s Super Volunteers: Our Neighborhood, Our at my office? Call us at 215-342-6340 or also got a new mural installed at Max Myers pool as spaces. More to come! months of bills tacked on to your balance. Responsibility! stop by 7012 Castor Ave. to learn how Data is from Dec. 1, 2016 through Aug. 13, 2018. 5 you can help. Thank you! A Safer Community – Legislative update Jared brings in $40,000 grant for business corridors As the end of the 2017-2018 legislative session approaches, I am proud of Since day one as your state representative, I month walking More Police and a New 2nd Police District many of the things we accomplished in Harrisburg. Certainly there was a lot of promised to work tirelessly to bring state resources up and down frustration too but that is part of the job. I pushed as hard as I could for the issues to support the growth of Lower Northeast Castor, Bustleton important to Northeast Philadelphia and Pennsylvania as a whole. As a result, To have a thriving Northeast Philadelphia, we need a foot patrols now Philadelphia. and Cottman two of my bills became law – something no one thought possible for a freshman avenues talking to safe Northeast Philadelphia. To have a safe community, regularly patrol Castor In February, I announced a new $40,000 state legislator in the minority party. business owners. we need more officers on the street, equipped with the Avenue to protect grant for the Oxford Circle Christian Community She is bringing right tools, and working hand-in-hand positively with businesses and Here are some of the Harrisburg highlights: providers. It is now out of the Children and Youth Development Association (OCCCDA) to strengthen more people to residents and businesses. customers after we Committee and on to the full House for a floor vote. the business corridors of our area (Photo 1). Funded 1. H.B. 1231/Act 69 of 2017 – Veterans Registry – participate in the Working with, learning from, and supporting the police expressed concern through the Neighborhood Assistance Program, in signed into law by Gov. Wolf Dec. 22, 2017 (Photo 6. H.B. 2065 – Older Adult Mentor Volunteer ever-growing Castor-Bustleton-Cottman Business is a top priority of mine. I regularly meet with officers over a spate of partnership with M&T Bank and Kinder Academy, 1), a new push to connect Pennsylvania veterans to Program – Voted unanimously out of the Aging Association, encouraging people to get grants from to learn about the challenges they face while trying to robberies along the Rep. Solomon held a news OCCCDA is undertaking extensive work to promote the services and benefits they, their families and and Older Adult Services Committee, this bill would the Merchants Fund, and getting them to attend protect us, and have an almost-daily dialogue with the avenue. conference in July with business growth, accessing city grant programs, caregivers need. support the mentorship of local young people business classes put on by local stakeholders. captains. New Police District: I the Philadelphia Police and building a door-to-door relationship between all Department to announce 2. H.B. 1793/Act 28 of 2018 – Semiquincentennial by retired professionals to help guide young Challenges abound. For example, officers are often worked since I was elected people’s careers and engage older adults in their business owners in the area. This grant builds on the work I did in my first year in to secure a new home for a partnership to combat Commission – signed into law by Gov. Wolf June 12, office helping business corridors. required to spend their whole shift all the way littering in the Northeast. community. Our business corridors are vital to the health of our our 2nd Police District. I 2018. I worked with Rep. Alex Charlton on this law downtown to testify in court instead of walking the neighborhoods. The key to that health is to have a See “Supporting Local Businesses” section on page was thrilled when this spring, City Councilman Brian that creates a statewide commission to prepare for 7. Modernization of the Landlord Tenant Act – This beat. Or they get pulled downtown to staff protests corridor manager beating the pavement day in and 3. This work lays a strong foundation for the future O’Neill passed an ordinance that would pave the and celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s bill, to be introduced in the fall, would be the first or difficult school dismissals. In addition to these day out to support the corridor. Now, thanks to this growth of our business corridors. If you want to get way to move the 2nd Police District headquarters to founding in 2026. comprehensive update of the state act since 1951 challenges, new recruits are directed to other districts, and clarify the relationship and responsibilities for grant, we have Andrea Hodge, a local resident, each involved, contact my office at 215-342-6340. not the 2nd. Castor and Cottman avenues, a central location that 3. 2018-2019 Budget – Unprecedented investment will improve response times for the whole district. in workforce development – I pushed for landlords and tenants. I hosted a Policy Committee I have been fighting to change this. I have met with this since I took office, and Gov. Wolf and the hearing on this topic at the Protestant Home with Police Commissioner Richard Ross multiple times to Security Cameras: My office has helped multiple my colleagues and issue experts (Photo 2). businesses apply for security cameras through a city legislature agreed to $50 million in new spending A New Chinese Association in advocate for more police in the 2nd and for a new 2nd on innovative workforce development programs, If you want to see A student’s view working Police District headquarters that is actually in the 2nd reimbursement program to monitor more sidewalk space on our corridors. particularly for young people. all of my bills and with Jared the Northeast District (it is currently in the 15th). My office brought review all of my votes him out to our neighborhood in October 2017 where On top of this, I remain optimistic that we will be able 4. H.B. 1284 – One Stop Shop For Business – I am State Rep. Jared Solomon is committed to For our neighborhood to working with Rep. Michael Peifer on this bill that on legislation in this thrive, we have to make sure he promised to address these issues. to bring a new Police Athletic League to the Northeast. I current session, visit working closely with students to hear their personally have toured multiple sites with the PAL staff would codify in statute the new PA One Stop Shop perspective and ideas for the community. all people are civically engaged Now I am happy to report results from these efforts: portal with which new and existing business owners legis.state.pa.us or in the community. Sometimes and board members and am actively working to make contact my office at I saw this firsthand as a member of the More Officers: The 2nd District captain announced sure our kids have this great after-school program can easily navigate through the process of setting Northeast High School (NEHS) Student Senate. language barriers make it in the spring that he has 20 new officers under his up or expanding their business. 215-342-6340. In addition, if you want to view my difficult for some in our district’s 30% foreign-born available to them. office expenses, please visit pahouse.com/Solomon/ Throughout the school year we had different command, most of whom are training as bike cops. meetings and debates. We worked hand-in- population to participate. That is why I have encouraged All of this represents important progress in making our 5. H.B. 1742 – Child-care Keystone Stars – I am ExpenseReports. I also continue to save taxpayer hand with Jared’s staff members, Andrew and and supported the creation of a new civic organization Patrols on Commercial Corridors: Bike cops and community safer, one step at a time. working with Rep. Tom Mehaffie on this bill, which money by not taking per diems or a state car. would help the growth of high-quality child-care Jon, to highlight the issues that were most specifically for the Chinese community. important to the NEHS student body; sadly The Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) Serving the District’s Arabic-Speaking Community that issue was violence in our community. was founded to support the local Chinese community Supporting local businesses by helping them access city and state services, translate Recent years have seen a new wave of people gauging needs and desires, both to provide currently From there, we crafted a survey to further Since taking office, one of my priorities is Development Association and Michelle Price-Randall, important documents, and come together to discuss key arriving in the United States from all over, including needed services and to be proactive about keeping investigate if it was the main problem for assisting small businesses and improving business service manager, city Department of Commerce. issues impacting their community. NEPCA’s leadership the Middle East, some of whom mostly speak flourishing as the end goal. our classmates. While some did not think it business corridors. My business liaison Programs available to small business owners can range was a problem, several students confessed is fully engaged with other civic groups such as Oxford Arabic. Those families have become members of our If members of the community realize their potential Minerva Baez visits regularly with small from the business security camera program, storefront to feeling troubled about sudden attacks that Circle CCDA, Lawncrest Civic and many others. I also Northeast Philadelphia community, but their sense for leadership and engagement, it will be a great business owners along the Bustleton, improvement program, crowdfunding at (0% interest) could happen anywhere within our school partnered with NEPCA to host a town hall at Kai Yuan of community may not be clear to them. opportunity to build a thriving Northeast community Castor and Rising Sun Avenue corridors to: program to one-on-one business assistance, business walls, our streets or our community. We need Temple on Cottman Avenue to hear concerns from the As a young person, who has experience of both for all. – Zubaida, Intern Introduce our office and inform the coaching, business training and lending programs. In to hear from more students, but solutions Chinese community (Photo 2). settings and fluency in Arabic and English, I have business owner of the services our office offers, addition, there are grants (which do not have to be repaid) are being worked on so we can better sought to build a connection that assists such NEPCA has set up multiple seminars at the Northeast Listen to both their achievements and challenges, available to small business owners to help prepare their address the topic next school year. families. Regional Library and conducts weekly sessions to take Share with them the financial and security programs business for success. Our goal this following year will be to in issues to help the Chinese community. Interns in my I joined Jared’s office to help the community build that are offered through various city and nonprofit We have already helped eight local business owners to make sure that everyone can experience an office have supported them as well. And in July NEPCA’s itself and serve its needs. I have been an intern organizations, receive $78,000 in funding (Photo 1). Small businesses are environment free from any possible danger work was featured in the New York Times! and volunteer with the office for over a year, Encourage business owners to take part in the Castor a backbone of our community and I am proud to support and threats. offering translation services and working with It is my hope over time that NEPCA proves to be an Bustleton & Cottman Business Association monthly them. Arabic speakers to offer them services in a more meetings. Safety is the foundation for academic success effective model for other communities to follow so that accessible fashion. This summer, we have been To learn more about how we can support your business, and the Student Senate is committed to our government and community can address their needs We have worked closely with key partners in this effort, working to create more sustainable and long-lasting call Minerva Baez at 215-342-6340 or email mbaez@ working with Jared to make this happen. as best as possible. Contact my office at 215-342-6340 Jared’s staff meets with local Arabic speakers to including Andrea Hodge, the economic development ties to Arabic speakers in the neighborhood. We are pahouse.net. to get involved! discuss civics and community engagement ideas. associate at the Oxford Circle Christian Community – Neisha, Northeast High Class of 2019 2 3 4 A Safer Community – Legislative update Jared brings in $40,000 grant for business corridors As the end of the 2017-2018 legislative session approaches, I am proud of Since day one as your state representative, I month walking More Police and a New 2nd Police District many of the things we accomplished in Harrisburg. Certainly there was a lot of promised to work tirelessly to bring state resources up and down frustration too but that is part of the job. I pushed as hard as I could for the issues to support the growth of Lower Northeast Castor, Bustleton important to Northeast Philadelphia and Pennsylvania as a whole. As a result, To have a thriving Northeast Philadelphia, we need a foot patrols now Philadelphia. and Cottman two of my bills became law – something no one thought possible for a freshman avenues talking to safe Northeast Philadelphia. To have a safe community, regularly patrol Castor In February, I announced a new $40,000 state legislator in the minority party. business owners. we need more officers on the street, equipped with the Avenue to protect grant for the Oxford Circle Christian Community She is bringing right tools, and working hand-in-hand positively with businesses and Here are some of the Harrisburg highlights: providers. It is now out of the Children and Youth Development Association (OCCCDA) to strengthen more people to residents and businesses. customers after we Committee and on to the full House for a floor vote. the business corridors of our area (Photo 1). Funded 1. H.B. 1231/Act 69 of 2017 – Veterans Registry – participate in the Working with, learning from, and supporting the police expressed concern through the Neighborhood Assistance Program, in signed into law by Gov. Wolf Dec. 22, 2017 (Photo 6. H.B. 2065 – Older Adult Mentor Volunteer ever-growing Castor-Bustleton-Cottman Business is a top priority of mine. I regularly meet with officers over a spate of partnership with M&T Bank and Kinder Academy, 1), a new push to connect Pennsylvania veterans to Program – Voted unanimously out of the Aging Association, encouraging people to get grants from to learn about the challenges they face while trying to robberies along the Rep. Solomon held a news OCCCDA is undertaking extensive work to promote the services and benefits they, their families and and Older Adult Services Committee, this bill would the Merchants Fund, and getting them to attend protect us, and have an almost-daily dialogue with the avenue. conference in July with business growth, accessing city grant programs, caregivers need. support the mentorship of local young people business classes put on by local stakeholders. captains. New Police District: I the Philadelphia Police and building a door-to-door relationship between all Department to announce 2. H.B. 1793/Act 28 of 2018 – Semiquincentennial by retired professionals to help guide young Challenges abound. For example, officers are often worked since I was elected people’s careers and engage older adults in their business owners in the area. This grant builds on the work I did in my first year in to secure a new home for a partnership to combat Commission – signed into law by Gov. Wolf June 12, office helping business corridors. required to spend their whole shift all the way littering in the Northeast. community. Our business corridors are vital to the health of our our 2nd Police District. I 2018. I worked with Rep. Alex Charlton on this law downtown to testify in court instead of walking the neighborhoods. The key to that health is to have a See “Supporting Local Businesses” section on page was thrilled when this spring, City Councilman Brian that creates a statewide commission to prepare for 7. Modernization of the Landlord Tenant Act – This beat. Or they get pulled downtown to staff protests corridor manager beating the pavement day in and 3. This work lays a strong foundation for the future O’Neill passed an ordinance that would pave the and celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s bill, to be introduced in the fall, would be the first or difficult school dismissals. In addition to these day out to support the corridor. Now, thanks to this growth of our business corridors. If you want to get way to move the 2nd Police District headquarters to founding in 2026. comprehensive update of the state act since 1951 challenges, new recruits are directed to other districts, and clarify the relationship and responsibilities for grant, we have Andrea Hodge, a local resident, each involved, contact my office at 215-342-6340. not the 2nd. Castor and Cottman avenues, a central location that 3. 2018-2019 Budget – Unprecedented investment will improve response times for the whole district. in workforce development – I pushed for landlords and tenants. I hosted a Policy Committee I have been fighting to change this. I have met with this since I took office, and Gov. Wolf and the hearing on this topic at the Protestant Home with Police Commissioner Richard Ross multiple times to Security Cameras: My office has helped multiple my colleagues and issue experts (Photo 2). businesses apply for security cameras through a city legislature agreed to $50 million in new spending A New Chinese Association in advocate for more police in the 2nd and for a new 2nd on innovative workforce development programs, If you want to see A student’s view working Police District headquarters that is actually in the 2nd reimbursement program to monitor more sidewalk space on our corridors. particularly for young people. all of my bills and with Jared the Northeast District (it is currently in the 15th). My office brought review all of my votes him out to our neighborhood in October 2017 where On top of this, I remain optimistic that we will be able 4. H.B. 1284 – One Stop Shop For Business – I am State Rep. Jared Solomon is committed to For our neighborhood to working with Rep. Michael Peifer on this bill that on legislation in this thrive, we have to make sure he promised to address these issues. to bring a new Police Athletic League to the Northeast. I current session, visit working closely with students to hear their personally have toured multiple sites with the PAL staff would codify in statute the new PA One Stop Shop perspective and ideas for the community. all people are civically engaged Now I am happy to report results from these efforts: portal with which new and existing business owners legis.state.pa.us or in the community. Sometimes and board members and am actively working to make contact my office at I saw this firsthand as a member of the More Officers: The 2nd District captain announced sure our kids have this great after-school program can easily navigate through the process of setting Northeast High School (NEHS) Student Senate. language barriers make it in the spring that he has 20 new officers under his up or expanding their business. 215-342-6340. In addition, if you want to view my difficult for some in our district’s 30% foreign-born available to them. office expenses, please visit pahouse.com/Solomon/ Throughout the school year we had different command, most of whom are training as bike cops. meetings and debates. We worked hand-in- population to participate. That is why I have encouraged All of this represents important progress in making our 5. H.B. 1742 – Child-care Keystone Stars – I am ExpenseReports. I also continue to save taxpayer hand with Jared’s staff members, Andrew and and supported the creation of a new civic organization Patrols on Commercial Corridors: Bike cops and community safer, one step at a time. working with Rep. Tom Mehaffie on this bill, which money by not taking per diems or a state car. would help the growth of high-quality child-care Jon, to highlight the issues that were most specifically for the Chinese community. important to the NEHS student body; sadly The Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) Serving the District’s Arabic-Speaking Community that issue was violence in our community. was founded to support the local Chinese community Supporting local businesses by helping them access city and state services, translate Recent years have seen a new wave of people gauging needs and desires, both to provide currently From there, we crafted a survey to further Since taking office, one of my priorities is Development Association and Michelle Price-Randall, important documents, and come together to discuss key arriving in the United States from all over, including needed services and to be proactive about keeping investigate if it was the main problem for assisting small businesses and improving business service manager, city Department of Commerce. issues impacting their community. NEPCA’s leadership the Middle East, some of whom mostly speak flourishing as the end goal. our classmates. While some did not think it business corridors. My business liaison Programs available to small business owners can range was a problem, several students confessed is fully engaged with other civic groups such as Oxford Arabic. Those families have become members of our If members of the community realize their potential Minerva Baez visits regularly with small from the business security camera program, storefront to feeling troubled about sudden attacks that Circle CCDA, Lawncrest Civic and many others. I also Northeast Philadelphia community, but their sense for leadership and engagement, it will be a great business owners along the Bustleton, improvement program, crowdfunding at (0% interest) could happen anywhere within our school partnered with NEPCA to host a town hall at Kai Yuan of community may not be clear to them. opportunity to build a thriving Northeast community Castor and Rising Sun Avenue corridors to: program to one-on-one business assistance, business walls, our streets or our community. We need Temple on Cottman Avenue to hear concerns from the As a young person, who has experience of both for all. – Zubaida, Intern Introduce our office and inform the coaching, business training and lending programs. In to hear from more students, but solutions Chinese community (Photo 2). settings and fluency in Arabic and English, I have business owner of the services our office offers, addition, there are grants (which do not have to be repaid) are being worked on so we can better sought to build a connection that assists such NEPCA has set up multiple seminars at the Northeast Listen to both their achievements and challenges, available to small business owners to help prepare their address the topic next school year. families. Regional Library and conducts weekly sessions to take Share with them the financial and security programs business for success. Our goal this following year will be to in issues to help the Chinese community. Interns in my I joined Jared’s office to help the community build that are offered through various city and nonprofit We have already helped eight local business owners to make sure that everyone can experience an office have supported them as well. And in July NEPCA’s itself and serve its needs. I have been an intern organizations, receive $78,000 in funding (Photo 1). Small businesses are environment free from any possible danger work was featured in the New York Times! and volunteer with the office for over a year, Encourage business owners to take part in the Castor a backbone of our community and I am proud to support and threats. offering translation services and working with It is my hope over time that NEPCA proves to be an Bustleton & Cottman Business Association monthly them. Arabic speakers to offer them services in a more meetings. Safety is the foundation for academic success effective model for other communities to follow so that accessible fashion. This summer, we have been To learn more about how we can support your business, and the Student Senate is committed to our government and community can address their needs We have worked closely with key partners in this effort, working to create more sustainable and long-lasting call Minerva Baez at 215-342-6340 or email mbaez@ working with Jared to make this happen. as best as possible. Contact my office at 215-342-6340 Jared’s staff meets with local Arabic speakers to including Andrea Hodge, the economic development ties to Arabic speakers in the neighborhood. We are pahouse.net. to get involved! discuss civics and community engagement ideas. associate at the Oxford Circle Christian Community – Neisha, Northeast High Class of 2019 2 3 4 A Safer Community – Legislative update Jared brings in $40,000 grant for business corridors As the end of the 2017-2018 legislative session approaches, I am proud of Since day one as your state representative, I month walking More Police and a New 2nd Police District many of the things we accomplished in Harrisburg. Certainly there was a lot of promised to work tirelessly to bring state resources up and down frustration too but that is part of the job. I pushed as hard as I could for the issues to support the growth of Lower Northeast Castor, Bustleton important to Northeast Philadelphia and Pennsylvania as a whole. As a result, To have a thriving Northeast Philadelphia, we need a foot patrols now Philadelphia. and Cottman two of my bills became law – something no one thought possible for a freshman avenues talking to safe Northeast Philadelphia. To have a safe community, regularly patrol Castor In February, I announced a new $40,000 state legislator in the minority party. business owners. we need more officers on the street, equipped with the Avenue to protect grant for the Oxford Circle Christian Community She is bringing right tools, and working hand-in-hand positively with businesses and Here are some of the Harrisburg highlights: providers. It is now out of the Children and Youth Development Association (OCCCDA) to strengthen more people to residents and businesses. customers after we Committee and on to the full House for a floor vote. the business corridors of our area (Photo 1). Funded 1. H.B. 1231/Act 69 of 2017 – Veterans Registry – participate in the Working with, learning from, and supporting the police expressed concern through the Neighborhood Assistance Program, in signed into law by Gov. Wolf Dec. 22, 2017 (Photo 6. H.B. 2065 – Older Adult Mentor Volunteer ever-growing Castor-Bustleton-Cottman Business is a top priority of mine. I regularly meet with officers over a spate of partnership with M&T Bank and Kinder Academy, 1), a new push to connect Pennsylvania veterans to Program – Voted unanimously out of the Aging Association, encouraging people to get grants from to learn about the challenges they face while trying to robberies along the Rep. Solomon held a news OCCCDA is undertaking extensive work to promote the services and benefits they, their families and and Older Adult Services Committee, this bill would the Merchants Fund, and getting them to attend protect us, and have an almost-daily dialogue with the avenue. conference in July with business growth, accessing city grant programs, caregivers need. support the mentorship of local young people business classes put on by local stakeholders. captains. New Police District: I the Philadelphia Police and building a door-to-door relationship between all Department to announce 2. H.B. 1793/Act 28 of 2018 – Semiquincentennial by retired professionals to help guide young Challenges abound. For example, officers are often worked since I was elected people’s careers and engage older adults in their business owners in the area. This grant builds on the work I did in my first year in to secure a new home for a partnership to combat Commission – signed into law by Gov. Wolf June 12, office helping business corridors. required to spend their whole shift all the way littering in the Northeast. community. Our business corridors are vital to the health of our our 2nd Police District. I 2018. I worked with Rep. Alex Charlton on this law downtown to testify in court instead of walking the neighborhoods. The key to that health is to have a See “Supporting Local Businesses” section on page was thrilled when this spring, City Councilman Brian that creates a statewide commission to prepare for 7. Modernization of the Landlord Tenant Act – This beat. Or they get pulled downtown to staff protests corridor manager beating the pavement day in and 3. This work lays a strong foundation for the future O’Neill passed an ordinance that would pave the and celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s bill, to be introduced in the fall, would be the first or difficult school dismissals. In addition to these day out to support the corridor. Now, thanks to this growth of our business corridors. If you want to get way to move the 2nd Police District headquarters to founding in 2026. comprehensive update of the state act since 1951 challenges, new recruits are directed to other districts, and clarify the relationship and responsibilities for grant, we have Andrea Hodge, a local resident, each involved, contact my office at 215-342-6340. not the 2nd. Castor and Cottman avenues, a central location that 3. 2018-2019 Budget – Unprecedented investment will improve response times for the whole district. in workforce development – I pushed for landlords and tenants. I hosted a Policy Committee I have been fighting to change this. I have met with this since I took office, and Gov. Wolf and the hearing on this topic at the Protestant Home with Police Commissioner Richard Ross multiple times to Security Cameras: My office has helped multiple my colleagues and issue experts (Photo 2). businesses apply for security cameras through a city legislature agreed to $50 million in new spending A New Chinese Association in advocate for more police in the 2nd and for a new 2nd on innovative workforce development programs, If you want to see A student’s view working Police District headquarters that is actually in the 2nd reimbursement program to monitor more sidewalk space on our corridors. particularly for young people. all of my bills and with Jared the Northeast District (it is currently in the 15th). My office brought review all of my votes him out to our neighborhood in October 2017 where On top of this, I remain optimistic that we will be able 4. H.B. 1284 – One Stop Shop For Business – I am State Rep. Jared Solomon is committed to For our neighborhood to working with Rep. Michael Peifer on this bill that on legislation in this thrive, we have to make sure he promised to address these issues. to bring a new Police Athletic League to the Northeast. I current session, visit working closely with students to hear their personally have toured multiple sites with the PAL staff would codify in statute the new PA One Stop Shop perspective and ideas for the community. all people are civically engaged Now I am happy to report results from these efforts: portal with which new and existing business owners legis.state.pa.us or in the community. Sometimes and board members and am actively working to make contact my office at I saw this firsthand as a member of the More Officers: The 2nd District captain announced sure our kids have this great after-school program can easily navigate through the process of setting Northeast High School (NEHS) Student Senate. language barriers make it in the spring that he has 20 new officers under his up or expanding their business. 215-342-6340. In addition, if you want to view my difficult for some in our district’s 30% foreign-born available to them. office expenses, please visit pahouse.com/Solomon/ Throughout the school year we had different command, most of whom are training as bike cops. meetings and debates. We worked hand-in- population to participate. That is why I have encouraged All of this represents important progress in making our 5. H.B. 1742 – Child-care Keystone Stars – I am ExpenseReports. I also continue to save taxpayer hand with Jared’s staff members, Andrew and and supported the creation of a new civic organization Patrols on Commercial Corridors: Bike cops and community safer, one step at a time. working with Rep. Tom Mehaffie on this bill, which money by not taking per diems or a state car. would help the growth of high-quality child-care Jon, to highlight the issues that were most specifically for the Chinese community. important to the NEHS student body; sadly The Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA) Serving the District’s Arabic-Speaking Community that issue was violence in our community. was founded to support the local Chinese community Supporting local businesses by helping them access city and state services, translate Recent years have seen a new wave of people gauging needs and desires, both to provide currently From there, we crafted a survey to further Since taking office, one of my priorities is Development Association and Michelle Price-Randall, important documents, and come together to discuss key arriving in the United States from all over, including needed services and to be proactive about keeping investigate if it was the main problem for assisting small businesses and improving business service manager, city Department of Commerce. issues impacting their community. NEPCA’s leadership the Middle East, some of whom mostly speak flourishing as the end goal. our classmates. While some did not think it business corridors. My business liaison Programs available to small business owners can range was a problem, several students confessed is fully engaged with other civic groups such as Oxford Arabic. Those families have become members of our If members of the community realize their potential Minerva Baez visits regularly with small from the business security camera program, storefront to feeling troubled about sudden attacks that Circle CCDA, Lawncrest Civic and many others. I also Northeast Philadelphia community, but their sense for leadership and engagement, it will be a great business owners along the Bustleton, improvement program, crowdfunding at (0% interest) could happen anywhere within our school partnered with NEPCA to host a town hall at Kai Yuan of community may not be clear to them. opportunity to build a thriving Northeast community Castor and Rising Sun Avenue corridors to: program to one-on-one business assistance, business walls, our streets or our community. We need Temple on Cottman Avenue to hear concerns from the As a young person, who has experience of both for all. – Zubaida, Intern Introduce our office and inform the coaching, business training and lending programs. In to hear from more students, but solutions Chinese community (Photo 2). settings and fluency in Arabic and English, I have business owner of the services our office offers, addition, there are grants (which do not have to be repaid) are being worked on so we can better sought to build a connection that assists such NEPCA has set up multiple seminars at the Northeast Listen to both their achievements and challenges, available to small business owners to help prepare their address the topic next school year. families. Regional Library and conducts weekly sessions to take Share with them the financial and security programs business for success. Our goal this following year will be to in issues to help the Chinese community. Interns in my I joined Jared’s office to help the community build that are offered through various city and nonprofit We have already helped eight local business owners to make sure that everyone can experience an office have supported them as well. And in July NEPCA’s itself and serve its needs. I have been an intern organizations, receive $78,000 in funding (Photo 1). Small businesses are environment free from any possible danger work was featured in the New York Times! and volunteer with the office for over a year, Encourage business owners to take part in the Castor a backbone of our community and I am proud to support and threats. offering translation services and working with It is my hope over time that NEPCA proves to be an Bustleton & Cottman Business Association monthly them. Arabic speakers to offer them services in a more meetings. Safety is the foundation for academic success effective model for other communities to follow so that accessible fashion. This summer, we have been To learn more about how we can support your business, and the Student Senate is committed to our government and community can address their needs We have worked closely with key partners in this effort, working to create more sustainable and long-lasting call Minerva Baez at 215-342-6340 or email mbaez@ working with Jared to make this happen. as best as possible. Contact my office at 215-342-6340 Jared’s staff meets with local Arabic speakers to including Andrea Hodge, the economic development ties to Arabic speakers in the neighborhood. We are pahouse.net. to get involved! discuss civics and community engagement ideas. associate at the Oxford Circle Christian Community – Neisha, Northeast High Class of 2019 2 3 4 Help with utility bills Saving homes from foreclosure JARED SOLOMON Almost daily, people come into my Property values are on the rise, causing higher PA STATE REPRESENTATIVE 202nd office because they either have received property taxes. As a result, some of our neighbors JARED SOLOMON PA have fallen behind, so my staff has contacted them a utility shutoff notice or their water, P.O. Box 202202 by letters and phone calls to help them resolve gas or electricity is already shut off. Harrisburg, PA 17120-2202 nd unpaid property taxes and, in many cases, save 202 People who are behind on utility bills STATE REPRESENTATIVE homes. Often, they are working parents, people with often ignore it, which can lead to disabilities or seniors who did not even realize that more fees and eventually a shutoff. In 7012 Castor Ave. • Philadelphia PA, 19149 • (215) 342-6340 their home was in danger of foreclosure. $200,000 state grant helping dozens of people either prevent a shutoff or @RepJaredSolomon • C /RepJaredSolomon • [email protected] • StateRepJaredSolomon restore service, we have developed steps to guide We have already reached out to more than 100 for Tarken Recreation people who have fallen behind on utility bills and are neighbors and saved more than a dozen homes by Center worried about a shutoff. We recommend: helping them apply for Philadelphia’s Owner-Occupied Saving homes from Payment Agreement (OOPA) program. OOPA saves DO talk to your utility company. PECO, PGW, foreclosure Jared brings $200,000 state grant for Tarken Rec Center people from tax foreclosure by letting them pay a