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"When a contractor showed up at the rowhouse Deborah Ryles has lived in most of
her life, she couldn’t believe her ears.
“He told me he was putting on a new roof,” she said. “I just stood on the steps
and cried.”
Along with nine of her neighbors near 53rd and Sansom Streets in West Philly,
Ryles, 76, is among the latest beneficiaries of an organization called
Rebuilding Together Philadelphia. RTP is a nonprofit and partners with
grassroots organizations, such as the Enterprise Center in West Philly, to
identify blocks and residents who would be likely participants in the free
home-improvement program.
More than 100 volunteers, tradespeople, and contractors mobilized for last
Friday’s Block Build, RTP’s signature program, on the 5300 block of Sansom
Street. Pop tunes played as teams built planters and carried tools and
materials to various houses, lending the event a block party vibe.
“First is the flooring,” Jett Biggert, deputy director of programs, told the
assembled volunteers just before work began at 9 a.m.
“Get your crew together, get over to the house, be safe, and have a good time,”
they said."
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