PHA REOPENS SHUTTERED HARTRANFT COMMUNITY CENTER

PHA on March 4, 2025

MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Event Date -Tuesday, March 4, 2025

For more information, please contact: Nichole Tillman, 215-888-2869; [email protected]

PHA REOPENS SHUTTERED HARTRANFT COMMUNITY CENTER

The long-shuttered center will feature a refurbished indoor pool and other amenities.

 

WHAT:
The Philadelphia Housing Authority will re-open the Hartranft Community Center (HCC) in North Philadelphia, which has been shuttered for two decades.

WHEN:
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 11 a.m.

WHERE:
Hartranft Community Center
800 W Cumberland Street
Philadelphia, PA 19133

 

WHO:
Kelvin A.  Jeremiah, PHA President & CEO

Darrell L. Clarke, PHA Board Member

Malcolm Kenyatta, State Representative

Jeffery Young, Councilmember

Ms. El, 37th Ward Leader

Keith W. Arrington, Sr. John F. Hartranft Elementary School, Principal

 

DETAILS:     The Hartranft Community Center (HCC), built in 1974, was a destination for the surrounding neighbors and a safe place for the children. Unfortunately, it has been closed for two decades. PHA worked closely with the former Council President Darrell L Clarke, the area’s ward leader, Ms. El, and the entire community to reopen the center.

The property is 60,000 square feet. There is an adjoining playground managed by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation that adds an additional 25,000 square feet. The footprint of the center is about 30,000 square feet on two levels. The center also offers an underground indoor swimming pool, as well as a kitchen, large multi-purpose rooms, and several classrooms.

PHA will provide services at the center.  The HCC is governed by a charter to ensure the center is properly serving the community.