Thanks to You, We’re a 2024 Philly Favorite by Karen Plourde, Editor, Weavers Way Shuttle A couple months back, we asked our shoppers to vote for the Co-op as their favorite grocery store in the Philly Favorites 2024 reader poll sponsored by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Well, plenty of you did, and what do you know? We won!
Community-Owned, Open to Everyone
The Philly Favorites poll, which includes over 740 businesses, covers 243 categories — everything from bakeries to burgers to audiologists and escape rooms. The blurb under our listing, on p.88 of the Philly Favorites guide, states:
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The Shuttle MAY 2024
Now’s the Time To Cast Your Vote For Our Board
Weavers Way Co-op is owned and operated by members of the community who are connected to the neighborhoods. This store prioritizes sharing healthy foods and fostering strong community hubs. Weavers Way Co-op features hundreds of local
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Our Board is responsible for assuring that the Co-op lives up to the values of our organization as expressed in our Ends. They also work to make sure that our general manager operates our business in a way that aligns with the Ends. Your participation in our elections confirms that our members care about the Co-op as a community-building organization in addition to caring about and patronizing our business. And your vote affirms our independent, mission-driven, cooperative business, whose values and direction are derived from the seven International Cooperative Principles and Weavers Way’s Ends. In addition to the outstanding quality of the Co-op’s offerings, our ability as an organization to do the following give us
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Please join us to celebrate the opening of our new Germantown store! You’ll meet some of the local vendors and community groups that make us who we are. Our Saturday event will focus on Juneteenth and feature Black vendors. On Sunday, the emphasis will be on family fun!
Co-op needs you to cast
your vote for four candidates who are seeking to join Weavers Way’s Board of Directors. You only have until May 18 to vote online, so there’s no time like the present to take the plunge.
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The Future of SEPTA’s Regional Rail System is Up to Us by Anne Dicker, for the Shuttle
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n recent months, you’ve proba-
bly seen a sign, flyer, poster or button for the Save the Train Coalition, a grassroots effort across Northwest Philadelphia that was created in response to SEPTA’s budget crisis. You may also know that without full funding for SEPTA this fiscal year, we face the complete loss of the Chestnut Hill West line, as well as 20% cuts to the Chestnut Hill East line and the 23 bus route. Our coalition now has over 7,000 members and 67 partners, including community groups, developers, houses of worship, environmental groups, histor-
ic sites, businesses, arts organizations and educational institutions. We also have the support of nine local elected officials. We’re on a mission to save our train service and secure full funding for SEPTA, and we need your help. Coalition members are working tirelessly to raise awareness of SEPTA’s immediate budget shortfall, encourage more of our neighbors to ride public transit, and push state and local politicians to “Step Up for SEPTA” to protect and expand this critical service. We’re delighted and
encouraged by the positive response we’ve received from residents, public officials and even SEPTA itself. But there’s much more to do and time is of the essence. This year’s state budget negotiations must wrap up by the end of June, while increasing ridership and securing future growth-level budgets for SEPTA are longer-term challenges. We want to hear from you and enlist your help. If you don’t ride regional rail, why not? Much of the data we’ve gathered suggests that many of our neighbors
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