Ardmore, A Village at Risk

There's a battle going on just over in Ardmore and the Save Ardmore Coalition have been fighting like hell for their community which is at risk. In conjunction with Scribe Video Center, they've put together a short documentary which will be showcased next Tuesday. Some info:

The Save Ardmore Coalition's 8 minute documentary "Ardmore, A Village at Risk" will be featured at Scribe Video Center's upcoming screening of 4 documentaries produced through its Precious Places Project. All of the documentaries focus on the use of eminent domain for private development and the threat that it presents to the existing community. The video documentaries are the Save Ardmore Coalition's "Ardmore, A Village At Risk", the Cramer Hill Residents Association's Pride of the Hill, the Community Leadership Institute's The Taking of Bodine: Never Forget and Odunde's The Taking of South Central... Philadelphia.

The screening will be followed by community conversation and discussion about the future of our neighborhoods. This event will be held on Tuesday March 7, 2006 at 7:00PM at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 36 Ardmore Avenue, Ardmore, PA. It is free and open to the public.

I've never been out to Ardmore, but I may be heading out there to see this film and see first hand what's going on just around the way.

What's happening in Ardmore has national significance.

Comments

[Ellen]

I've been (I think just 1x) and it's definitely worth saving - a cute stretch and I'm especially against this (if I'm understanding the issue correctly) in that these are successful small businesses that have thrived there for ages that are being targetted. Noone would do this to a Walmart.