Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Inc. (TTF)
TTF’s mission is to enhance the health and vitality of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Creek and its watershed. We initiate and support efforts to restore the health of the watershed, and to mobilize our communities as watershed stewards through community outreach, networking, educational programs, and project coordination and implementation.
Our watershed includes neighborhoods in North, Northeast, and Northwest Philadelphia and communities in Abington, Cheltenham, Jenkintown, Rockledge, and Springfield in Montgomery County.
Our programs and services include:
- Watershed education
- Watershed stewardship facilitation
- Stormwater management, stream restoration and neighborhood beautification
- Municipal networking, consultation and informational support
Our current restoration projects include:
In Philadelphia County
- Block-by-block engagement, education, and involvement in neighborhoods along Philadelphia’s Tacony Creek Park, in conjunction with creek and park restoration efforts
- Installation of a rain garden and facilitation of community engagement efforts at Vernon Park, a neighborhood park in Germantown
- Transformation of Clearview Community Park, a 5,000 square foot vacant lot in Philadelphia’s Germantown/East Mt. Airy neighborhood into a garden of native plants
- Establishment of the Wingohocking Tree Tenders, a street tree planting group in Philadelphia’s Germantown and East Mt. Airy neighborhoods, as part of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Tree Tenders program
- An ongoing partnership with the Pennsylania Horticultural Society’s Roots to Re-entry Program, teaching stormwater management and landscaping skills to currently incarcerated and recently-released prisoners
In Montgomery County
- Creation of a 10,000 square foot riparian buffer and outdoor classroom at Glenside Elementary School
- Creation of Audubon-certified native bird habitats at Glenside Elementary School and Cedarbrook Middle School
- Installation of a 15,000 riparian buffer and outdoor classroom along Rock Creek, a first order stream of the Tookany Creek located behind Cedarbrook Middle School
We are pleased to be a partner in the Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City, Clean Waters Program.
Not sure if you live in our watershed? Find your watershed here.
