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As City buildings begin to reopen, more services are being offered in-person and without an appointment. During the pandemic, numerous City departments required residents to make appointments in advance for in-person services. Some departments will still require appointments, but others will now also accommodate walk-ins.

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The Benjamin Franklin Parkway is having a moment. As residents and visitors return to Center City, there is something for everyone to enjoy on the Parkway this summer.

https://www.phila.gov/2021-07-02-six-new-reasons-to-take-a-stroll-down-the-parkway/

As the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages fully vaccinated individuals to resume pre-pandemic activities, the City of Philadelphia has fully rolled back its Safer-at-Home rules.

https://www.phila.gov/2021-07-07-philadelphia-reopens-heres-whats-changing-at-revenue/

With the summer temperatures expected to climb into the high 90s today and with the humidity pushing the heat index to 100 ​degrees or higher, the Wolf Administration is encouraging all Pennsylvanians to protect themselves and loved ones, including pets, from the heat.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/pennsylvanians-encouraged-to-take-precautions-from-extreme-summer-heat/

House Bill 1024 acts on recommendations made by the Department of Health to revise the Medical Marijuana Act, which was signed into law in 2016. Specifically, it protects patient safety standards and product quality of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program while empowering the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board to continue to consider new medical conditions for eligibility. It will also retain certain flexibilities enacted under the state’s COVID-19 disaster declaration that patients and dispensaries found convenient.

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-signs-legislation-expanding-access-to-medical-marijuana/

Thursday, July 1 marks the new fiscal year for the City of Philadelphia! The Fiscal Year 2022 budget makes significant investments to ensure the long-term safety, health and well-being of Philadelphia and our residents. It focuses on providing—and in some cases expanding—core services while maintaining our long-term fiscal health. 

https://www.phila.gov/2021-06-30-happy-new-fiscal-year/

The strawberry lemonade shandy drinks like an extra-flavorful hard seltzer.

With its sweet start and tangy finish, strawberry lemonade is a great summer thirst quencher. Add beer, like Wawa and 2SP Brewing Company just did, and it’s even more fun.

Sunfest Strawberry Lemonade Shandy is the latest collab between the Delaware County convenience chain and brewery, appearing on store shelves this week.

SEPTA is planning to roll out SEPTA Key 2.0.

Authority officials are conducting an industry-wide review of fare payment systems and asking experts for their input on how to improve the troubled Key card.

Through a Request for Information announced Monday, officials hope to ultimately create a fare payment system that can change with the times and adapt to riders’ needs, offer more convenience to riders, and open the door to partnerships with other transit providers.

No budget for 2.0 has been set yet.

As theaters start to reopen after being shut down, they are faced with an audience they have been largely out of touch with for more than a year, as well as a different world in which issues of race and equity are at the forefront.

https://whyy.org/articles/theater-artists-protest-walnut-street-theatre-claiming-abusive-behavior

As commuters are slowing trickling back to Center City offices this summer, the transit agency is trying to get creative, solving for a new way of working and trying to connect the rails to city buses and trollies.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/transportation-and-transit/septa-regional-rail-reimagining-covid-philadelphia/2862397/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_PHBrand&fbclid=IwAR3NrWQQapUNlUzlCkZzNeCaT5ycecv15zK6Ew9e_k8P1b4WLQ2ALh6NTi0