Matt's description is on target. If you have a regular West Philadelphia civic group of any sort, and you make Glenn Bryant (Penn's community relations officer) aware of its interest in First Thursdays, your officer will be mailed a large package of information before every meeting. Nobody attends every meeting, which are 8 a.m. breakfast events, but they are well attended. If anybody wants to attend, just go. They are far from secret.

I don't recall hearing the demolition discussed either, but like Matt I'm not there every month. The format is not one that would require Penn to tell you everything it's up to during the next month, however. There's only so much time .... Penn typically presents an affiliated program that it is hoping for community involvement in. Then whatever other groups are there can present what *they're* up to, again with a stress onlooking for connections between the various community groups as well as with Penn itself. Attendees can and sometimes do raise questions about Penn projects they are opposed to or troubled by.

-- Tony West

----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Matthew Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am familiar with the First Thursday meetings.  They are promoted at the
very least to community groups in West Philly.  I can not speak to the
breadth of the promotion, but they are not hiding them.  In attendance are
representatives of most of the West Philly/U City community groups, but
there are others and anyone can attend.


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