It's been five months since Cherelle Parker became Philly mayor and is keeping her promises, so far.
Mayor Cherelle Parker has made cleaning up Philadelphia a major focus of her first months in office. Winning preliminary approval of her budget this week, she’s pouring millions of dollars into the effort. But will clean city blocks remain that way?The message of a cleaner, greener Philadelphia is hard to miss in Strawberry Mansion. It blares from a Big Belly trash container at the corner of 29th and Lehigh.
All part of Cherelle Parker’s promise to rid the city of its ugly moniker: Filthadelphia. More than three months later, and the block is largely free of trash. Mitchell said, "It looks a lot better, and if people do what they’re supposed to do, everybody does their part, it will be great.MORE RELATED COVERAGE:Parker is pouring millions of dollars in her new budget into her clean and green efforts.
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