Abby Weiss

A Philadelphia developer is proposing to build a cluster of data centers in Upper Merion Township, adding to a growing line of projects along nearby sections of the Schuylkill River.

A developer who wants to build data centers in Upper Merion has resubmitted plans to bring a hyperscale facility to Conshohocken.

Local volunteers are banding together to help achieve what’s known as “tree equity” in Northwest Philadelphia, meaning that streets and neighborhoods with fewer trees are targeted for more planting.

Friends of Pastorius Park held a ceremonial tree planting with elected officials and donors on May 14. From left to right: Tracy Gardner, FoPP president; Fabrizio Franco, FoPP treasurer; Kava Franklin; Debbie Rodgers, Paul Meyer’s wife; state Sen. Art Haywood; state Rep. Tarik Khan; Rob Fleming, landscape architect; Laura Lucas, president of the Chestnut Hill Community Association, and Richard Snowden.

In the year before its 200th anniversary, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will award Philadelphia gardeners for their skills in a new challenge.

Friends of the Wissahickon has launched its Streambank Resiliency and Flood Study, an effort to address longtime trail issues in the park and the increasing risk of flooding due to climate change.

Cresheim Valley Apartments tenants and their neighbors are cultivating a new — and greener — chapter in the Mt. Airy building’s history.

Cresheim Valley Apartments tenants and their neighbors are cultivating a new — and greener — chapter in the Mt. Airy building’s history.

The East Vincent Township Board of Supervisors rejected a contentious application to build a data center at the former site of Pennhurst State School and Hospital.

The scene at the Upper Merion Township building last Wednesday night was unlike a typical planning commission meeting.