Delaware River WATERFRONT

(Philadelphia, PA) -- Safely celebrate Valentine’s Day on Monday, February 14 with premium ice skating at Sweetheart Skate. Bring your significant other, your galantine, family, or just fly solo. Tickets are sold individually for $25 per person. Each ticketholder will receive skating admission, skate rentals, a single rose, and a keepsake photo from Old City Photo Booth. Deejay007 will be spinning the best beats. There will be boardwalk games and rides, cozy cabins, and firepits. Food, drink, and amusements are pay as you go. Cabins and firepits can be reserved in advance. 

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Spruce Street Harbor Park, a stroll down Philadelphia’s Urban Boardwalk will lead you right into the return of Summer on the Waterfront just in time for Memorial Day Weekend. Between Race Street Pier, Cherry Street Pier, Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest, and Spruce Street Harbor Park, Philadelphians and visitors will once again have ample space to relax, dine, soak in the views, and have fun on the Waterfront this season.

Visitors will enjoy a brand new set of hammocks with bright new colors, all of which will be undergoing regular, enhanced cleaning protocols, three exciting new boardwalk eateries, and a new contactless arcade payment system with prepaid card swipes and self-service payment kiosks that accept cash or cards. Games such as cornhole, giant Connect Four, giant Legos, bocce, and giant Jenga will return, and of course, the park will be decked out in its signature technicolored lights.

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The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) is pleased to announce the addition of Larry Bell as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 19, 2021. 
 

Previously, Mr. Bell was the Executive Vice President and CFO of The Enterprise Center (an organization he co-founded), which provides access to capital, capacity building, business education, and economic development opportunities to high-potential minority entrepreneurs. In this role, he was responsible for all financial aspects of the organization including its capital lending initiatives.

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