WORC supports Wynnefield and Overbrook local businesses by

  • Granting

    WORC receives large grants of money to give and support businesses within the WBA

  • Cleaning

    54th street corridor where WBA resides, is cleaned by WORC and the clean corridors initiative

  • Renovating

    WORC has utilized grants to redesign and renovate full storefront spaces on 54th street corridor

  • Redeveloping

    Using emptied buildings or establishments, WORC has redeveloped senior housing along 54th street

  • Planning

    With architects, WORC made designs to restructure and revive certain corridors like 54th street

  • Coaching

    WORC serves as a resource for business owners to improve and consolidate themselves

The

Wynnefield Business Association

WBA was created in February 2011 and is a subsidiary of WORC. It evolved from five individuals; William Butts of Butts Barbershop, Morgan Cephas, formerly of Councilman Jones’ office, Gerald Murphy of the Wynnefield Overbrook Revitalization Corporation and NazAarah Sabree, City of Philadelphia, Department of Commerce.  This group came together to revitalize, develop and implement strategies that would stimulate economic development in the Wynnefield area and the 54th Street commercial corridor.

The association’s purpose is to provide members with the support needed to help build strong and lasting businesses. The WBA intends to accomplish this by keeping members alert to community issues, connecting them to necessary resources that develop and expand their businesses, as well as provide marketing strategies for customer growth and educational opportunities for personal growth.  The WBA is the place where members come to invest in themselves and their success.

Our accomplishments include:

  • Partnering with Commerce Department to secure funding for external improvements for various businesses.

  • Installation of BigBelly trash cans along the 54th Street Corridor

  • Septa bus shelters installed on 54th Street Corridor

  • Business Workshops

  • Planting of Trees