A Stronger Philadelphia. Block By Block.

A Plan for America's Cities

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Creating Good Jobs

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Investing in Public Schools

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Delivering Results for All Our Communities

About Dwight Evans

As a State Representative and civic leader, Dwight has dedicated his career to bolstering our communities and improving the lives of Philadelphia families.

Dwight will be an activist Congressman who will take what's he's learned from his successes to strengthen all our neighborhoods across the city, block by block.

A Lifetime Commitment to Philadelphia

Dwight is a North Philadelphia native, a community activist and a leader in the State Legislature. Throughout his career, he has been on the front lines for civil rights, economic opportunity, quality education and safe neighborhoods.

Stronger Communities

Dwight is focused on turning once-blighted neighborhoods into thriving commercial centers and magnets for middle-class families. Block by block, he will help revitalize neighborhoods across Philadelphia by bringing stable jobs and refurbished housing.

Fresh & Affordable Food, Higher Quality of Life

Dwight led the effort to bring grocery stores to underserved neighborhoods without fresh food options in areas outside his boundaries. This helped create new jobs and was used as a national model by President Obama,

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Latest from the campaign

Chestnut Hill Local: New, improved sidewalks for Mt. Airy

Posted Wednesday, March 13, 2024 12:00 am by Carla Robinson Construction is likely to begin later this year on Mt. Airy’s long-awaited $3.5 million sidewalk improvement project, thanks to Congressman Dwight Evans’ Friday announcement that he had secured more than $13.3 million in federal funding for a series of  local projects, including $500,000 for the Northwest Philadelphia pedestrian […]

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WHYY: Philadelphia secures $158 million for Chinatown Stitch project

“We will finally be repairing a historic wrong,” said U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle. Tom MacDonald Federal funding is going to pay for the covering of the underground portion of the Vine Street Expressway. The goal is to reconnect, or “stitch,” together a fractured community. The Chinatown Stitch project will cover the existing below-ground Vine Street Expressway from 10th […]

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