From PhillyBurbs.com (5/18/23):
La Mott Community Center, over 12 miles from Center City, shares ground with what was once the largest federal training camp for Black troops in the American Civil War: Camp William Penn.
The center closed in October 2021, as failing infrastructure stacked onto pandemic shutdown. Cheltenham Township didn’t have answers. Residents rallied to save their staple of neighborhood identity, generations of memory and national history.
The center’s future was thrown into question. But now, there’s hope federal money can save it.
U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean put forward a congressional appropriation request this spring, seeking over $3.8 million in federal funds for the rehabilitation of the community center.
