The Manayunk Development Corporation wants to encourage Main Street store owners to open or connect their buildings to the Manayunk Canal towpath. Using guidelines created by the development corporation, the Collaborative worked with three businesses on new entrances, signage, lighting, window boxes, murals, outdoor dining, and rear windows, decks, and balconies that will add activity and appeal along the towpath.
"The most rewarding part is to be able to help nonprofits take their program in the direction they want to go.”