WHO: Mayor Michael A. NutterrnSenator Bob CaseyrnNilda Ruiz, President and CEO of AsociacÃon Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM)rnPaul Freitag, Director of Development for Jonathan Rose Companies (JRCo)rnrnWHAT: Mayor Nutter will announce that the City of Philadelphia will partner with APM and JRCo to construct a mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented development near the Temple Rail Station, located on 9th Street between Berks and Norris Street. The proposed project will include 164 rental apartments available to a mix of household income levels, with at least 44 units being affordable housing units, and ground floor community and retail space. The project will strengthen the adjacent Ludlow / Temple University neighborhoods and serve as a gateway for transit access into eastern North Philadelphia. This project is made possible, in part, by $487,000 in federal funding secured by Senator Bob Casey.rnrnWHERE: 9th St between Norris and BerksrnrnWHEN: Monday, June 7, 2010 2:00 pm