Local community project Shade Stations create shaded areas in communities that are most vulnerable to heat.
globally, a local initiative is offering relief to the Philadelphia neighborhoods that need it most.
Drexel Engineering professor Dr. Franco Montalto says after other communities requested shade structures, Shade Stations decided to train and hire local residents to build the structures to offset pandemic-fueled job loss. "[Shade Stations] offers communities a way to deal with that heat when it comes, like this weekend, when we see that we need to get away from it," Brady says. "Particularly, if you have more limited resources with air conditioning, available parks, because its really, really important for people to have a way to find some shade because there are serious, serious health impacts.
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