Rydal-Meadowbrook Civic Association

Rydal-Meadowbrook Civic Association has a long-standing commitment to the quality-of-life of our community. This commitment has been most evident with an emphasis on the environment as a key consideration in the planning of new developments. Open space and retention of mature oxygen-producing trees is one component of that commitment. Another is to assure that traffic congestion and pollution are minimized.

There are several fine organizations in the local area with missions that are driven primarily by the environment:

Meadowbrook Bird Sanctuary
www.tweettweet.org

Meadowbrook Farm
www.meadowbrookfarm.org
www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org

Briar Bush Nature Center
www.briarbush.org

Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
www.pennypacktrust.org 

Abington and surrounding area are rich with cultural institutions that value the past, but also create new ways of seeing the world and interpreting music:

Abington Art Center
www.abingtonartcenter.org

Old York Road Symphony Orchestra
www.oldyorkroadsymphony.org

The Abington Symphony Orchestra
www.apcusa.org/MusicAtAbington/orchestra.html

Abington Choral Club
abingtonchoralclub.org

Keswick Theatre Glenside
www.keswicktheatre.com

Hiway Theater Jenkintown
www.hiwaytheatre.org

Cultural Arts at Penn State Abington
www.abington.psu.edu

Montgomery County Arts Initiative
www.philaculture.org/resources/montgomery-county-arts-initiative   

Cultural & Arts at Montgomery County Community College
www.mc3.edu

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fosters the excellence, diversity and vitality of the arts in Pennsylvania and to broaden the availability and appreciation of those arts throughout the state.
www.pacouncilonthearts.org

Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia helps drive the cultural vitality and economic development of the Greater Philadelphia Region by strengthening the partnership between business and the arts and cultural community.
www.artsandbusinessphila.org