PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Friday, August 16, 2024 was an exciting day for the students, faculty and staff of Lewis College Cassidy Academics Plus School in Philadelphia’s Overbrook section. The school’s brand-new facility opened for a tour just ten days before school starts.
The construction executive also talked to Built about what keeps him up at night and how he structures his time.
From Alabama to Philadelphia, a father and daughter head a construction company, begun by the father’s father own construction work in the Jim Crow south.
During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ‘60s, when Black churches were systematically being firebombed and burnt to the ground, a Black construction firm with Philadelphia ties was providing opportunites for Black construction professionals to help restore those churches across the South.
A feature story on NBC 10 Philadelphia highlights Perryman Construction’s dedication and extensive experience in the industry.
Angelo Perryman, president of Perryman Building and Construction, was selected as the SBA Eastern Pennsylvania 2018 Small Business Person of the Year.
Angelo Perryman is one of Philadelphia’s most decorated businesspeople. Just this week the Perryman Building & Construction Services president and CEO received PHLCVB’s coveted Minority Business Award, which acknowledges “a thriving minority business that enhances Philadelphia’s hospitality and tourism community.
When Jimmie Lee Perryman came home from the Korean War to his hometown Evergreen, Alabama, in the early 1950s, he did not return to his previous employment at a bridge building company as everyone expected him to. Perryman had other plans.
As its nickname suggests, Philadelphia “prides itself on being a city of neighborhoods,” according to Angelo Perryman, president and CEO of Philadelphia–based Perryman Building and Construction.
There has been a flurry of activity outside of the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia with just days left until the Democratic National Convention.