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Girls Auto Clinic

  • A table outside is loaded with tempting dishes as people gather around.
    Entrepreneurship

    Check Out These Black-Owned Businesses for Black History Month

    February 13, 2026

    For Black History Month, or for any time of year, these Black-owned businesses in Delaware County are worth a visit, writes Anne E. Hill, Ben…

  • Patrice Banks.
    Education

    Girls Auto Clinic Founder Patrice Banks To Speak at DCCC Oct. 8

    October 4, 2024

    Tired of feeling helpless about car repairs and maintenance, Patrice Banks realized she was not the only woman who felt that way. Today she is…

  • Shuja Moore.
    Education

    DCCC Tackles Timely Topics with Fall Speaker and Author Series

    September 19, 2024

    This fall, Delaware County Community College (DCCC) is offering a full schedule of events focused on the topics of social justice, leadership, social class and…

  • Commerce

    Founder of Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby Working to Bring More Women of Color to the Auto Industry

    September 1, 2020

    Patrice Banks is working to bring women of color into the auto industry and counter the silence coming from the  industry over the Black Lives…

  • Commerce

    Beyond Restaurants, Here Are Other Local Black-Owned Businesses You Might Want to Check Out

    June 12, 2020

    Yesterday, DELCO.Today offered a database of black-owned Philadelphia area restaurants that included five eateries in Delaware County. Featured were Chick-A-Boom  in Folcroft, Kings and Queens Liberian…

  • Upper Darby

    Fox Developing New Sitcom Inspired by Upper Darby’s Girls Auto Clinic

    October 22, 2018

    Fox is developing a new sitcom inspired by the Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby and its team of female mechanics, writes Nick Vadala for…

  • Delaware County, Professional Services

    TIME Magazine Discovers Upper Darby’s ‘Genius Auto Shop Only a Woman Could Have Created’

    September 11, 2018

    The Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby swerves from the norm of auto repair shops by tailoring everything around the needs of women, writes Lucy…

  • Phoenixville

    Proprietor of Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby Talks Shop with NPR

    January 25, 2018

    Phoenixville native Patrice Banks, owner of the successful Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby, didn’t always know her way around fixing a car, writes Terry…

  • Patrice Banks
    Commerce

    ESPN Takes Notice of Patrice Banks and Her Girls Auto Clinic in Upper Darby

    October 4, 2017

    Patrice Banks of Upper Darby’s Girls Auto Clinic is making a career in car mechanics more attainable for women with her free monthly workshops at…

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