Garfield Refining is proud to call Philadelphia home. We’re fortunate to have a Tacony Creek Park trailhead less than two blocks from our refinery in North Philly!
This week the Garfield team partnered with the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, who works to connect local residents and communities to their creeks through education, stewardship, restoration and advocacy. They are all about empowering local communities to take care of the watershed.
Tacony Creek Park is huge, spanning roughly 5 miles through several neighborhoods of North Philadelphia. The entire Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed spans 30 square miles, with the creek eventually flowing into the Delaware River just south of the Betsey Ross Bridge. If you’re local to Philly and would like to get involved, you can read more about the TTF Watershed Partnership and all of their awesome programs and events on their site.
Garfield participated in a park cleanup, clearing trash throughout our local section of Tocany Creek Park. We were shocked at how much trash we were able to collect! It was great to get outside together and get involved. Sustainability is at the core of Garfield’s mission, and we prioritize making a difference in our own backyard, aside from our day-to-day operations recycling precious metals.
Whether it’s a park cleanup, tree-planting or donating to local non-profits and charity organizations, giving back here in Philadelphia keeps us grounded and connected to our core values. The team is looking forward to our next park cleanup event!
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Allie BowmanAllie Bowman is the Content Lead at Garfield Refining, where she translates more than 130 years of precious metals expertise into clear, accurate, and practical content for individual sellers, dental professionals, jewelers, and collectors. A Dean's List graduate of the University of Delaware's Media Communication program, Allie has built her career around making complex subjects accessible to a broad audience. Her experience spans nutrition science, lifestyle magazine publishing, and precious metals refining, giving her a unique ability to transform technical information into engaging, trustworthy content. At Garfield, Allie brings editorial rigor and subject-matter expertise to every piece she produces. She works closely with Garfield's refining specialists and senior leadership to ensure that technical topics - from karat markings and assay methods to precious metals markets and spot price mechanics - are explained with both accuracy and clarity. Since joining Garfield's marketing team, Allie has written extensively on precious metals refining, dental scrap recovery, gold and silver bullion, estate and inherited jewelry, and industry-specific topics for dental and jewelry professionals. All content is reviewed by Garfield's leadership team prior to publication, ensuring it reflects the company's standards for accuracy, transparency, and industry expertise.
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Morgan KerrisseyMorgan Kerrissey is the President of Garfield Refining, one of North America's most longstanding and trusted precious metals refineries. For over two decades, Morgan has built his career at the intersection of commodities markets, metallurgy, and precious metals — earning a reputation as one of the most knowledgeable voices in the refining industry. Morgan joined Garfield in 2008, bringing rigorous operational discipline to a company built on exacting standards since 1892. Named President in 2014, he has guided Garfield through volatile gold, silver, and palladium markets, while modernizing its workforce and technologies and diversifying its metal supply chains. Under his leadership, Garfield has expanded its refining capabilities across the full lifecycle of precious metals recovery, entered new markets, and expanded services while maintaining the same customer forward approach that has made Garfield a mainstay for more than a century. From hedging strategy to daily refinery operations, Morgan commands high levels of technical depth and market fluency. Morgan grew up outside Boston, graduated from Harvard University, and has lived with his family in Philadelphia, PA for almost 20 years.