
Keystone Crossroads Archive
Knight Cities Challenge to fund ideas to make cities more successful
A foundation is challenging innovators to find new ways to improve cities, and it’s willing to fund their projects. Th ...
10 years ago
State lawmakers face hurdles to expanding economic development program for cities
State legislators have been pushing to increase the number of CRIZ designations, but financial and political factors could keep these str ...
10 years ago
Remembering our friend Tony Auth
Many of you have seen this Pennsylvania map, created by editorial cartoonist Tony Auth. Many of you have seen this Pennsylva ...
10 years ago
Todd Erdley on outdoor seating, big box stores, and the Silicon Valley
“Five Questions with …” is a regular Keystone Crossroads feature where we seek to glean wisdom and ideas from some ...
10 years ago
Why female ex-convicts may have a harder time finding work than their male counterparts
Female convicts seem to face greater challenges at least in part because the jobs they are suited for are more restrictive to ex-cons. ...
10 years ago
ListenChambersburg manager Jeffrey Stonehill on wiring, uniting and saving communities
Jeffrey Stonehill is the Manager of the Borough of Chambersburg, the Commonwealth’s only municipality to run its own natural gas an ...
10 years ago
Photos: Then and Now, Scranton places and faces
Before Scranton was known as the home of Dunder Mifflin’s branch office, the city was known as the center of Pennsylvania’s a ...
10 years ago
State College hopes to fight the tide of student rentals with new Homestead Investment Program
State College is launching a new initiative aimed to fight the increase of student rentals. State College’s Highlands reside ...
10 years ago
ListenPittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto talks goals on Meet the Press
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto appeared on NBC talk show Meet the Press this weekend to talk about what Washington D.C. can learn from city ...
10 years ago
HUD chief tours West Philly ‘Promise Zone’
The zone is part of a federal initiative to improve education, lower crime rates, and bring business to poor neighborhoods. The se ...
10 years ago
ListenMunicipal mergers and consolidations: solution for distressed municipalities?
One in a series explaining key terms and concepts of Pennsylvania government. Today’s topic: municipal mergers and consolidations. ...
10 years ago
Church buildings in Pa. find new lives
In cities throughout Pennsylvania, people are finding creative uses for old churches. Walk a few blocks in Philadelphia, Pittsburg ...
11 years ago
ListenEds and Meds: the role of universities and hospitals in economic development
One in a series explaining key terms and concepts of Pennsylvania’s economy. Today’s topic: What are eds and meds and why do ...
11 years ago
Atlantic City shutters third casino this year as Revel closes its doors
The economic meltdown continues for Atlantic City. Revel Casino is shutting down its hotel and gambling operations, leaving more than 3,0 ...
11 years ago
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