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December 15: Bike share, diversity, inclusion | Counter “stop-and-go” bill | LGBT minority suppliers

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Matt Rooke sits outside of his home in State College, Pennsylvania. A former resident at the Hilltop Mobile Home Park, Rooke said his experience of being displaced gave him insights of the affordable housing problem in the area. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)

Keystone Crossroads

Changing Communities

Closure of mobile-home parks in fast-developing State College sparks conversation about gentrification, affordable housing

State College has boomed in recent years due to the presence of Penn State's main campus. But what does that mean for low-income residents?

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Economic Development

December 14: Abate and switch | Blatstein & Super Wawa | Voices on stop-and-go

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Down this Street before: Can Rebuild stick to its promise of data-driven, apolitical decisions?

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Architecture & Design

Design professionals discuss how to make room for all races in Philly public spaces

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“Stop-and-go” bill passes Council, but deeper tensions underlie debate

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As it fills in final missing bits, Philly’s nearly-complete city plan exposes gap between neighborhood hopes and political realities

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December 13: Race & Public Space | Bass and Oh, partitions | PPA’s MeterUp

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Streets & Roads

After cyclist’s death, Philadelphia to upgrade bike lanes on South, 27th Streets

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December 12: Using the HQ2 model | Azavea’s Summer of Maps | Ghosts of Midtown II

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Ridge Avenue demolition moratorium spurs demolition requests

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December 11: Small business workforce development | Strawberry Mansion, tangled title | Mayors for EV tax credit

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Forcing small business owners to remove protective barriers endangers public safety, does not make our communities better

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Alex Peay in his North Philadelphia neighborhood

How redlining segregated Philadelphia

Decades after civil rights laws overruled racist policies that starved non-white neighborhoods of investment, new analysis shows that deep disparities linger.

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Architecture & Design

How diversity saved a historic church in West Philly

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