Economic Development
Delco challenges tax-exempt properties, says school districts are shortchanged millions
Each of the properties of concern are owned by municipalities but are said to have for-profit businesses operating on the premises.
3 years ago
Del. State University joins federal effort to ‘feed the future’ and fight global hunger
Delaware State is the first HBCU to join the U.S. Agency for International Development’s effort to fight food insecurity in Africa and elsewhere.
3 years ago
The federal money for Delaware will allow REACH Riverside to have 350 of the 600 planned homes finished within two years.
3 years ago
New push for continued growth in bioscience employers, jobs in Delaware
DuPont no longer holds the sway it once did over Delaware’s economy, but its legacy of thousands of scientists has the state’s bioscience sector prepped for growth.
3 years ago
‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to diminished services caused by labor shortages
P.O.C. of Revive Radio hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are coping with diminished government services caused by widespread labor shortages.
3 years ago
Listen 5:09MED Week returns, offering support and visibility to business owners of color
COVID was hard on business owners — especially business owners of color. Philly’s annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week offers them a chance to network.
3 years ago
Univ. of Delaware, Penn State, Lehigh U. snag federal funds to boost local economic growth
A handful of local universities are among the 25 schools nationwide getting money to help local businesses develop and grow.
3 years ago
Restaurants struggle with staffing, supply issues, and a recipe to recover from the pandemic
About 1 in 10 eateries in Delaware shut down early in the pandemic. Restrictions have been lifted all summer, but some are still hurting.
3 years ago
Listen 4:26Community groups call on City Council to make more land available for development
A coalition of community organizations contend some of the city’s vacant land should go to them rather than to private developers.
3 years ago
Council President Darrell Clarke to introduce overhaul of Philly Zoning Board
Clarke wants to give City Council more power over neighborhood development after a series of zoning decisions that he believed favored developers.
3 years ago
Rite Aid moving headquarters to Philadelphia
Rite Aid is moving its headquarters to Philadelphia in what it calls a site “designed specifically for in-person collaboration and company gatherings, rather than office space
3 years ago
After 6 years of development, W Philadelphia hotel set to open Friday with plenty of local flavor
After more than six years of development, the long-awaited W Philadelphia hotel at 1439 Chestnut St. will open on Friday.
3 years ago
Infrastructure deal: Senate ready to move ahead on $1T bill
“This deal signals to the world that our democracy can function,” Biden said in a statement. “We will once again transform America and propel us into the future.”
3 years ago
Biden to bring infrastructure sales pitch to Pennsylvania
President Joe Biden will head to the Allentown area Wednesday as he fights for passage in the Senate of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure measure.
3 years ago
Wilmington Kitchen Collective connects religious and corporate backers to aid culinary entrepreneurs
A rare combination of religious and corporate groups hopes to use a commercial kitchen in a church basement to support Wilmington’s future restaurateurs.
4 years ago
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