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Gardeners (from left) Josh Reaves, Mirta Gonzalez, Sara Vega, Willow Zef, Morgana Ginet, Anthony Batrick, Lauren Troop and Ada Marie Biaz at the César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

South Kensington gardeners challenge housing project — and win a conversation

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha is partnering with Scannapieco Development Corporation on the mixed-income development.

5 years ago

52nd Street in West Philadelphia was hit with both pandemic closures and looting. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Return to Main Street: Historic West Philly corridor fights to keep its identity

Who is shaping the bustling corridor remains in flux as longtime businesses take stock of losses and newcomers eye opportunities.

5 years ago

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West Philly's 52nd Street corridor
Community
Billy Penn

5 initiatives for Philly small business recovery: Where to donate and how to apply

Some stores sustained property damage just as they were emerging from lockdown.

5 years ago

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small speaks at a press conference, where he announced that billionaire investor Carl Icahn has filed plans to demolish the former Trump Plaza casino, in Atlantic City, N.J., Thursday, June 11, 2020, where pieces of the building have broken loose and crashed to the ground. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Urban Planning

Carl Icahn wants to raze a former Trump casino. But when?

Mayor Marty Small held a news conference to announce that Icahn's company has filed demolition plans with the city that call for both towers of the casino to be implode.

5 years ago

ResinTech building
Community

Camden rekindles industrial past, new plant fueled by tax breaks

ResinTech, which makes water filtration products, is set to open later this month with the help of up to $139 million in taxpayer-funded subsidies.

5 years ago

Listen 4:06
USPS carrier Henrietta Dixon
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

I was a Philly judge in 2008. We need to act now to stop the next economic crisis

When the 2008 financial meltdown happened, we knew we had to move fast. Now, another economic disaster looms and Philly has a chance to lessen its impact.

5 years ago

President Trump listens as Scott Turner, executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, speaks during a meeting with African American leaders in Michigan on Thursday. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
NPR
Urban Planning

White House looks at ‘opportunity zone’ extension in wake of COVID-19

The White House says it might extend "opportunity zone" tax breaks to help struggling neighborhoods after the pandemic. Critics say the program mostly helps wealthy investors.

5 years ago

A crew of the Civilian Conservation Camps, which was started in 1933, has taken young men off the bread lines during the depression and put thousands to work.  These men, seen in 1940, were at the CCC's Camp Tomahawk in Wisconsin,. They helped fight forest fires by building fire lanes, clearing brush and the lake.  (AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The call for national service

We discuss the renewed call to expand national service which would put young people and the unemployed to work fighting the pandemic and helping with the national recovery.

Air Date: May 22, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:14
Millions of jobs have evaporated, particularly from businesses that employ a large number of Hispanics -- like hotels, restaurants, bars, building services. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Why a historic wave of Latino prosperity is under threat now

A few months ago, things were looking up for Latinos. Wages were rising and unemployment had hit a record low. Now, that historic wave of prosperity appears to be at risk.

5 years ago

(Tim Tai/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Money
Spotlight PA

Why some small businesses didn’t stand a chance at getting relief from Pa.’s $61 million loan program

The assistance didn’t prioritize businesses in the hardest hit parts of the state and relied on a patchwork of local economic development organizations.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Art Museum
Arts & Entertainment

Coronavirus update: Kenney budget calls for shuttering arts office; 53 N.J. hospitals get $1.7B from feds

The proposed fiscal 2021 budget eliminates funding for both the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.

5 years ago

Two members of a tech startup located at Bok work on their computers. (Michael Persico)
PlanPhilly
Money
Eyes on the Street

I’m a landlord and I need a bailout too

Lindsey Scannapieco, “landlady” to 175 creative tenants at the Bok Building, argues that some real estate owners, like their tenants, need government aid.

5 years ago

A vender wearing a face masks to protect against the spread of new coronavirus, works at a produce stand on South 9th Street in Italian Market neighborhood of Philadelphia, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Money

Map: Which Philly ZIP codes got the most city COVID-19 business relief so far

The city’s small business relief funds have touched virtually every neighborhood in the city –– but certain areas saw more benefits than others.

5 years ago

Pa. senators participated and witnesses from Gov. Tom Wolf's administration participated in a remote hearing.
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. won’t say when it will release names of thousands of businesses that received waivers to operate

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle continue to raise concerns about how the Wolf administration has handled the business waiver process.

5 years ago

Evelyn Coates stands on the porch of her home in West Oak Lane on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

Pandemic could lead to foreclosure surge but in Philly, help is just a call away

As job losses soar, Philadelphia homeowners risk foreclosure, but the city’s free housing assistance hotline can help them get mortgage relief.

5 years ago

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