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Economic Development

Construction workers on the job at 19th and Reed streets in South Philadelphia in March 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

Philadelphia moves toward creating a new construction tax and delaying abatement change

City Council is close to an agreement on a bill that would create a new tax on residential construction and push back a change to the city’s controversial development subsidy.

6 years ago

Javier (right) surveys the progress that his employees have made at a job site in South Philadelphia on Jan. 10, 2020. (Photo by Rachel Wisniewski)
Community
Broke in Philly

Worker-owned businesses promise better pay, but not everyone can afford to be the boss

Worker-owned businesses promise better wages, but for some of the workers who could benefit the most in Philly, being the boss is close to impossible.

6 years ago

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In this March 25, 2019 file photo, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, center, speaks to reporters in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Politics & Policy

NJ voting session canceled amid cannabis bill disagreements

Lawmakers had aimed to fast-track the legislation after voters overwhelmingly approved legalizing recreational marijuana for those 21 and older in the Nov. 3 election.

6 years ago

PHA President and CEO Kelvin Jeremiah
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia Housing Authority vows to send 240 vacant properties to nonprofit developers

With an eye to avoiding that fate in the historically Black and brown North Philly community, Quiñones-Sánchez said her goal is to shape the development that happens next.

6 years ago

Roger 'Texas' Brown, 62, stands outside his home in the Frankford neighborhood Nov. 12, 2020. (Taylor Allen/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Why Frankford residents supported Rite Aid’s plea to demolish a neighborhood icon

The Historical Commission unanimously approved Rite Aid’s plan to demolish the midcentury modern Penn Fruit landmark.

6 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden election could be big boon for Delaware tourism

Delaware tourism leaders hope for a big jump in visitors after seeing networks from around the world fixated on the Wilmington Riverfront for Joe Biden’s election win.

6 years ago

Atlantic City, N.J. Mayor Marty Small holds a news conference on his city's Boardwalk
Politics & Policy

Atlantic City’s pipe dream: 3-5 year exclusive on pot sales

Now that New Jersey voters have approved recreational marijuana, Mayor Small wants his city to be the only place in the state where it can be sold for three to five years.

6 years ago

Tureka Dixon instructing FTI apprentices at a recent class. (Courtesy of IUPAT District Council 21)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
Eyes on the Street

How a Philly union program can make Biden’s vow to ‘build back better’ a reality

President-elect Biden campaigned on a plan to create jobs rebuilding infrastructure. Apprenticeships can help connect Philly residents to opportunity.

6 years ago

Construction at 1324 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

This election reveals why Philadelphia’s neighborhoods need a construction impact tax

A construction impact tax could support small businesses, job growth and affordable housing for those who need it the most in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

A store displays a sign before closing down permanently following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, on Aug. 4, 2020 in Arlington, Va. The Small Business Administration's inspector general office said billions of dollars in relief loans may have been handed out to fraudsters or ineligible applicants. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Billions in COVID-19 relief loans may have been handed out to scammers, report says

The Small Business Administration had to quickly disburse coronavirus relief loans. But some of that may have been handed out to fraudsters, an agency report says.

6 years ago

The exterior of the Painted Bride building
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Judge: Painted Bride can sell its building after all

A panel of state judges overturned an earlier decision allowing the Philly arts presenter to sell its building, which will destroy a major Isaiah Zagar mural.

6 years ago

A former brewery in Brewerytown is being redeveloped into apartments with help from the federal Opportunity Zone tax incentive program. (Courtesy of MM Partners)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

How the election is driving investors to Philadelphia’s ‘Opportunity Zones’

Fears of incoming Democratic control in Washington D.C. and baby boomer estate planning needs are fueling investment in certain Philadelphia neighborhoods.

6 years ago

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Barbara Lovett, Doug Lovett, August Muzzi
Community

Applications set to open for Delaware COVID-19 relief fund

The Division of Small Business will begin accepting applications online starting Tuesday at 10 a.m.

6 years ago

Rendering of Hoffman's proposed development at Penn's Landing (Proposal screenshot)
Money
Billy Penn

DC developer proposes apartment towers, concert hall, water taxis for Penn’s Landing site eyed by Sixers

The winning bid for the coveted Delaware Riverfront parcel is expected to be revealed by the end of the month.

6 years ago

Tayyib Smith is planning to build an entrepreneurship hub on 52nd Street near Arch Street in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

This entrepreneur wants to bring the 21st century economy to 52nd Street

Philadelphia entrepreneur Tayyib Smith is teaming up with developer Guy Laren of Constellar Corp. to build a business hub designed for social impact.

6 years ago

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