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Economic Development

Work is ongoing at the new  Live! Hotel and Casino at 900 Packer Ave. in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Workers pulled from South Philly casino site after alleged breach of CDC safety regulations

Union officials allege that the general contractors on several high-profile Philadelphia projects were not complying with CDC regulations.

5 years ago

Boarded up storefronts are proliferating around Philadelphia. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Community

7 emergency relief options for Philly small businesses

A guide to the landscape of loans, grants and other funding options.

5 years ago

The skyline is reflected in the Schuylkill River as the sun rises over Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
Broke in Philly

Is a universal basic income experiment coming to Philadelphia?

Philadelphia may begin testing a cash subsidy pilot in 2020, city policymakers and nonprofit leaders revealed Tuesday at a press conference. 

6 years ago

(Miguel Martinez/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy

Philly’s ‘moonshot moment’ plan outlines how to lift 100K from poverty

The proposals include providing rent subsidies, guaranteed income and increasing the availability of adult education.

6 years ago

A wet meadow in Wharton State Forest, in New Jersey's Pinelands.  (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Sweeney and Oroho promote economic development plan for Highlands, Pinelands

Taking page from urban enterprise-zone playbook, yet-to-be written legislation would cut sales taxes and offer property-tax relief

6 years ago

Jumpstart Germantown participants talk development at a project site. (Courtesy of Jumpstart Germantown)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

7 ways to solve Philly’s #ConstructionSoWhite problem

We have a crisis of exclusion within the building industry.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

West Philly’s new council rep blasts West Park tower sale

New West Philly Councilmember Jamie Gauthier is challenging a Philadelphia Housing Authority plan to sell two of the last public housing high-rises in her district.

6 years ago

A small creek runs through the Shirk family farm in Caenarvon Township, Lancaster County on Wednesday, Jan. 8. 2020. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Community

What does the future of farming in Pa. look like? Who and where are the big questions

“It is something that is ever-present, this issue of transition.”

6 years ago

Graduates of a training course sponsored by the Post Bros. celebrate their graduation at the local community center. (Richard Allen New Generation)
The Why
Community

Giving people of color opportunity in Philly’s construction industry

A new development project in North Philly is taking a unique approach to employ more people of color — and it seems to be working.

Air Date: January 27, 2020

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Delaware Governor John Carney grins during his 2020 State of the State address at Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.  (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Del. Gov. Carney promises to invest in the environment, education in State of the State

As Carney looked back on the past year, he said he was proud of investments in transportation, including $10 million for the new Transportation Infrastructure Fund.

6 years ago

Listen 1:31
The site at 702 Sansom Street
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Too late to save Philly’s historic Jewelers’ Row? Neighborhood property owners think so

A proposal to make Jewelers’ Row a historic district is reigniting a battle over the future of the changing Center City neighborhood.

6 years ago

Julie Coker (photo provided)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Julie Coker to leave Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau

Julie Coker is moving on after four years of leading the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.

6 years ago

Anne Bovaird Nevins, pictured, will take the reins at PIDC. (PIDC)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The new boss at PIDC wants to robot-proof the city’s economy

The economic development agency’s incoming chief has her eye on creating “family-sustaining” jobs in sectors less likely to fall prey to automation.

6 years ago

Mother and daughter duo Brittany and Marcel Maldonado took their bakery food truck business Milk + Sugar on the road in 2013. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Mother and daughter duo to open bakery in South Philadelphia

When Marcel and Brittany Maldonado were laid off from their respective jobs several years ago, they turned their passion for baking into a full-time business venture.

6 years ago

This Nov. 27, 2018 file photo, shows the General Motors Lordstown West plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Production ended at the plant in March, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Health

Auto plant closures may lead to more opioid overdose deaths, Penn study finds

New research finds opioid overdose deaths could increase by as much as 85% in counties where auto plants close.

6 years ago

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