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Economic Development

A Passyunk Square municipal complex is slated for redevelopment. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

City to redevelop industrial corner of booming Passyunk Square

Philadelphia officials are looking for a developer to remake a valuable tract of city-owned land just off South Philly's thriving East Passyunk corridor.

7 years ago

New legislation will make it easier for the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Delaware River. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Federal dredging measure will help expansion efforts at Port of Wilmington

The quicker dredging process will accelerate Gulftainer's development of a secondary port at the former DuPont Edgemoor site north of the existing port.

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, who represents a suburban area west of Philadelphia, voted in favor of the
Politics & Policy

While nation watched Kavanaugh hearings, House passed ‘Tax Cuts 2.0’

Running on tax cuts would normally unite Republicans, but 2018 is not turning out to be a normal year.

7 years ago

Swiss-based Datwyler's new facility in Middletown, Delaware is the company's first facility in the U.S. to feature its
Community

Swiss-based Datwyler opens $100 million Delaware factory

A first-of-its-kind medical supply manufacturing site in Middletown will eventually employ 120 workers in an ultra-clean assembly line.

7 years ago

Eunice LaFate quizzes Andrew Cercena about the new golf cart taxi service he's starting for  Buccini/Pollin Group. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Developer tees up golf cart taxi service in downtown Wilmington

There's a new way to get around as the Delaware city's central business district moves out of the rough

7 years ago

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Port of Wilmington
Community

UAE-based Gulftainer signs 50-year lease for Port of Wilmington

As part of the deal, Gulftainer will upgrade facilities and expand the Port of Wilmington, potentially creating hundreds of jobs along the way.

7 years ago

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Offshore wind turbines are seen in this file image. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. begins nation’s largest single-state solicitation of offshore wind projects

New Jersey officials on Monday kicked off the nation's largest single-state solicitation of offshore wind projects.

7 years ago

Beach goers taking in the sun. (Bill Barlow/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Money
NJ Spotlight

How to boost Jersey Shore tourism: End state diversion of revenue for a start

The state’s lucrative tourism industry could get a significant bump if it stretched out its prime shore season past the summer months.

7 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Vendors keep working despite L&I crackdown at Made in America

7 years ago

A rendering of the latest design for a residential and office development slated to replace a parking lot on the corner of 8th and Vine streets.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

New plans for Chinatown development show a lush park

The proposed development will replace a city-owned parking bounded by Race Street and the Vine Street Expressway, between Eighth and Ninth Streets.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s only majority black building trades union planning move from the ‘burbs to North Broad

7 years ago

The 93-year-old Cherry Street Pier is being transformed into a public space with artists' studios.
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Artists taking up residence as Cherry Street pier readies for October opening

The Cherry Street Pier on the Delaware River waterfront is expected to open Oct. 12 with an open-air park, marketplace, food service and bar, and an artists colony.

7 years ago

The neighborhood around the outdoor Italian Market is now dotted with taquerias and is home to an estimated 20,000 Mexican residents. (Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times)
Community
WNYC News

Leaving New York to find the American Dream in Philadelphia

This New York-Philadelphia migration, fueled by a quest for cheaper living, has long existed.

8 years ago

A May 2017 kickoff event for PennAssist's pre-employment program, which had a younger group of 44 participants
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

These pre-employment programs could be a model for Rebuild’s jobs goals

The Advanced Manufacturing Boot Camp, along with PennAssist, a program that launched in summer 2017, are viewed as experimental models for what Rebuild aims to accomplish.

8 years ago

The former GM plant near Newport, Delaware has been vacant since 2009. New plans for a logistics and fulfillment center at the site could bring 2,000 new jobs to the area. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
First
Community

Hopes for rebirth at former Delaware auto plant

After a decade of dormancy, the former GM vehicle assembly plant near Newport is about to get a multi-million dollar overhaul.

8 years ago

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