Economic Development

Delaware’s efforts to make sure students are ready for the jobs of tomorrow got a $3.2 million boost from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

After the sexy newness of a pop-up leaves town, can neighborhoods sustain the benefits for local businesses?

Do businesses have to collect sales tax on purchases made on the internet?

Philly ranks fourth among big cities for the raw number of court filings seeking to evict residents from their homes.

If state legislators decide to put the issue to voters via a ballot initiative, the recent Stockton poll may indicate how much of a nail-biter a potential referendum could be.

Delaware has made a preliminary agreement with the world’s largest independent, privately-owned port operator to invest more than $500 million in the Port of Wilmington.

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James toured the Port of Wilmington, as well as the former Chemours Edgemoor site.

As workers began tearing down 10 abandoned houses along Bennett Street, Wilmington leaders celebrate fourth round in a long-term effort to raze derelict properties.

“Sometimes people have the misconception that what happens in Washington stays in Washington, but these cuts would have an effect right here on 5th street,” Boyle said.

No one could argue that Olney, in upper North Philadelphia, is gentrifying. But that doesn’t mean the neighborhood isn’t revitalizing.

The reinvention of Society Hill in the 1960s is widely considered one of the first instances of gentrification — although no one called it that at the time.

As neighborhoods gentrify, there is a complex web of effects — some positive, some negative. This week WHYY is examining those changes from the ground up.

As one Delaware area's population continues growing, New Castle County officials are working to beef up some basic services.