Economic Development

Takeaways from the State of University City, 2016

9 years ago

Property owners vote down 9th Street Business Improvement District

9 years ago

A tangled path from Khmer Rouge refugee to community healer

Community

Imagine for a moment your childhood memories included living in a bomb shelter for years, watching your 2-year-old sister die in your arms.

9 years ago

2016 Storefront Design Challenge honors

9 years ago

City to weigh ‘social impact’ of development proposals on public land

9 years ago

Council supports Keystone Opportunity Zone expansions, called for greater transparency

Politics & Policy

9 years ago

Penn’s Lower Schuylkill innovation campus opens new center to incubate big ideas

9 years ago

Mayfair starts envisioning new futures for Frankford Avenue

9 years ago

Design Committee asks PHA to improve design for new headquarters but supports Cobbs Creek, East Market, and Winchester Park projects

9 years ago

Solutions across ideological lines are closer than we think

Ask any Pennsylvanian what he or she wants in life, and the answers will probably be remarkably similar: a great job, freedom to make cho ...

9 years ago

Impact fee on new Philly construction would support affordable housing

Money

The city controller’s latest economic report shows many promising signs for the City of Philadelphia’s finances, driven large ...

9 years ago

Rethinking school turnaround: A familiar story takes a new turn

Education

In May, Scholar Academies — a charter management organization — suddenly announced it was abandoning its contract to manage Kenderton ...

9 years ago

Greensgrow founder Corboy an uncommon Philadelphia leader

Community

Mary Seton Corboy, founder of Greensgrow, a farm in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, died on Aug. 7 at the age of 58.

9 years ago