Economic Development

When you bring 100 Philadelphians together to discuss how to improve communities for long-term residents and new neighbors alike, you get hundreds of more questions.

Gentrification is a heart-breaking concern in the black community, which is being forced out of neighborhoods, because developers see potential that residents can't afford.

I believe that a plurality of opinions and experiences makes the neighborhood strong. I don't have any interest in living on a block where every person is some version of me.

At age 21, Jamie Moffett made a down payment with some friends on a house in Kensington and moved in the next day. He has been involved in rebuilding the community ever since.

To help my neighborhood succeed, the next mayor needs to know how critical it is to the Karen Philadelphia's community to support our city schools financially and politically.

The Mantua community stands united in demanding a moratorium tax freeze on property tax increases for long-time owner-occupied residences.

The most challenging issue for me with regard to my work is the barriers to communication created by prejudice and fear, particularly within my own ethnic group.

One in a series explaining key terms and concepts of Pennsylvania government. Today’s topic: the City Revitalization & Improvem ...

State legislators have been pushing to increase the number of CRIZ designations, but financial and political factors could keep these str ...