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Developer Ken Weinstein stands in front of a property on the 4900 block of Rubican Street in East Germantown that was developed with the help of Jumpstart Germantown. (Bastiaan Slabbers for NewsWorks)
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Community

Real estate development can be a force against gentrification

I’ve been a community-based real estate developer for nearly 30 years. I focus primarily in struggling ...

8 years ago

Research show keeping a journal about things we’re grateful for makes us happier, and that’s good for our health. Reporter Shuka Kalantari shares journaling about skipping rocks on the beach with her toddler makes happy. (Shuka Kalantari/for WHYY)
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‘Positive scientists’ say you can learn to be happier

A busy journalist and mom test drives tools from “happiness science.” When the architects of America wrote about the p ...

8 years ago

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A reformed fireworks enthusiast now stays inside on the Fourth

Each year, a Missouri  man created a bigger and more explosive pyrotechnics display — until the summer an ATF agent showed up at his d ...

8 years ago

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I downsized my emotional life by getting rid of my boyfriend.

Kicking him out definitely freed up plenty of space in my house, when I boxed up all his things and gave them to ...

9 years ago

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CBS3’s Meisha Johnson says prayer showed the way to Philly

A wing and a prayer. That’s how CBS3 Philadelphia’s new traffic anchor Meisha Johnson landed in Philadelphia to start her job ...

10 years ago

Eighteen cities are eligible for the two additional CRIZ designations planned currently.  Lancaster (pictured) and Bethlehem already have CRIZ designations. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

What is a City Revitalization and Improvement Zone?

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

11 years ago

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