The Virus and the City: Cory Booker’s $50 Billion Bet

Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab director worked with Senator Booker on his RELIEF for Main Street Act—a lifeline to small and minority-owned businesses supported by 100 mayors. Will Congress pass it?

By Bruce Katz, Michael Saadine and Colin Higgins

WATCH: Chat with Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley

The second-term Dayton, Ohio, mayor talked about the role of cities post-Covid with Drexel’s Nowak Metro Finance Lab Director Bruce Katz, in partnership with Fitler Club

By Jessica Press

The Virus and the City: Introducing Main Street Regenerators

Covid-19 has decimated small businesses. Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab Director proposes an entity to help rescue neighborhood mom and pops entrepreneurs

By Bruce Katz, Frances Kern Mennone, Michael Saadine and Colin Higgins

The Virus and the City: Training Workers for a Post-Covid Economy

Economic recovery will require retraining Philadelphians for available jobs. Drexel’s Metro Finance Director lays out a plan to make that happen

By Bruce Katz, Mary Jean Ryan, Jessica A. Lee and Courtney Kishbaugh

The Citizen Recommends: Heroes and New Normal Forum

Next week’s virtual event is a call to arms for the investor class: Can concentrated social impact investing create a post-Covid Philly that’s better than ever?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

The Incredible Shrinking Mayor

Compared to other cities, does Jim Kenney’s budget redo qualify as a plan for recovery?

By Larry Platt

The Virus and the City: Place Matters

Saving small businesses requires saving local communities. Drexel’s Metro Finance Director with some ways to do that

By Bruce Katz, Beth Bafford, Ross Baird, Michael Saadine and Colin Higgins

The Covid-19 Budget Tsunami

This week, Mayor Kenney, promising pain, will announce a revamped budget. Are you confident it will include a vision for smart recovery?

By Larry Platt