Development for Good

Smith & Roller Holdings

Can the transformation of a historic bank restore dignity and jobs to a neighborhood that could use the help?

By Courtney DuChene

Do You Have a Philly Idea Worth Scaling Up?

Calling all small nonprofits and do-good businesses: Enter now for a chance to present your homegrown innovation at this year’s Ideas We Should Scale Showcase

By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal

Safely Making Compost From … Poop?

Philadelphians flush 310 tons of what could be money-making compost every year. Will fears of forever chemical contamination prevent us from cashing in?

By Courtney DuChene
Recap

The Forever Paycheck

Personal finance guru Jean Chatzky offered guests of The Philadelphia Citizen reassurance: Your retirement savings can last, provided you set up their distribution for success

By Courtney DuChene

Fight Crime — by Gardening

For more than a decade, Penn researchers have found that greener neighborhoods are less violent. Now, Pew is helping PHS double down on this confirmed hypothesis

By Courtney DuChene
Meet a Health Hero Finalist

Lyndsay Hoy

The Penn-affiliated anesthesiologist lives with a rare, progressive lung disease known as lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). Here's how she's working to advance research and support others living with LAM.

By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal

Universal Postpartum Services

Other states — New Jersey, for example — have launched programs that offer free at-home post-baby visits for every new mom. Could we do the same in Philly?

By Courtney DuChene

Meet the Philadelphia Documenters

Committee of 70 is reviving the Philadelphia chapter of a Chicago-born program to make sure everyone knows what’s going on in city meetings. Transparency and jobs ensue

By Courtney DuChene

How to Fix Our (Somewhat) Sh**ty Delaware

The E. coli don’t lie. Philly’s biggest river seriously stinks. Here’s what the City can — and must — do about it

By Courtney DuChene
Citizen of The Week

Kadafi El-Kardah, Germantown’s “Drain Buddy”

How one local resident is bringing neighbors together to fight flooding, one cleanup at a time

By Courtney DuChene