Citizen of the Week

Sammy Grossman

An entrepreneurial 18-year-old from Center City launches Project Spread Smiles, a line of limited edition t-shirts, hoodies and trucker hats that promote mental health and public happiness

By Lauren McCutcheon

Are We Overthinking Recreational Weed?

PA legislators are trying to legalize recreational marijuana and create industry opportunities for Pennsyvanians affected by the war on drugs. Is there an easy first step they could pass before the end of the year?

By Malcolm Burnley
Business for Good Update

Mom Your Business

Tanya Morris’s incubator for women entrepreneurs is thriving in its new brick-and-mortar home — for now

By Raymond Jones and Lauren McCutcheon
Business for Good

Carbon Reform

Could a Philadelphia company’s clever carbon capture capsule transform how buildings breathe — and impact climate change?

By Courtney DuChene
Big Rube’s Philly

Shaw Lewis of Expect Lace

The style icon and photographer talks undergarments with the owner of a popular intimates boutique and a jewelry concept shop on Main Street in Manayunk

By Reuben Harley
Guest Commentary

A Thriving Kensington is Possible

The CEO of Kensington’s B Corp developer Shift Capital lays out strategies to simultaneously support business growth and strengthen the neighborhood’s existing assets.

By Brian Murray

Could Philly Become a City of Eds, Meds, Beds and … Gaming?

City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas and a local video game entrepreneur have teamed up on Philadelphia's second annual PHL Gaming Conference and Expo, an event The Citizen Recommends

By Christina Griffith

Philly, The First Startup, Makes a Comeback

Yes, we're still a city of cheesesteaks and Iggles. But we're also curing cancer and rebuilding a stagnant economy through the life sciences. How'd this happen?

By Charles F. McElwee

A Path to “Jobs That People Love”

PECO’s workforce development initiative is, little by little, making solid middle class careers easier to get for Philadelphians who look like their customers

By Natalie Pompilio
Business for Good

BioPhy Uses AI to Predict Life-Saving Medicines

The Philly company supported by Chelsea Clinton's venture capital firm offers a “GPS for Drug Development” that can boost the success rate of clinical trials and get treatments in the hands of patients who need them faster

By Malcolm Burnley