Buy From Local Suppliers, Grow Local Wealth

Lessons from San Antonio and El Paso on unlocking the procurement economy to build community prosperity, from Drexel Metro Finance’s founding director

By Bruce Katz

Seven Local Do-Good Beauty Brands for Valentine’s Day

Show your love to someone special — or to yourself — by showing the love for Philly skin and hair care businesses caring for people, the planet and pets

By Rosamelia Sanchez Lara
Business for Good

Solar States

The Kensington-based solar panel installer has always had a mission to grow jobs for Philadelphians while helping the planet. Now, it’s training a new cohort of workers who’ve been through the justice system

By Courtney DuChene
Big Rube’s Philly

Big Nick’s and Lil’ Nicks

The iconic brand-maker, photographer, chef and Philadelphian talks to an Italian American father and son with side-by-side market and hoagie shops

By Reuben Harley

Philly, Get Your Tax Refund

Every year, about 40,000 Philadelphians don’t file for an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or Child Tax Credit (CTC), leaving $100 million dollars unclaimed. Let’s fix that.

By Lauren McCutcheon and Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Philly, Get Free Help Filing your Taxes

National and local programs offer completely free tax-filing services to people living in and around Philly.

By Nick Fiorellini and Lauren McCutcheon
Citizen of the Year Awards

Disruptors Ryan Boyer and Michael Forman

The finance CEO and labor leader are determined to make Philadelphia the most equitable, fastest growing big city in America together.

By Larry Platt
Citizen of the Year Awards

Why Lewis Katz?

The Citizen will bestow its inaugural Corporate Citizen of the Year award in the name of a late civic leader we ought not forget

By Larry Platt
Citizen of the Year Awards

Mike Innocenzo

For his work helping to stand up the Civic Coalition to Save Lives, the PECO CEO and Chamber of Commerce Board Chair is this year’s Lewis Katz Corporate Citizen of the Year

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Business for Good

American Trench

The Main Line company stocks rugged, classic apparel made in the U.S.A. that’s made to grow jobs — and made to last

By Courtney DuChene