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Listen: How to Really Build Black Business Density
Part 2 of our live podcast taping reveals the secrets to combating the negative aspects of gentrification, and the most important document any city leader would be wise to read
By Jessica Blatt PressGoverning Makes a Comeback
Council’s passage last week of modest business tax cuts was more than a rebuke of progressives. It also might suggest that reasonableness is trending again
By Larry PlattIdeas, Please!
Two recent public policy press conferences raise the question: Do Philly leaders have any new ideas for old, intransigent problems? Maybe one gaping problem is an opportunity for new thinking
By Larry PlattThe 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 ShepelavyToo Big to Function?
Check cashers and dollar stores thrive in urban neighborhoods while local businesses struggle. The director of Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab points to a better way
By Bruce KatzIdeas We Should Steal: Use Free Money to Build a Thriving Green Economy
El Paso, TX is poised to take full economic advantage of the global energy transition, thanks to a Green Business Initiative.
By Bruce Katz and Victoria OrozcoWhat North Philly Teaches Us About Anti-Displacement
Drexel’s Metro Finance Head and other partners have spent the last year building a strategy to keep eight Latino neighborhoods intact while attracting the right kind of investment. Here’s how they did it
By Bruce KatzWinning the Decade
Drexel’s Metro Finance head talks to Greater St. Louis CEO about how the Missouri city turned pandemic tragedy into urban prosperity. Hint: It’s all about jobs
By Bruce Katz