Topic: Jeff Brown
5 Ways Jeff Brown is uplifting Philly
Plus, three problems he wants our city to fix ASAP, and more from our virtual town hall with the local grocer bringing markets to food deserts
By Jessica Blatt Press$3,000 Covid-19 Forgivable Loans
A group of bold-face name Philly business leaders are funding loans to small businesses left out of PPP and, in the process, providing all of us with an object lesson
By Larry PlattA Needed Lyft
The ride share company is offering $2.50 trips for some Philly residents in food deserts to help with a major hurdle to healthy eating: getting to grocery stores
By Jessica Blatt PressWhat Are the Soda Tax Facts?
A new, independent study sheds some light on our ongoing political debate. Isn't it time Mayor Kenney started paying attention?
By Larry PlattViolent Areas Are Hungry Areas
Violence is often linked to hunger. That’s why we need more—not fewer—supermarkets in Philadelphia
By Charles D. EllisonThe Tax That Ate Philadelphia
The closing of a grocery in what will now be a food desert due to the soda tax may be a defining moment. Mayor Kenney’s response? A Trump-like personal attack
By Larry PlattBusiness for Good
On Wednesday, an audience of entrepreneurs, innovators and go getters joined a panel of experts to talk about how doing well and doing good go hand in hand. Listen to the conversation
By Syra Ortiz-BlanesMammograms To Go
Fox Chase Cancer Center’s roving mammogram unit conducts free screenings for 3,000 women every year when and where they need it—like their local supermarket
By Quinn O'CallaghanIntolerance, Philly-Style
When a rabid crowd of protesters shut down a public hearing last week on the economic impact of the soda tax, the real victim was Democracy itself
By Larry PlattListening to Jeff Brown
He has done more to bring fresh food to inner cities than any other grocer—as with his upscale, affordable new store on Monument Road. So why is the Mayor attacking him over the soda tax?
By Larry Platt