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Home » Detroit

Topic: Detroit

Ideas We Should Steal: The 20-Minute Neighborhood

Paris, Portland, Houston and even Detroit are planning neighborhoods where residents can walk or bike to everything they need for a healthy and vibrant life. Is now the time to do the same in Philly?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

The Virus and the City: A Better Way to Spend Covid Relief Funds

Drexel's Metro Finance Lab head on how four cities are allocating billions of federal dollars for inclusive growth. Philly, are you paying attention?

By Bruce Katz, Michael Tolan, Colin Higgins and Karyn Bruggeman

Guest Commentary: Seeing Philly Through Detroit-Colored Glasses

A trip to the Motor City leads The Economy League’s executive director to reflect on how far Philly has come—and where we are headed

By Jeff Hornstein

Ideas We Should Steal: One-Stop Coding & Job Shop

An inner city Detroit program places 90 percent of graduates in well-paying tech jobs. Could this be a path out of poverty for Philly residents too?

By Robert DiGiacomo

Ideas We Should Steal: Write A House

A Detroit program offers writers a (free) home of their own to bring new creative life to a dying city

By Emma Copley Eisenberg

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