Topic: Development For Good

Entrepreneur Blane Stoddart runs The Economy League’s networking program connecting Philadelphia anchor institutions like Penn and PECO with local, Black and Brown-owned construction firms

The Citizen’s latest Development…for Good event featured Jumpstart Germantown’s Ken Weinstein and Jordan Parisse-Ferrarini, sharing what they know about growing developers and building wealth in their community

Jumpstart Germantown has helped more than 3,000 Philadelphians become developers of affordably-priced housing. Could this local model work for the entire country’s housing crisis?

From the outside, this brand-new Olde Kensington development looks like the rest of the shiny luxury options. Inside, however, it’s all about the arts and community.

AR Spruce, led by Maleda Berhane, demonstrates how real estate development can — and should — incorporate more people from more backgrounds to remake our city

Why should women work construction? How does design by women differ from design by men? During the most recent Development … for Good event, we got answers from women changing Philadelphia’s built environment

The next in our Development … for Good series explores how a city designed by and for women could transform Philadelphia

An equitable development expert at Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab points to a possible shining light in the neighborhood beset by drug use and poverty: Community ownership of the Kensington Avenue retail corridor. Will it work?

Can Philadelphia develop our way out of an affordable housing crisis? This week, The Citizen gathered experts on the matter to work out the answer to that very big question

The renowned architect spoke for a large Citizen crowd about why all people deserve good design — and how he intends to bring it to them