CitizenCast

Good Neighbors

A Citizen and Free Library event on Monday explored the perennial urban question: How do we make communities everyone can live in?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

The Case For a Gentrification Dividend

Sending neighbors a check whenever a nearby building goes up would send the message that everyone should benefit from growth

By Jon Geeting
Citizens of the Week

Lauren Summers and Nicole Buchholz

The Grad Hospital residents were tired of spending summers at their bleak old public pool. So they turned it into a colorful welcoming neighborhood hub

By Karen Chernick

Look Who’s Gone Radical

A groundbreaking Museum of Art exhibit takes art to the streets, combining it with advocacy. This isn’t your grandfather’s PMA

By Karen Chernick
Ideas We Should Steal

Loans for Low-Income Homeowners

Want gentrification to benefit everyone? Council President Darrell Clarke should look to Detroit

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

Connor Barwin’s Civic Season

A season of civic matchups proved Philly is on the upswing

By Connor Barwin
Week 16

Connor Barwin’s Civic Season

This week, the all-pro linebacker and citizen activist measures how our civic health stacks up against Washington, D.C.

By Connor Barwin

The Big Fix

Healthy Rowhouse Project aims to help residents fix their homes to fix their health. Is it also the answer to gentrification?

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Week 5

Connor Barwin’s Civic Season

This week, the all-pro linebacker and citizen activist measures how our civic health stacks up against New Orleans

By Connor Barwin