Topic: Ideas We Should Steal
Make Restaurant Reuse Easy
A Seattle program has encouraged both mom-and-pop eateries and behemoths like Starbucks to pare down their customer-facing waste. Could litter-burdened Philly do the same?
By Courtney DuChene
Putting Pedestrians First
Atlanta’s 20-year-old Beltline proves comprehensive pedestrian-centered development — in contrast to Philadelphia’s piecemeal approach — has rich rewards
By Diana Lind
Free Food at the Free Library
A longtime university president suggests the city’s library system follow Chicago and Baltimore, and add food pantries to its community services
By Elaine Maimon
Lessons in Resistance for Philadelphia from Minneapolis
What ideas can Philly steal from the years-old protest movement in the Minnesota city?
By Bradford Pearson
Would You Move for Built-in Community?
A program that pays people to relocate to Tulsa, Oklahoma has grown the city’s population and quadrupled its investment. Is this an idea Philly should steal?
By Diana Lind
Keep Philly Renters from Drowning in Junk Fees
Undisclosed in rental leases, add-on costs threaten to upend affordable housing. Seattle and other cities have begun to put a stop to the practice
By Cristian Salazar
Fund Reproductive Care
At a time when Washington, D.C. is in hot debate over the Affordable Care Act, Maryland is using an ACA provision to fund safe, legal abortions for Medicaid recipients — without costing taxpayers. Should Pennsylvania follow suit?
By Courtney DuChene
What We Learned at Ideas We Should Steal Festival
The 8th annual event presented by Comcast NBCUniversal had solutions to trash, potholes, affordable housing, politics, economic development and more.
By Malcolm Burnley and Courtney DuChene
States — Not Cities — Are Solving The Housing Crisis
Ideas from around the country that Pennsylvania should steal to create more homes for more people
By Diana Lind