Topic: Ideas We Should Steal

More Democracy in Development Decisions
Some Philly Registered Community Organizations give individuals outsized power to shut down housing proposals in their neighborhoods. A better approach can be found in D.C.
By Jon Geeting
Ideas We Should Scale Showcase
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By The Philadelphia Citizen
Five Ways SEPTA Can Save Itself
The transit agency does not have to face a “death spiral” every year. Here’s how other city systems are not just surviving, but thriving
By Courtney DuChene
Have an Idea to Scale?
Introducing a new showcase to amplify the work of the most promising nonprofit, B-Corps, and benefit corporations in the region. Find out how your organization can get the spotlight and support it needs to grow
By Jessica Blatt Press
More Open Streets, Please
How to expand Center City District’s winning formula to more Philly neighborhoods
By Jon Geeting
Four Ways Philly can Grow our Tree Canopy
The City’s ambitious Tree Plan will need an all-out effort to accomplish. Here, some ideas we could steal from elsewhere
By Courtney DuChene
Polling Places in Jails
A way to get more people voting and make our communities safer? That’s what happened with a Colorado program Pennsylvania could easily replicate
By Malcolm Burnley
Save Lives With Corner Daylighting
Another tool to keep pedestrians safe, like they do in Hoboken and Jersey City? Yes, please
By Jon Geeting
Diversify the Construction Industry
OIC of America’s CEO ran a successful program to open high-paying construction jobs to more people in Minnesota. Now, he’s running the same playbook in Pennsylvania
By Courtney DuChene
Follow the (Federal) Money
New York City’s comptroller has made public exactly how federal money is spent in the city to serve residents. Drexel’s Metro Finance head encourages other cities, like Philly, to do the same, to prepare for the consequences of President Trump’s funding cuts
By Bruce Katz