Topic: University City District

Guest Commentary: How To Fund Your Startup

The federal government is providing more capital to startups than ever before: here’s how Philly entrepreneurs can take advantage

By Heath Naquin

The West Philly Housing Crisis That Was Utterly Avoidable

The UC Townhomes fiasco features a wealthy, easy-to-blame institution; fact-challenged protestors; an elected official who may be in over her head, and a compromise solution everybody seems hell bent on ignoring

By Larry Platt

Foodizen: Communal Dinners for Distanced Times

In this serialized book, industry veterans take us where they love to eat. Here, a pre-isolation Pakistani meal—that you should have delivered at home tonight

By Jonathan Deutsch

From West Philly to the World

Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab director on how a University City jobs initiative is a model for inclusive growth—one that other cities should emulate

By Bruce Katz and Megan Humes

Guest Commentary: New Collaboration for a New Philly

What happens when public, private and nonprofits work together to develop a neighborhood hub? Everyone benefits

By Matt Bergheiser and Jeff Knueppel and Ken Weinstein

Declaration of Principles: Transforming Children’s Futures

The students of Jubilee School demand a future that is safe and just for all children

By Jubilee School Fifth and Sixth Graders

The Paper Chase

How a small University City company—one of the nation’s fastest-growing—is on a mission to “make Philadelphia awesome.”

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy