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Our Social Impact Guide to Philly Tech Week 2014 method

Mar. 31, 2014 2:18 pm

Our Social Impact Guide to Philly Tech Week 2014

Philly Tech Week — Technical.ly Philly’s annual week long celebration of tech and innovation — is back for its fourth year. Last year, 20,000 people attended 110 events organized by 200 partners. This year it will run from April 4-12 and feature 134 events in the following tracks: Development Civic Media Business Access Creative This year’s tech week […]
Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Analysis of the 2015 Budget uncategorized

Mar. 31, 2014 2:00 pm

Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Analysis of the 2015 Budget

(Image via Flickr user schnaars) Earlier in the month on March 6, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter delivered his 2015 fiscal year budget address before City Council. The budget totals $4.5 billion, $800,000 over the current year’s budget. GroundSwell and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance put together an analysis of the parts of the mayor’s proposed […]
Newslinks: Online Literacy Classes, Trail Counters and Q & A with Conrad Benner uncategorized

Mar. 28, 2014 1:58 pm

Newslinks: Online Literacy Classes, Trail Counters and Q & A with Conrad Benner

City of Philadelphia launches online adult literacy courses The Mayor’s Commission on Literacy launched free online literacy courses last month for low-literate adults. It’s the first of it’s kind in the country. About 67 percent of adults seeking literacy courses in 2014 read at a 4th-8th grade level. [Technical.ly Philly]   Bicycle and pedestrian counters […]
What Makes Philadelphia One of the Most Active Civic Hacking Communities in the Country method

Mar. 28, 2014 11:00 am

What Makes Philadelphia One of the Most Active Civic Hacking Communities in the Country

Part 3 in our series with TEDxPhiladelphia explores the many ways the region is leading the way in civic hacking and open data projects. Hacking and hackers have a bad reputation as people who break into computer security systems and steal information–but today, hacking is more and more frequently referred to as taking something that already exists […]
Bicycling News Roundup uncategorized

Mar. 27, 2014 1:27 pm

Bicycling News Roundup

Biker rounding turn on Schuylkill River Trail. Photo via Flickr user Barbara L. Slavin  With the cold weather slowly – painfully – subsiding, the city’s streets, bike lanes and trails will likely see an uptick in commuters, exercisers and tourists. But what is the state of the infrastructure waiting for them? The off-and-on freezing and thawing […]
How the Social Enterprise Movement is Taking Hold in Philadelphia uncategorized

Mar. 27, 2014 11:00 am

How the Social Enterprise Movement is Taking Hold in Philadelphia

Part 2 in our series with TEDxPhiladelphia explores the many ways the region is leading the way in social enterprise and experimenting with mission-first businesses.  When Philadelphia was considered the “Workshop of the World,” heavy industry powered the city. Workers from nearby neighborhoods filed into bustling, productive factories, and every year the city’s population and economy grew. […]
Guest Post: Lessons from Italy’s Maker Economy uncategorized

Mar. 26, 2014 1:40 pm

Guest Post: Lessons from Italy’s Maker Economy

Image via Flickr user Marg Two years ago this April I took my first trip to Italy. This was a life-changing trip for a few reasons. The first, and most important, was that the inspiration for the trip was to celebrate my marriage to Elisa. The second was that I’m Italian, and as Robert Pirsig […]
A Look at 3 Emerging Philanthropic Models in Philadelphia uncategorized

Mar. 26, 2014 11:00 am

A Look at 3 Emerging Philanthropic Models in Philadelphia

Editor’s Note: This feature is part one in three-part series created in partnership with TEDxPhiladelphia to explore the ways in which Philly is indeed “The New Workshop of the World.”   In this installment, we take a look at the various new shapes philanthropy is taking in response to shifting donor attitudes and changing community needs in the […]
CDFI Finanta Brings Capital and Credit-Building to Low-Income Communities uncategorized

Mar. 25, 2014 11:55 am

CDFI Finanta Brings Capital and Credit-Building to Low-Income Communities

Flag outside of Finanta’s offices in South Kensington Finanta, a community lender located in South Kensington, provides loans and financial counseling to low-income communities throughout Philadelphia. The organization believes that these communities need better access to capital, and to get that access they need to build their credit and increase their financial knowledge. “For the […]
Destination Frankford to Move Forward with Womrath Park Sculptures and Pop Up Gallery uncategorized

Mar. 25, 2014 10:53 am

Destination Frankford to Move Forward with Womrath Park Sculptures and Pop Up Gallery

Destination Frankford has a made some progress since we last covered them in January: the Destination Frankford team recently selected the winner for its sculpture in Womrath Park and they’re making progress on a pop-up gallery set to open in April. The winner of the sculpture proposals was Christine Rojek, a Chicago-based artist. Her project […]