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Jun. 26, 2015 3:05 pm
“You can’t create an entrepreneurial ecosystem by proclamation, you have to do it by actions”
Open Data, Inclusion, and Access The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology was selected as one of CIO magazine’s CIO 100, an annual awards program that recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology, for its Open Data and digital access and inclusion […]
purpose
Jun. 3, 2015 12:30 pm
Parks for People Aims to Put Everyone within a 10 Minute Walk to a Park
The Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit that operates several branches across the country. One of its newer branches located in Philadelphia, which has been active for about three and a half years now, operates the Parks for People–Philadelphia program. Through the program, The Trust for Public Land works with the City of […]
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people
May 13, 2015 1:45 pm
[VIDEO] #PhillyChanger Chats: Sylvester Mobley of Coded By Kids
#PhillyChanger Chats is a video series aimed at making Philly leaders more accessible. Featuring leaders of nonprofits, social enterprises, local government, and community organizations, these are people who are actively working to change Philadelphia for the better. Is there someone you’d like to see featured here? Email us at news@generocity.org. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKhDiZXTC4s&w=640&h=360] Sylvester Mobley is the […]
funding
May 8, 2015 9:55 am
Kiva.org and Kiva Zip are Double Matching Loans Today
Kiva Zip, a lending program designed to connect small businesses with potential investors through an online platform, is currently having a match-a-thon, where the loans made will be double-matched. Loans made through Kiva Zip are zero percent interest loans. “Kiva Zip and Kiva.org are holding match-a-thons right now due to generous loan matching dollars we […]
purpose
Apr. 30, 2015 10:44 am
PHLConvos: Comcast Community Hearings
There are important conversations constantly going on across the city, across all sectors, all working to address the big issues Philly is facing. With PHLconvos, the Generocity.org team highlights those conversations so that you can keep track: The City of Philadelphia is in the process of negotiating its 15-year cable franchise agreement with Comcast and […]
results
Apr. 27, 2015 12:34 pm
What Can the City do to Improve Outcomes for Young Men of Color? 3 Jefferson University Students Have a Plan
Earlier this year, the City of Philadelphia’s 2015 Public Policy Case Competition gave students the opportunity to offer creative proposals responding to the question: What can the City of Philadelphia do to best improve outcomes for boys and young men of color? The winning proposal “Building a Resilient Future,” selected earlier this month, was submitted […]
people
Mar. 13, 2015 2:22 pm
Video: Robert Cheetham of Azavea on Open Data Philly
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfA6ogji6a0&w=640&h=360] The City of Philadelphia began releasing data in 2003, and in 2011, it formally launched Open Data Philly. This year, it relaunched the website with a new design. During an OpenAccessPHL presentation, Azavea‘s Robert Cheetham shared what the new version looks like, which Azavea helped design. Open Data Philly contains 260 data sets from 55 […]
people
Jan. 7, 2015 11:30 am
Event: OpenAccessPHL January 2015 Convening – City of Philadelphia Edition
The January convening and “City of Philadelphia” edition of OpenAccessPHL will be this Friday, January 9. The event will feature government employees talking about the various program and initiatives they work on which promote open government, innovation, and civic transformation. OpenAccessPHL is a network of Philly professionals with an interest in working together to make local government […]
people
Dec. 1, 2014 12:36 pm
Why the City of Philadelphia Should Invest in Skilled Labor Development
Philadelphia finds itself in a dilemma: the wage tax is the city’s biggest source of revenue, and yet more than 25 percent of its residents are unemployed or underemployed and pay little, if any, wage tax. This doesn’t mean the city should necessarily raise taxes. Instead, Philadelphia needs to find ways to increase wages. Short-term investments […]
people
Sep. 22, 2014 11:52 am
Biz Journal: City launches platform matching STEM professionals with youth
This story was originally published in the Philadelphia Business Journal Philadelphia wants more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) professionals mentoring youth – especially girls, low-income and minority students. [Last week], the city launched a new online STEM resource center, which will showcase STEM education programs on its “ asset map,” as well as host a volunteer […]