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Feb. 21, 2018 7:21 am
5 ways employers can shrink Philly’s economic divide
"Today, I am encouraged by the seismic shift, a departure from a wagging finger about 'their' problem hurting 'us' to conversations about how the city’s issues are 'ours' to both own and address," writes Peirce College's Uva Coles.
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Dec. 22, 2017 12:18 pm
How Invincible City Farms plans to bring jobs and fresh food to North Camden
"I have a firm belief that if we stop overlooking the resources within the city and leverage them to address the needs, the city can work its way out of this problem," said the social enterprise's founder, Fredric Byarm.
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Dec. 19, 2017 12:32 pm
These 9 businesses won free rent to revitalize Kensington’s commercial corridor
An audio production studio, artist incubator, vegan bakery and six more were the winners of Shift Capital's Kensington Avenue Storefront Challenge.
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Nov. 17, 2017 9:52 am
Drexel’s Urban Innovation Fellows are tackling workforce development and public health
The three inaugural fellows — Michael O'Bryan, Priya Mammen and Chris Spahr — will be working with Drexel University's Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation for the next three to six months.
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Nov. 6, 2017 8:26 am
The anti-gentrification community development model Jumpstart is expanding in Philly
Social impact real estate developer Ken Weinstein's program that helps aspiring developers and community leaders learn to fight blight got some help from LISC to reach beyond Germantown and Kensington.
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Nov. 2, 2017 12:55 pm
How to hire nontraditional workers
Such as returning citizens, veterans and people who live in the neighborhood where your business resides (hey there, Temple) — and other lessons from a recent Chamber of Commerce panel on economic development.
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Oct. 27, 2017 12:55 pm
This real estate firm wants your ideas for revitalizing Kensington’s commercial corridor
How would you use an empty property on Kensington Avenue? Tell Shift Capital as part of the social impact real estate developer's Kensington Avenue Storefront Challenge.
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Aug. 28, 2017 3:30 pm
The Philadelphia Land Bank has its first full-time executive director
Angel Rodriguez, the current VP of community economic development for Asociación Puertorriqueños En Marcha, was appointed ED for the government entity.
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Aug. 11, 2017 10:52 am
Dear Akeem: Resources for food entrepreneurs, plus special business property loans
Akeem Dixon's Cool Things Wit Cool People column kicks off with two questions on community development and entrepreneurship.
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Jul. 28, 2017 12:25 pm
Why this civic leader with 25 years of service in North Philly has an open-door policy
“Consider the community, find out what the community needs, not what you think that they need,” said Christine Brown, director of the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood's Beech Community Services.