As SEPTA struggles to coax more commuters back onto its trains and buses, City Council is putting forward a plan that would require businesses to help out while providing a potential tax break for workers. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Inundated by complaints from her West Philadelphia constituents, City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier is now pushing to inject more funding in the city’s next budget to improve basic quality-of-life services, with a focus on neighborhoods beset by violent crime. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Another 500 students could get help going to college through the expansion of the Community College of Philadelphia’s Octavius Catto Scholarship program. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The Community College of Philadelphia’s Center on Disability recently heard back from an alum in a big way. Entrepreneur Gunter Pfau, who graduated in 2002, made a donation of $100,000 to show appreciation for the help the center gave him. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Southwest Philly’s retail corridors are on the upswing but the area faces competition from lower-cost Delaware County. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Tauhid Chappell, an organizer for the Philadelphia CannaBusiness Association—Pennsylvania’s first Black-owned, Black-led cannabis nonprofit aimed at healing the damage done by cannabis prohibition—relays his hopes for the future of cannabis in Pennsylvania: “[I hope the state] is able to come up with a comprehensive package that allows people to participate in the industry however they want.” | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Sustainability is currently a buzzword. Many have the intention to do good for our environment but are deterred by the belief we must spend a significant amount of money to become sustainable. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
If you are one of the 79,000 people unemployed in the city’s food industry, here is what you need to know about your rights as a restaurant worker. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia’s Dining Out for Life, an annual fundraiser to support people living with HIV, is back in person this year for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The pandemic created several questions and gray areas around Philly’s earnings tax and wage tax, which makes up the bulk of the city’s revenue, about 45%.
Meanwhile, the Department of Revenue in November launched the online Philadelphia Tax Center. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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