With the help of a $149,324 grant from U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, ShopPhilly1st is planning to produce dozens of videos profiling neighborhood business districts and individual storefronts. | From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
With keen business sense, vision, adaptability and the belief that “the universe works in its own way,” Barfield is an irrepressible leader of today’s urban farming movement in Philadelphia. For her leadership, impact, and especially for her work bringing her farms’ and farming’s benefits to more Black and Brown Philadelphians, Christa Barfield is a Generation Change Philly fellow. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Philadelphia’s city council president is floating the idea of using the controversial practice of stop and frisk to combat gun violence. | From: NBC 10 (Read more.)
Jump Button’s vision is “to imagine diversity and inclusion through the games and animation industry.” | From: Love Now Media (Read more.)
Women and people of color are under-represented in science, technology, engineering, and math. But there’s an effort afoot in Philadelphia to change that through an unusual mix of dance and coding lessons. | From: Chalkbeat (Read more.)
Philadelphians pushing for a greener, cooler city are cheering a bill that made it through City Council last week that could charge developers hundreds of dollars per inch of tree they remove and don’t replace. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
But in Kensington, systemic racial and economic disparities map onto our public spaces: libraries and recreation centers. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Philadelphia ranks among the nation’s highest for wage taxes, and double-taxes its enterprises through the business income and receipts tax — the only major U.S city to do so. Employers and employees who choose to locate just outside of Philadelphia city limits often cite the two taxes as major reasons. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Whether you’re looking for thrifted deals or sustainably-made clothing that matches your values, Philly has a plethora of sustainable options to choose from. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Mail delivery troubles for residents of the Wood Norton Apartments, 370 W. Johnson Street, were first reported in Germantown Info Hub, a community journalism project. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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