City Councilman at Large David Oh and Pennsylvania State Sen. Michael Brubaker (R-Lancaster) have released “A Preliminary Report on Improving the Global Competitiveness of Philadelphia.†The report captures the main findings from a two-day joint hearing between the City Council Committee on Global Opportunities & the Creative/Innovative Economy chaired by the Councilman and the Pennsylvania State […]
Joe Procacci, successful produce merchant, and Dr. Walter Lomax, a former medical practitioner turned business leader, want to deliver Philadelphia a “truly full size Casino complex. Operating as PHL Gaming, LLC. Â they call it Casino Revolution and its South Philadelphia location along Packer Avenue has little impact on neighborhoods. Procacci, 85, owns 60% of the […]
Donald “Ducky†Birts, special assistant to Congressman Bob Brady since the Congressman first took office, has enjoyed an historic career. He was a star basketball player, an innovative businessman, a busy assistant to a very-busy Congressman who is this city’s Democrat Party Chairman. Through those years, he has constantly spent his extra time working to […]
BY BONNIE SQUIRES/ The 21st annual MyCity, MyPlace Brighter Futures Awards celebration, sponsored by the Philadelphia Dept. of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disABILITY Services (DBHIDS), was held on Mar. 5 at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, with 700 people attending the awards luncheon. Theme of the day was “MyCity, MyPlace: Creating One Community†and […]
The continued support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was lauded this week by Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Chairman Charles G. Kopp, Esq., as he noted, “Early this year, the Office of the Governor authorized $25 million for deferred facility maintenance projects throughout the Port, following on the heels of the $25 million released for that […]
SEPTA’s impact on the region and the state, as well as the transit system’s critical and unfunded needs, were the subject of discussion during a Pennsylvania House of Appropriations Committee meeting last week. SEPTA General Mgr. Joseph M. Casey offered testimony and answered a wide-range of questions from state representatives. Casey said his purpose was […]
The announcement of an agreement between the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance on a tentative coast wide contract averting the threat of a strike this month adds to more positive news at the Port of Philadelphia. In addition to continuing peace on the labor front, the Port of Philadelphia has shown a […]
House prices in Philadelphia decreased by an average of 4.2% last quarter. Home prices are still up 0.4% from a year ago, but the stalled growth from Q3 has turned into a more-significant decline in the fourth quarter. With that in mind, will City Council and Mayor Michael Nutter settle on AVI rates that truly […]
The Port of Philadelphia may be crippled through no fault of International Longshoremen’s Association, Local 1291, if the ILA and United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd., do not settle their differences by Dec. 30. If the Port of Philadelphia shuts down (the last East and Gulf Coast port strike was 1977), it would negatively impact every […]
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