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The Center City District released its 2025 Annual Report outlining the organization's impact. The report provides an overview of the CCD's operations and highlights its accomplishments.
The mission of the CCD is to provide a clean, safe, well-managed downtown so Philadelphia can successfully compete as an attractive location for business, education and health care institutions, life sciences and for tourism, arts and entertainment, dining and shopping and as the fastest growing residential area in the city.
This winter edition of the CCD/CPDC quarterly newsletter includes the cover essay, which describes the transformation of third spaces and retail in Center City. It also highlights Dilworth Park attractions, staff stories and more.
This summer edition of the CCD/CPDC quarterly newsletter features President & CEO Prema Katari Gupta's essay, Mythbusting Through the Power of Data and Placemaking. Plus, summer events, employee spotlights and more.
This Center City District/Central Philadelphia Development Corp. annual housing report reveals unprecedented growth in Greater Center City's residential sector, with residential development reaching a 5-year high in 2024, according to new CCD research.
CCD President & CEO Prema Katari Gupta's cover essay offers a research-driven glance into downtown Philadelphia's residential growth and what it indicates for Center City, office and retail occupancy and the decrease of serious crime. Also inside: CCD Parks summer events, employee appreciation breakfast recap, the recently published State of Center City annual report and much more.
In this spring edition of the CCD/CPDC quarterly newsletter, President & CEO Prema Katari Gupta's essay, Celebration and Stewardship, reveals the newly created vision, mission, and value statements of CCD. Prema also explains that in times of citywide celebrations, all roads inevitably lead to the streets and public spaces of Center City.
CCD President & CEO Prema Katari Gupta's cover essay outlines CCD's continued focus on "clean and safe," the expanded services we are committing to these priorities and the improvements the city has made and challenges we still face. Also inside: research reports, spring events, renovations on Jewelers’ Row and more.
To support the recovery of Center City retailers and restaurants, Center City District (CCD) will be promoting Shop Center City Saturdays this fall. Beginning Saturday, September 18, dozens of local businesses, as well as national brands, will offer exclusive discounts and giveaways every Saturday for 5 weeks, ending on October 16. These all-day shopping and dining promotions will be accompanied by larger-scale anchor events throughout the district.