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A new report from CCD/CPDC, Firing on All Cylinders: Growing Jobs and Small Business by Expanding the Traded Sector, compares Philadelphia to five other U.S. cities. It documents how Philadelphia lags in many other traded employment sectors, but suggests that if we replicate the success achieved by others and commit to steadily more competitive tax rates, we will grow more family-sustaining jobs and a prosperous network of small, local businesses.
Center City continued its steady process of recovery in June and during the first three weeks of July with pedestrian volumes in July reaching 92% of 2019 levels. During the month of June, the combined number of residents, workers and visitors were up 2% from the previous month.
This edition of the CCD and CPDC quarterly newsletter details everything we are doing to speed up Philadelphia’s slow but steady recovery. The cover essay seeks to answer the question: If crowds are comfortably returning to sports arenas, theaters and concert halls, bars and restaurants, what’s the problem with offices, where social distancing and masking in common areas is much easier to achieve?
Many of the most iconic buildings and landmarks in Philadelphia will shine blue next Tuesday in honor of World Health Day and the heroic health care workers and first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a transformational moment for Philadelphia, when investments in economic development funded by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) can be combined with the long-recommended changes to Philadelphia's tax structure to prompt faster and more equitable citywide job growth.
Today at CPDC’s quarterly meeting, Center City District (CCD) released its annual State of Center City 2019, a data-driven compendium, organized by employment sector, that examines the latest trends in both in Center City and in the broader Philadelphia economy.
The CCD's quarterly newsletter. In this issue- People who work, live, shop or dine in Center City are quite optimistic about downtown’s future. That’s apparent in the CCD’s annual customer satisfaction survey. But, there are caution flags.
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.