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Center City Philadelphia holds 43% of all jobs citywide with a workforce from every neighborhood in the city, with more than 100,000 being employed in the office district. This spring and summer, Center City District (CCD) will celebrate and support Center City in-office employees by hosting free, outdoor events on West Market and JFK Boulevard.
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.
Whether you’re a fitness newbie or a power lifting veteran, there’s a place for you in Center City’s fitness community.
With pedestrian volumes on Center City sidewalks last month reaching the highest point since March 2020, the CCD is expanding its existing clean and safe programs by launching an additional uniformed, unarmed bicycle safety patrol within the District during afternoon and evening hours. This new shift will focus on entertainment and dining areas from 3 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. to support significant increase in returning shoppers, visitors & workers.
A new CCD/CPDC report highlights how steady increases in office workers, shoppers, theater- and museum-goers, and visitors helped downtown pedestrian volumes reach 78% of February 2019 levels.
An editorial looking at calls for reforming Philadelphia's tax structure.
The Center City District is very saddened to announce that William P. Hughes, Sr., Vice President of Public Safety and Cleaning Operations, died on February 1, after a long illness.
The Center City District (CCD) and Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC) share a common mission: to enhance the vitality of Center City Philadelphia as a thriving 24-hour downtown. Here's a look at all that we do.