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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?
Center City’s transformation into a 24-hour downtown is reflected in its burgeoning retail scene, with residential, convention and tourism growth expanding beyond the historic customer base of office, education and health care employees and students.
Adam Robinson will lead CCD’s team focused on expanding non-assessment revenue by forging strategic alliances with public and private sector stakeholders.
The Center City District Foundation (CCDF) is pleased to welcome 100 volunteers from Timberland to the Rail Park, where they will be working on a daylong service project this Friday, October 13, significantly advancing the park’s construction.
Hay bales and cornstalks and pumpkins, oh my! Beginning Friday, October 11 through Sunday, October 13, Dilworth Park’s annual fall festival, Octoberfest, will return for a three-day celebration of all things autumn.
CCD and Optimal Sport have also teamed up to host a virtual version of our Center City Fit presented by Rothman Orthopaedics for participants of all skill levels.
This CCD, CPDC report examines business density and the disparities between the number of Black-owned and white-owned businesses in Philadelphia and compares them to four other East Coast cities.
Whether you’re a fitness newbie or a power lifting veteran, there’s a place for you in Center City’s fitness community.