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Just-released CCD retail report details current retail scene, latest trends, and survey responses from consumers about their most-desired businesses
After decades of job loss, Philadelphia has enjoyed nine straight years of job growth that accelerated in 2014. Despite the recent upturn however, the city has rebounded more slowly than most peer cities.
Center City’s retailers and restaurants welcome back Philadelphia residents and visitors with exclusive promotions and VIP events during this all-day shopping and dining event.
Recovery is progressing by nearly all measures: employment, hotel occupancy, retail and restaurant sales, transit ridership, pedestrian volumes and city tax collections are all up. Job recovery is slow but steady and most significantly, Philadelphia’s unemployment rate fell in October, to the lowest point since 1990.
CCD announced the completion of a project in partnership with the City to replace outdated façade lighting on City Hall’s historic exterior.
SEPTA is working day and night to keep their riders and staff safe and healthy, whether they’re taking Regional Rail downtown or making their way around town on our subways, buses or trolleys.
A highlight of the season, Center City District Restaurant Week, sponsored by TD Bank and OpenTable, is back this September. It will run 10 consecutive days, including Saturday, for most of the 120 participating restaurants offering a variety of culinary delights.
Winter celebrations in Dilworth Park don’t need to end with the holidays! Now through February 26, ice skate at the Rothman Orthopaedics Ice Rink and cozy up in the Rothman Orthopaedics Cabin. In the Wintergarden, enjoy twinkling lights and reindeer topiaries through March 26.
CCD continues to provide exciting seasonal amenities at Dilworth Park into the New Year, including the Rothman Orthopaedics Ice Rink and Cabin and the Wintergarden.