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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.
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Presentations from a recent CPDC meeting, looking at how other cities use Tax Increment Financing districts to fund infrastructure, transit and public space improvements.
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The Outdoor Seating report is an annual survey of outdoor cafés and seating in and around downtown Philadelphia.
This report highlights the direct relationship between Philadelphia’s antiquated tax policy, slow job growth and high poverty rate and suggests a path to more robust, citywide growth.