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Why Philly Tech Week Matters

How to sum up the Philly Tech Week that concluded this past Sunday? Not an easy thing to do given that this 10-day celebration of technology and...

SEPTA's overdue bills: it's time to pay

May 2, 2013 Julia Bergman, Axis Philly Poor SEPTA. The regional transit authority is the Philadelphia region's poster child for decades of...

Recognizing Progress... and Importing What Works

Less than a month after releasing the Global Positioning Strategy for World Class Education and Talent Development, I found myself back at WHYY among...

Study Says SEPTA is Strapped

April 29, 2013 Paul Nussbaum, Philadelphia Inquirer SEPTA supports nearly 26,000 jobs, contributes $3.21 billion in economic output, and generates $62...

Budget Woes Threaten SEPTA's Stability

April 29, 2013 Mike Dunn, CBS Philly PHILADELPHIA - Even as SEPTA moves toward a new system-wide fare hike, a report being released today finds that...

Onward From the Summit

Last week, at our annual World Class Summit, more than 300 regional leaders came together to learn about the new Global Positioning Strategies (GPSes)...

Every Kid K-Ready

Contributing writer Bill Hangley looks into a new campaign to standardize kindergarten readiness assessments in Pennsylvania and its connections to...

An Open-Source Brand for Philadelphia

If you feel like you’re seeing the familiar three-letter airport tag PHL pop up in more and more places … it’s not a mistake. It’s in the Philadelphia...

Capital and Ideas to Grow PHL's Startup Community

When it comes to growing a region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, the basic formula for success is the same – a healthy population of smart and ambitious...

From the Editor: What Does it Mean to be a "World Class" City?

March 26, 2013 Lee Stabert , Flying Kite Last Monday, a group of Philadelphians gathered to hear the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia present...