Updated: Jun 12, 2023
Here's what we're reading this week about the projects, people and policies driving local development:
Councilmember Squilla faces increasing pressure and questions from both sides ๐of the Sixer's Market East arena proposal, amid concerns about the projected impact on Chinatown and its community
by Justin Sweitzer & Harrison Cann for City & State Pennsylvania
๐ธAs pedestrian deaths in Pennsylvania rise, lawmakers propose increased driver fines, while safe street advocates call for better road design
by Anthony Hennen for The Center Square, May 15, 2023
Editorial: Advocating for three bills in the PA House, including one calling for ๐ณfinancial literacy training in public schools across the Commonwealth
by The Tribune-Democrat Editorial Staff, May 15, 2023
State Impact PA lays out the benefits of Pennsylvania joining RGGI
by Jon Hurdle for Inside Climate News, May 13, 2023
by Edward L. Glaeser and Carlo Ratti, May 10, 2023
๐ Two Philadelphia sites were named to this yearโs โ11 Most Endangered Places in Americaโ list from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Henry Ossawa Tanner House in Strawberry Mansion, and Chinatown
by Valerie Russ for The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 9, 2023