What We're Reading: Week of May 1, 2023

Here's what we're reading this week about the projects, people and policies driving local development:

🗳️ As Election Day approaches and the mayoral field solidifies around five candidates that all still have a strong shot at winning on May 16th, TV ads ramp up their frequency and their attacks

by Ana Orso for the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 5, 2023

🧭 More people left Pennsylvania than moved to Pennsylvania in 2022, taking over $1bn in wealth with them; while local states were the most common ones for relocation, Pennsylvania had a net gain of residents moving to or from New York and New Jersey, and Florida was the state receiving the most departing Pennsylvanians

by Anthony Hennen for The Center Square Pennsylvania, May 2, 2023

EDITORIAL | Rich Negrin, Acting Pa. DEP Secretary, calls for continued testing of air and water in the wake of the train derailment in East Palestine

by the TribLIVE Editorial Board, Apr 26, 2023

Councilmember Mark Squilla is calling for the Zoning Board of Adjustments to address the extensive backlog is bringing applications to a ZBA Hearing, a process further delayed by the continuation of covid rules for all virtual hearings

by Jake Blumgart for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Apr 13, 2023

Debate swirls around the role of proposed 40 year home mortgages, now allowed to restructure loans that are in default, and being proposed by some as a way to lower monthly costs for new homebuyers

by Andy Medici for The Playbook, Updated Apr 13, 2023

🚆🏘️Lower Merion weighs denser development within a 10 minute walk of the Ardmore train station to encourage walkability and provide incentives for affordable housing units

by Paul Schwedelson for the Philadelphia Business Journal, Apr 9, 2023