Keystone Opportunity Zones power many of the city’s best-known development projects. Are they worth it? By: Meir Rinde | Billy Penn, Next City December 12, 2023 | Tagged: Economic Justice. Some of the biggest and best-known development projects in Philadelphia are powered in part by a state tax break called the Keystone Opportunity Zone. The…
How El Paso residents saved this historic neighborhood By: Christian Betancourt | Next City November 9, 2023 | This story was published as part of our joint Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship For Borderland Narratives as well as the Philadelphia Journalism Collaborative’s series on downtown stadium developments. Sitting on a street bench on the closed-off Chihuahua…
PA 211 Helpline: An under-sourced ‘resource’ for returning citizens By: Ryan M. Moser| Latest PJC stories, Love Media Now October 24, 2023 | Tagged: philadelphia-journalism-collaborative. When I left the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) in 2012 (after serving one year for selling stolen property at a pawn shop), I was driven in a van to…
‘On Being Biracial’ broadens the narrative on racial identity By: Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley | Kouvenda Media, Latest PJC stories, WURD October 24, 2023 | Tagged: philadelphia-journalism-collaborative. “On Being Biracial” is a podcast hosted by journalists Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley exploring the complexities of biracial experiences and identities in the U.S. As a…
What it took to build a basketball arena in the middle of D.C.’s Chinatown By: Jordan Levy | Billy Penn Ever since the ownership of the Philadelphia 76ers first announced their intention to build a downtown arena, people have drawn comparisons to the construction of the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. Though there are…
Meet the Philadelphia Documenters By: Courtney Duchene | The Philadelphia Citizen July 13, 2023 | Tagged: Documenters. Chicago resident Grace Del Vecchio has sat in on enough community development commission meetings to know how they go. A journalist and community activist who studied urban planning, Del Vecchio would watch as developers pulled out maps and construction plans,…