Voice: Bruce Katz
What North Philly Teaches Us About Anti-Displacement
Drexel’s Metro Finance Head and other partners have spent the last year building a strategy to keep eight Latino neighborhoods intact while attracting the right kind of investment. Here’s how they did it
By Bruce KatzWinning the Decade
Drexel’s Metro Finance head talks to Greater St. Louis CEO about how the Missouri city turned pandemic tragedy into urban prosperity. Hint: It’s all about jobs
By Bruce KatzBuy From Local Suppliers, Grow Local Wealth
Lessons from San Antonio and El Paso on unlocking the procurement economy to build community prosperity, from Drexel Metro Finance’s founding director
By Bruce KatzThe Downtown Downturn Everyone Expected …
… and few planned for. Drexel’s Metro Finance Chief on what Philly should learn from other U.S. cities to keep Center City thriving
By Bruce KatzAn Answer to Our Transit Crisis
Kansas City, Austin and California are using a new kind of federal-city partnership to radically reform transit in their regions. Drexel’s Metro Finance lays out what Philly can learn from them
By Bruce KatzAre Cities the Answers to What Ails Us?
Drexel’s Metro Finance director recommends three books that make the case for the kind of real, in-person communion that makes cities thrive and humans … human
By Bruce KatzTurning Offices Into Homes
Nearly half of all Center City office space is vacant, while the need for available housing persists. Drexel’s Metro Finance head offers lessons from other cities on how to bridge that gap
By Bruce KatzIdeas We Should Steal: Boosting Neighborhood Commercial Corridors
A $185 million effort in Detroit is jumpstarting equitable development and increasing population in the city’s neighborhoods. Drexel’s Metro Finance head on what Philly can learn from the program
By Bruce Katz