Driving Growth: PIDC Recaps This Season’s Economic Development Conferences

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At PIDC, we recognize that staying informed and connected is essential to driving meaningful impact in Philadelphia’s communities. That’s why our team members actively participate in conferences, events, and workshops focused on community, professional, and economic development. These opportunities allow us to learn from industry leaders, share best practices, and exchange ideas with peers from

New Grant Funding to Enhance Southwest Philadelphia

New federal grants will help SEPTA implement a major trolley modernization and complete streets project and help PHA revitalize Bartram Village, building on PIDC’s efforts to enhance quality of life in Southwest Philadelphia NOTE: This post has been updated to reflect a new Neighborhood Choice Grant announced on July 26, 2023. New Neighborhood Choice Grant:

Three Firms Shortlisted Biotech Campus

The Lower Schuylkill Biotech Campus is where Philadelphia’s ecosystem of discovery will grow into life altering outcomes for all and on June 14, 2022, PIDC issued an RFQ looking for the right partner for this unprecedented cell and gene therapy development opportunity.  The developer selection process is designed to identify a partner to help us

Grays Avenue Corridor Clean-Up Day

Earlier this month, PIDC partnered with SEPTA, various City departments, and community groups to host a clean-up day for the Grays Avenue Corridor in Southwest Philadelphia. The corridor is the site of a year-long Complete Streets Concepts & Design Project (Complete Streets Project), led by SEPTA and supported by funding from a Helping Obtain Prosperity

THE LOWER SCHUYLKILL CONTINUES TO ADVANCE

The Lower Schuylkill is continuing its transformation into a great revitalization story for Philadelphia.  In 2013 a long-term plan was introduced to reposition the 3,700-acre, historically industrial corridor as a modern, integrated network of three distinct business campuses.

EPA, PIDC, AND UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CELEBRATE PENNOVATION CENTER AS THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT IN LOWER SCHUYLKILL RIVER’S INNOVATION DISTRICT

PHILADELPHIA– PIDC, Philadelphia’s public-private economic development corporation, today gathered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and University of Pennsylvania at the Pennovation Works on the banks of the Lower Schuylkill River to announce completion of a $600,000 investment by PIDC and the EPA which has helped in realizing the first major development in the Lower

Developments in the Lower Schuylkill River

The Lower Schuylkill Master Plan, which aims to revitalize Southwest Philadelphia and create a 21st century industrial district, is seeing many new developments already transforming this area of Philadelphia. In July, Mayor Kenney, Councilwomen Jannie Blackwell, the John Bartram Association and students from Woodlands Academy celebrated the ribbon cutting of the Anne Bartram Carr Garden.

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LOWER SCHUYKILL RIVER MASTER PLAN

Implementation of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan continues to change the landscape of Philadelphia. The Pennovation Center, a 58,000 square foot business incubator and laboratory, set to open this August is well underway at the northern edge of the master plan’s Innovation District. The University of Pennsylvania has been working to attract tenants to the

TWO OPEN HOUSES FOR THE LOWER SCHUYLKILL MASTER PLAN

In May, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC), Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) introduced the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan, an economic development and revitalization initiative for a 3,700-acre, historically industrial corridor on the east and west banks of the lower Schuylkill River.