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From YouTube: Committee on Commerce and Economic Development 12-9-2020
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The Committee on Commerce & Economic Development of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at 1:00 PM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following item:
200665 Resolution authorizing the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development to hold hearings on the state of Philadelphia’s neighborhood commercial corridors.
B
Thank
you.
I
understand.
The
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
public
hearing
as
follows.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city,
council
committees
are
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft
teams
to
make
these
remote
hearings
possible
instructions
for
how
the
public
may
view
and
offer
public.
Testimony
of
public
hearings
of
council
committees
are
included
in
the
public
hearing
notice
that
are
published
in
the
daily
news,
inquirer
and
legal
intelligencer
prior
to
the
hearings
and
can
also
be
found
on
phillycounsel.com.
B
It
has
now
come
to
the
hour.
We
are
now
starting
our
committee
and
hearing
on
commerce
and
economic
development.
Mr
mcmahon
will,
please
read
the
call
of
the
roll
and
take
attendance
each
member
say
if
you're
present
and
say
a
few
words,
so
your
image
will
be
displayed
on
the
screen.
Mr
monaco,
good
afternoon,
everyone
councilwoman
brooks.
B
B
Corridors
you
before
we
begin
the
hearing.
Testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
for
today.
Everyone
who
has
been
invited
to
the
meeting
to
testify
should
be
aware
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
before
the
he,
because
the
hearing
is
public
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
By
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
of
the
questions
or
comments
they
have
for
witnesses.
B
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
at
microsoft
teams
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
purpose.
Mr
mcgonable,
will
you
please
call
the
first
panel
of
the
witnesses
we
have
to
testify
this
afternoon
on
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero
six
six
five
good
afternoon.
B
B
I
would
just
ask
that
you
state
your
name
for
the
record
proceed
with
your
testimonial,
we'll
try
to
hold
all
questions
until
all
three
are
done.
If
that's
okay,
and
unless
we
see
something
in
the
chat,
that's
a
virgin
or
a
note
to
be
given.
So
if
you
want
to
start
just
state
your
name
for
the
record
receive
your
testimony.
E
E
E
It
was
a
hearing
before
hours
on
a
very,
very
important
issue
relative
to
to
mental
health
and
law
enforcement,
as
we
reimagine
policing
in
our
city.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
your
patience.
I
want
to
be
as
brief
as
I
can,
because
I
want
I
myself,
along
with
our
colleagues,
to
hear
from
the
experts
and
practitioners
on
this
issue,
but
I
do
just
want
to
state
for
the
record
that
commercial
quarters
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
have
been
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
E
Then,
during
the
2019
budget
process
that
was
fy
20,
we
advocated
very
strongly
for
an
additional
2
million
for
the
commerce
department
so
that
they
could
increase
their
cleaning
on
commercial
quarters.
That
was
the
year
in
2019
that
we
piloted
a
commercial
quarter
cleaning
program
in
the
ninth
district
and
we
use
best
practices
that
we've
learned
from
that
program
about
what
would
work
working
with
commerce
and
working
with
pidc.
E
So
with
that
being
said,
the
purpose
of
today's
hearing
is
to
hear
about
the
current
state
of
commercial
corridors
and
their
immediate
needs
right
now,
in
particular,
as
we
head
into
the
winner.
The
plan
is
for
us
to
have
more
hearings
under
the
same
resolution
on
future
hearings
throughout
2021
and
beyond.
That
will
be
focused
more
on
recovery
and
what
recovery
could
and
should
look
like,
but
today
we
want
to
listen
to
you.
We
want
to
you
to
share
your
struggles,
frustrations,
that's
okay,
but
we.
We
also
want
some
of
your
testimony.
E
We
hope
that
it
will
be
solution,
oriented
meaning.
I
hope
that
you
all
will
offer
some
potential
solutions
or
best
practices
that
you're
seeing
in
other
cities.
I
know
I
saw
alex
on
from
tocconi.
I've
always
relied
on
him,
but
you
know
checking
out
best
practices
across
the
nation,
so
I
want
to
again
thank
you,
mr
chairman
squealer,
and
vice
chairman,
adam
and
all
members
of
the
committee,
for
allowing
me
these
comments.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you,
madam.
B
Leader,
I
appreciate
that
and
also
I
want
to
note
for
the
record
council
member
dom
vice
chair
if
he
could
lead
the
questioning
at
this
point,
as
I
do
have
to
just
scoot
away
for
a
couple
minutes,
but
I
will
be
right
back.
Thank
you.
We
could
start
with
your
testimony.
Please
state
your
name
for
the
record,
I'm
going
with
your
testimony.
G
Yes,
thank
you,
chairperson,
good
afternoon,
members
of
the
committee
on
commerce
and
economic
development.
My
name
is
karen
fegley
and
I'm
the
deputy
commerce
director
of
the
office
of
neighborhood
services.
Thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
I
do
want
to
take
a
quick
minute
to
recognize
michael
rashid,
the
newly
named
director
of
commerce.
He
is
joining
the
hearing
today.
G
I
know
he
is
a
strong
ally
on
this
topic,
but
he's
handed
me
the
reins
for
providing
testimony
on
resolution
200-665
to
discuss
the
state
of
philadelphia's
commercial
corridors,
so
I
want
to
start
off.
My
testimony
starts
off.
I
want
to
set
the
stage
a
little
bit
about
what
we're
talking
about
what
we
mean
when
we
say
commercial
corridors.
G
The
planning
commission
identifies
approximately
300
commercial
corridors
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
but
when
commerce,
well,
we,
you
know,
we
support
all
businesses
throughout
the
city.
But
when
we
speak
of
our
commercial
corridor
programs,
there
are
approximately
80
that
we
target
for
support
and
investment.
These
80
are
corridors
that
are
neighborhood
based
pedestrian
and
transit
oriented
and
have
a
high
density
of
commercial
spaces.
G
Probably
an
average
of
like
100
businesses
in
a
three
to
four
block
area.
That's
typically
what
we're
looking
at
in
these
corridors,
the
businesses
tend
to
be
very
small,
mom-and-pop
retailers,
restaurants,
convenience
stores
and
personal
services
professional
services
because
of
a
relatively
low
barrier
to
entry.
There
is
a
lot
of
diversity
among
the
business
owners
with
a
significant
asian
american
ownership
on
most
corridors.
G
Vacancy
rates
had
been
ranging
from
10
to
25
percent,
but
it
is
hard
to
get
a
count
currently
due
to
temporary
shutdowns,
from
kovid
and
from
the
civil
unrest,
in
addition
to
competition
from
big
box
stores
and
online
shopping.
Other
challenges
that
our
corridors
face
include
absentee
property
owners,
nuisance
businesses
overall,
deferred
investment
in
the
public
infrastructure
and
in
the
private
real
estate.
G
G
First,
we
provide
support
to
the
businesses
through
our
business
services
managers
through
grant
programs
like
in-store
and
the
storefront
improvement
program
and
through
referrals
to
our
partners
that
provide
technical
assistance,
training
and
lending
such
as
the
power
up
program
that
councilman
parker
mentioned,
as
well
as
finance
score,
the
enterprise
center
pidc,
etc.
We
also
started
on
a
biz
coach
program
where
we
in
commerce
match
individual
minority
owned
businesses
up
with
an
assessment
on
one-on-one
help
to
position
them
to
be
able
to
apply
for
a
grantor
alone.
G
Second,
we
look
to
provide
support
to
community-based
organizations.
We
rely
on
these
cdcs
and
other
associations
to
be
our
boots
on
the
ground.
We
currently
provide
funding
to
48
organizations
through
our
quarter
management
program,
cdc
tax
credit
program
and
or
the
cdc
economic
development
supports,
support
grants
for
targeted
corridors
that
don't
have
a
caretaker.
Our
business
service
managers
perform
that
role
and
we
work
to
build
local
capacity
so
that
we
in
the
future
will
have
a
partner
to
relay
information
and
supports
to
its
businesses.
G
We
also
provide
funding
and
design
for
storefront
improvements
and
we
manage
streetscape
and
other
capital
investments
like
bus,
shelters,
big
belly,
trash
receptacles
police
cameras,
anything
to
make
the
neighborhood
safe
and
clean
and
attractive
this
year.
As
you
know,
we've
taken
on
additional
efforts
related
to
covet
relief,
most
of
which
have
been
geared
towards
neighborhood
and
corridor
businesses.
G
G
We
partnered
with
the
merchants
fund
for
the
restore
and
reopen
grants
after
the
earlier
civil
unrest
this
summer,
and
we
partnered
with
the
north
broad
renaissance
on
a
reopen
with
care,
social
media
campaign
and
distribution
of
10,
000,
pp
e
kits
and,
of
course,
we
provided
service
and
answers
directly
by
our
staff
to
many
many
many
businesses.
So
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
commercial
corridor.
G
Revitalization
efforts
today
and,
moreover,
really
look
forward
to
hearing
from
my
colleagues
and
partners
who
I'm
sure
will
speak
to
the
challenges,
but
also
some
creative
solutions
to
support
local
businesses,
jobs
and
strong
communities.
I
am
happy
to
take
any
questions
I
also
just
want
to
mention.
I
have
a
few
of
my
colleagues
here
to
help
answer
questions
if
needed,
I
believe
dennis
murphy
and
nazareth.
Sabri
are
also
here
from
commerce.
So
thank
you.
A
H
H
This
access
is
particularly
important
in
many
philadelphia
neighborhoods,
where
our
residents
primarily
rely
on
walking
public
transit
or
ride
shares
to
get
around
having
these
small
businesses
where
they
can
get
their
essentials
located
in
close
proximity
to
their
homes
can
be
a
huge
help.
That's
especially
true
now
here
in
the
recovery,
when
saving
money
is
even
more
essential
and
finding
time
to
travel
distances
for
shopping,
while
looking
after
school-aged
children
or
other
loved
ones
at
home
can
be
truly
challenging
for
these
businesses
and
the
people
in
their
communities
who
depend
on
them.
H
We
know
already
that
even
with
the
225
million
dollar
commitment
from
the
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania,
plus
the
30
million
dollars
from
the
city-
and
I
know
that
that
was
done
with
the
particular
support
of
city
council
as
well
as,
of
course,
the
commerce
department
that
were,
you,
know,
dedicated
for
small
businesses.
We
know
that
the
need
and
the
demand
for
those
types
of
funds
far
exceeds
the
currently
available
resources.
H
I
would
also
say
that
we
learned
a
tremendous
amount
this
year
about
what
entrepreneurs
and
businesses
did
need
to
do
and
what
they
will
need
to
do
in
the
future.
In
order
to
be
eligible
to
apply
for
these
types
of
funds,
it's
not
enough
to
make
the
funding
available.
We
have
to
ensure
that
the
businesses
who
most
need
the
funds
are
in
a
position
to
be
successful
in
accessing
them.
H
We
know
that
you
know,
even
regardless
of
the
the
relief
fund
type
of
opportunities
that
have
come
about
this
year.
Even
you
know
going
well
beyond
that.
There
is
a
significant
unmet
need
for
affordable
high
quality
professional
services,
particularly
in
accounting
and
back
office
administration
and
the
chambers,
the
cdfis,
the
corridor
managers
karen
and
the
biz
coach
program
that
that
she
mentioned
they
can
and
do
provide
some
of
this
support.
H
But
I
think
it's
also
clear
that
the
one-on-one
professional
services
are
really
critical
and
figuring
out
how
we
can
deliver
that
at
scale.
I
think
is
an
important
challenge
and
opportunity
for
philadelphia
and
then
finally,
another
area
that
I
think
is
really
urgent
and
particularly
as
we
head
into
the
winter
is
that
we
focus
not
just
on
the
financial
health
of
our
entrepreneurs,
but
also
on
their
mental
health
and
well-being.
H
That
series
started
in
october
and
is
going
through
march,
and
that,
of
course,
is
just
one
small
thing,
but
I
think
that
the
idea
of
focusing
on
not
just
the
the
financial
well-being,
but
the
mental
health
aspect
is
important.
So
just
in
recap
the
three
main
things
that
I
see
right
now
would
be
advocating
with
one
powerful
voice
for
more
resources
and
better
targeting
to
ensure
that
they
get
where
they
are
most
needed.
H
Ensuring
that
businesses
are
as
prepared
as
possible
to
apply
for
those
resources
as
soon
as
they
are
available
and
finally,
I'm
supporting
our
entrepreneurs
with
attention
to
their
mental
health
and
well-being,
in
addition
to
their
financial
and
business
capacity.
Thanks
very
much,
and
I
also
look
forward
to
answering
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
A
I
I
convene
pacdc's
commercial
corridor
working
group,
which
is
a
monthly
gathering
of
about
25
to
30
staff
at
cdc's
bids
and
other
supporting
groups
that
are
dedicated
to
making
our
neighborhood
commercial,
centers,
vibrant,
safe,
clean
and
attractive
places
to
shop,
local
access
services
close
to
home
and
connect
with
their
community.
I
want
to
refer
you
to
our
website
our
commercial
quarter,
page
on
our
website,
where
you
can
find
an
interactive
map
of
neighborhood
commercial
corridors
and
the
contact
information
for
the
organizations
that
manage
them.
I
I
do
want
to
say
that
pacdc
has
really
enjoyed
a
very
strong,
productive
and
communicative
partnership
with
the
department
of
commerce
with
whom
we
meet
weekly,
along
with
our
colleagues
at
philadelphia,
lisk
to
coordinate
our
work,
supporting
corridor
managing
groups
and
small
businesses
and
ensure
that
we're
responding
to
the
needs
on
the
ground,
you're
going
to
hear
from
some
pacdc
members
and
some
of
the
business
owners
that
they
serve
later
in
this
hearing
about
the
actual
challenges
they're
facing.
So
I'm
going
to
jump
straight
to
three
recommendations
for
council
and
the
kenny
administration
to
consider.
I
First,
if
council
does
approve
the
development
impact
tax
tomorrow,
which
pacdc
strongly
supports,
we
urge
you
to
dedicate
at
least
25
percent
of
those
funds
to
our
commercial
corridors.
Those
are
funds
that
could
be
used
for
acquisition
of
commercial
properties
to
boost
local
ownership,
particularly
among
entrepreneurs
of
color.
Those
are
funds
that
we
could
also
use
to
make
physical
improvements
on
our
corridor,
such
as
rehabilitation
of
stores,
new
construction
improvements
in
the
public
space,
as
well
as
direct
support
to
small
businesses.
I
I
Finally,
we
want
to
encourage
that
council
make
much
more
significant
investments
in
the
staff
capacity
at
our
corridor.
Managing
organizations
you're
going
to
hear
from
them
today.
These
folks
have
to
be
organizers,
marketers
event,
planners
fundraisers,
construction,
project
managers,
cleaning
program,
overseers
and
now
crisis
responders.
Among
many
other
things
I
dare
say,
they're
underpaid.
I
When
we
have
another
program,
we'll
launch
early
in
the
new
year
aimed
at
more
experienced
quarter
managers,
but
the
funding
runs
out
after
our
first
pilot,
and
so
we
really
do
want
to
encourage
council
and
the
administration
to
look
at
deeper
support
for
staff,
salaries,
training
and
capacity
building
in
the
fy
22
budget.
I
want
to
wrap
up
by
thanking
council
and
the
kenny
administration
for
your
continued
support
of
the
corridor
management
that
cdcs
and
bids
and
other
organizations
engage
in
every
day.
These
neighborhood
quarters
are
the
economic
arteries
of
philadelphia.
I
These
are
the
places
where
aspiring
entrepreneurs
took
a
chance
on
themselves
by
serving
their
communities.
Despite
the
overwhelming
competition
from
online
shopping
and
big
box
stores,
they
won't
survive
this
crisis
that
we're
in
without
significant
support
from
you
from
harrisburg
and
from
washington.
So
we
thank
you
for
giving
them
the
attention
that
they
deserve
today.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify.
A
Thank
you
beth,
and
thank
you
to
everyone.
I
just
had
a
few
quick
comments.
I
know
that
our
majority
leader
has
a
comment.
I
just
first
wanted
to
actually
congratulate
michael
rashid
on
his
appointment
as
our
commerce
director,
and
I
wish
him
well
and
we
really
need
a
good,
strong
commerce
director
right
now.
That's
for
sure
so
good
luck
to
you,
michael
and
then
I
want
to
also
mention.
I
guess
I
had
a
question
for
you.
Karen
you
mentioned
300
quarters.
A
G
So
so
the
300
when,
like
I
said,
we
follow
planning
commissions,
lead
that's
every
commercial
area
in
the
city,
so
it
actually
includes
downtown.
It
includes
delaware
avenue,
it
includes.
You
know
roosevelt
boulevard,
some
of
the
bigger
some
of
the
bigger
sort
of
mall
type
shops,
as
well
as
some
really
small
kind
of
like
corner
intersection.
You
know
a
few
businesses
on
the
corner
so
again,
like
every
business
needs
help,
but
these
are
the
corridors
that
are
sort
of
that
primary.
G
A
Got
it,
and
so
I
just
want
to
ask-
I
guess,
karen
and
ann
and
beth,
also
from
my
information.
What
I've
seen
is
that
the
employment
numbers
for,
for
example,
insurance
people
for
construction,
people
for
finance
law
they're
pretty
much
the
same
as
last
year.
They
haven't
missed
a
beat
they're,
pretty
much
doing
what
they
did
last
year.
Some
are
even
doing
better
and
some
in
the
technology
world
are
even
doing
better
than
in
20
than
they
did
in
19.
A
But
the
area
that
I
see
that
is
hit
hardest
is
in
the
hospitality
area,
which
is
hotels,
indoor
fitness
centers,
some
of
the
salons
restaurants.
For
sure-
and
you
know,
I
bring
that
up
because
I
think
the
employment
numbers
in
restaurants
right
now
before
this
latest
closure
are
between
25
and
30
percent.
Off
and
hotels
are
50
off,
I
mean
it's
devastating
and,
and-
and
you
know,
majority
leader
parker
were
talking
about
neighborhoods
and
we've
talked
about
this,
and
I
think
we
both
agree
that
these
restaurants
are
like
the
anchors
in
these
neighborhoods.
A
They
are
the
key
to
keep
alive,
and
some
of
these
people
in
our
neighborhoods
they've
worked.
30
40
years
of
their
lives,
okay,
putting
in
their
sweat,
equity,
somewhere,
passed
down
from
generations
and
because
of
a
pandemic
that
is
out
of
their
control.
They
are
suffering
terribly,
they
may
not
make
it,
and-
and
some
of
this
is
brought
on
also
because
of
some
of
the
closures
that
we've
instituted
too.
A
So
in
that
light,
my
question
is,
and
I
know
money
is
limited,
but
can
the
commerce
department
come
up
with
some
sort
of
ideas
and
programs
to
help
those
that
are
most
affected
with
small
grants?
But
I'll
give
you
an
example:
a
restaurant,
a
50-second
market
or
one
up
in
germantown
or
erie
or
any
of
those
locations
that
can't
afford
to
put
an
outdoor
tent
or
can't
afford
a
heater
okay.
A
We
should
have
grants
to
help
them
because
we're
forcing
them
to
do
that
or
our
policies
are
forcing
that
and
we
can't
let
them
go
down.
So
I'm
just
like
to
see
a
program
I'll
give
you
that
challenge.
I
know
money
is
limited,
but
I
look
at
it
this
way
and
I
also
will
say
to
michael
rashid:
we
need
a
strong
voice
for
the
small
medium.
Every
size
business
in
the
city
going
forward,
it's
so
important
to
have
these
jobs.
These
jobs
are
what
our
economy
is
all
about.
A
I
know
majority
leader
parker
is
100
in
agreement
with
me
on
this,
and
this
is
just
so
crucial
to
philadelphia.
Look.
The
good
news
is.
We
can
see
the
horizon.
It's
probably
three,
six
or
nine
months
away.
Where
that
light
is
we're
starting
to
see
the
lack
of
the
tunnel.
We
didn't
see
it
six
months
ago,
the
vaccine's
on
the
horizon.
We
just
have
to
make
sure
these
companies
get
there,
and
so
with
that,
I
want
to
turn
to
majority
leader
shirelle
parker.
E
E
E
You
know
with
a
whole
lot
less
and
beth
on
the
ground,
with
our
local
business
owners
is
with
that
being
said
that
karen,
I
want
you
to
address
what
we
heard
and
acknowledge
what
vice
chair,
don
myself
and
I'm
sure
all
members
of
the
committee,
our
concerns
regarding
that
backroom
technical
support,
the
small
business
who
needs
the
accountant
who
needs
the
lawyer,
but
you
know,
doesn't
interact
with
one
regularly
enough
or
can't
afford
to
have
one
under
retainer
one.
How?
E
How
do
you
now
attempt
to
provide
that
kind
of
technical
and
back
room
support
when,
when
you
note,
okay,
yeah
300
but
220
are
are
not
sort
of
considered
our
main
street
quarters,
but
in
that
80
all
of
them
aren't.
You
know,
created
equal
as
it
relates
to
that
technical
assistance.
So
I
think,
and
vice
chair
dom.
G
Thank
you
councilman.
I
appreciate
that
so
yeah.
I
think
the
main
way
we
do
it,
I
mean
it
it
for
better
or
worse.
It
takes
a
lot
of
it's
a
lot
of
legwork.
It's
a
it's
a
lot
of
human
capital
because,
as
as
has
been
referenced
here,
it
requires
a
lot
of
one-on-one
assistance
to
really
help
a
business
owner.
You
know
their
businesses
their
that's
their
baby,
that's
their
life
and
they
go
into
a
workshop
or
a
class.
G
We
all
know
is
great
for
sort
of
exposure,
but
when
it
comes
to
really
taking
it
back
and
building
your
business,
you
often
need
some
real
coaching
right,
especially
businesses
that
may
not
have
had
the
opportunities
all
along
the
way
and
they
threw
this.
You
know
threw
everything
together.
So
we
we
were
very
fortunate
in
that
we
were
able
to
use
our
cdbg
dollars
to
continue
to
fund
and
actually
even
expand
our
funding
a
little
bit
for
our
business
technical
assistance
program
this
year.
G
We
are
steering
our
providers
as
much
as
possible
towards
doing
one-on-one.
But
honestly,
it's
not
nearly
enough
there's
not
nearly
enough
dollars
for
them
to
do
that.
On
a
you
know,
on
a
big
broad
scale,
we
you
know
we're
continuing
our
biz
coach
program
and,
again
and
and
like
most
of
our
partners,
are
looking
into
doing
more
of
that.
But
our
own
team
has,
you
know,
took
a
big
hit
this
year.
G
Our
business
services
team,
you
know,
is
down
a
couple
of
people
and
it's
just
less
people
to
answer
the
phone
less
people
to
get
out
on
the
streets,
because
we're
back
out
on
the
streets
we're
back
out
trying
to
you
know,
messed
up
but
trying
to
help
businesses
and
and
yeah
it's
just
it's.
You
know
it's
it's
less
people
and
it
is
really
human
capital
intensive
work.
G
Yeah
I'll
second,
what
beth
had
said
they
don't
earn
enough.
Our
organizations
pay
the
our
paid
quarter.
Managers
anywhere
from
I've,
seen
32
000
up
to
maybe
in
the
50s,
and
it
is
a
hard
job.
We
are
expecting
them
to
be
an
expert
in
like
numerous
different
activities,
plus
send
us
really
good
quarterly
reports.
G
I
would
say
of
the
80
quarters-
and
I
could
look
this
up.
I
don't
know
I
want
to
say:
maybe
half
are
represented
by
people
who
are
actually
paid
to
do
the
job.
There's
another
bunch
that
you
know
have
a
volunteer,
maybe
a
business
leader
or
a
community
person
that
that
just
is
really
dedicated
and
then
there's
a
bunch
that
our
staff
is
is
doing
the
work
on
as
you
as
you
know,
because
in
the
ninth
there's,
that's
the
issue
in
a
lot
of
places
like
vernon
road,
where
our
business
services.
I
E
E
That's
how
beautiful
the
decorations
the
public
decorations
are
in
that
region,
but
how
come
cherelle
when
you
know
I
drive
through
rising
sun
avenue
or
oxford
avenue,
or
oh
gods,
avenue
or
york
road?
Why
can't
we
look
like
them?
Aren't
we
as
important
as
they
are
you're
talking
about
a
puzzled?
Look,
because
I
was,
I
was
tongue-tied
a
vice
chair
dom
I
didn't
know
how
to
respond,
except
to
say
the
kind
of
organization
and
structure
that
is
required
in
order
to
get
that
done.
It
calls
for
it
to
be
someone's
job
karen
and
beth.
E
E
You
know
I
was
very
proud
of
this
council
and
even
working
in
partnership
with
the
mayor
when
we
were
appealing
to
our
federal
delegation
and
our
state
delegations
for
funding
when,
when
the
pandemic
first
began,
we
had
intergovernmental
sort
of
cooperative
planning
calls
and
we
made
sure
we
had
everybody
on
the
call.
At
the
same
time,
when
we
wrote
letters,
we
made
sure
we
were
writing
letters
and
and
speaking
with
the
same
voice.
H
I
just
saw
that
my
colleague
from
west
philadelphia,
financial
services,
jim
burnett,
just
joined,
and
you
know
I
think
he
would
agree
with
me
in
saying
that
the
the
collaboration
between
the
on
the
ground
partners
of
the
cdfis
with
the
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania
was
really
only
possible
because
of
that
unified
voice
and
that
unified
advocacy.
You
know
coming
from
bodies
like
this
council,
as
in
partnership
with
the
state,
so
that
is
hugely
impactful.
H
That
program,
which
I
think
is
really
a
national
model
of
how
to
get
money
out
in
the
hands
of
the
businesses
that
need
it.
The
most
it
would
not
have
happened.
You
know
without
that.
So
first
just
wanted
to
you
know
say
thank
you
and
then,
in
terms
of
the
you
know,
the
overall,
you
know
federal
federal
stimulus.
I
mean
again,
I
think
you
know
we
see
it
in
in
every.
H
That's
not
even
taking
into
account
the
more
recent
increase
in
the
in
the
cases
and
the
resulting.
You
know
shutdowns
that
have
happened.
This
fall,
so
I
think
you
know
just
that.
That
of
that
need
has
continued
to
far
outstrip
what
has
been
made
available
so
far
in
terms
of
resources,
but
I
will
say
that
you
know
with
this
with
the
statewide
funding.
You
know
a
lot
of
the
the
small
businesses
in
pennsylvania.
E
Thank
you,
and
so
again
just
for
the
benefit
of
the
public
who's
watching,
because
you
know
they
don't
do
this
every
day
like
we
do.
This
is
our
world
and
our
work,
and
so
we
stood
up
the
program,
commerce
department,
working
with
pidc
in
the
first
appropriation
that
came
from
this
council
before
there
was
a
paycheck
protection
program
in
existence.
You
guys
worked
together
in
a
partnership
and
and
stood
up
a
program.
Then
you
reference
the
value
of
the
cdfis.
E
You
know
when
we
realized
we
didn't
get
the
flexibility
that
we
needed
and
that
those
those
entities
who
support
small
businesses
that
are
not
connected
to
some
in
the
mainstream.
You
know
this
council
again
in
in
the
unified
voice,
with
the
administration
wrote
a
letter
to
the
federal
government.
Saying,
listen,
cdfis
also
need
to
be
a
part
of
this
program.
They're
valuable.
E
So
tell
me,
you
know
if
you
will
and
state
senator
vincent
hughes
did
a
yeoman's
job,
I'm
talking
about
he
and
his
entire
team
quarterbacking
and
championing
that
225
million
dollars.
It
was
unprecedented.
I
worked
there
for
10
years.
Believe
me,
it
was
unheard
of.
It
had
never
happened
before
so
thank
him,
but
in
if
there's
anybody
from
the
federal
government
as
listening
right
now,
when
you
talked
about
reforms
to
the
paycheck
protection,
if
a
new
package
is
delivered
tomorrow,
what
would
those
reforms
look
like.
H
I
mean
I
would
say
that
there
needs
to
be
number
one
more
funding
set
aside
to
go
out
through
the
cdfis
and
or
minority
owned
depository
institutions.
So
that
was
something
that
happened
really
late
in
the
ppp
program
in
the
earlier
iteration.
They
eventually
kind
of
put
that
in
place,
but
it
wasn't
as
big,
and
it
was
often
it
was
really
too
late
for
a
lot
of
the
cdfis
to
be
able
to
actually
stand
up.
H
What
needs
to
happen
to
get
the
money
out
the
door
so,
for
example,
pidc
actually
made
a
loan
to
women's
opportunities
resource
center
so
that
they
could
make
ppp
loans
because
they
were
approved
to
do
it.
We
weren't
approved
to
do
it,
but
making
a
loan
to
them
to
allow
them
to
have
the
capital
that
they
needed
to
make
those
loans
at
a
small
scale.
H
Even
in
the
in
the
few
thousands
of
dollars
and
the
you
know,
larger
commercial
banks
really
were
not
going
to
be
making
ppp
loans
at
a
scale
of
five
thousand
dollars
for
an
individual
business.
That
was
not
really.
You
know
the
way
that
the
the
way
that
the
program
was
set
up
to
work,
particularly
with
the
you
know,
larger
banks.
We
need
everybody,
you
know
at
the
table,
I
don't
you
know,
I
don't
mean
for
that
to
come
across
as
critical.
You
know
we
need
everybody
participating
and
everybody.
H
You
know
working
together
to
get
this
capital
out
as
quickly
and
efficiently
and
equitably
as
possible,
and
I
think
especially
with
the
equity
piece
of
that.
You
know
making
sure
that
that
you
know
a
set
aside
for
that
capital
comes
through
cdfis
and
minority
minority
depository
institutions
would
be
a
specific
step
that
could
be
taken.
Vice
chair.
E
Dom
leg
counsels
a
recent
effort
to
ensure
that
we
had
a
unified
voice
relative
to
the
working.
You
know
on
the
current
package
that
we
keep
hearing
in
a
bipartisan
manner.
We
think
is
being
worked
on
now
in
dc
and
I
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
you
vice
chair,
dom
for
your
leadership.
I
want
to
conclude
my
questioning
beth
with
your
comments.
E
I
recently
spoke
with
my
new
commerce
director,
director,
rashid
and
the
issues
that
you
just
talked
about
were
part
of
the
nucleus.
Of
that
of
that
conversation
we
were
talking
about
equity.
We
were
talking
about
access
to
opportunity,
particularly
for
black
and
brown
and
minority
owned
businesses,
and
you
said
something
of
beth.
I
know
that
we
we
started
a
pilot.
E
It
may
not
be
at
the
level
that
we
wanted
to
be
at,
but
this
idea
of
acquisition
acquisition
of
commercial
properties-
pidc
commerce-
you
know
karen,
I
hear
yvonne
boyd
in
my
brain.
You
know
right
now
saying
these
business
owners
need
capital
so
that
they're
not
renting
they.
If
you
find
out
what
they're
paying
and
rent
you
know,
they
should
be
able
to
own
the
building
for
what
their
talk
to
us.
Beth
about
that.
Why
did
why?
E
Did
you
think
that
focusing
on
acquisition,
local
ownership,
and
then
you
talked
about
those
physical
improvements,
particularly
now,
if
I
have
to
build
out,
I
I
think
covet
one
day
is
going
to
go
away.
We'll
have
a
vaccine
it'll
be
readily
available,
but
I'm
gonna
be
honest
with
you.
I
think
this
is
a
part
of
our
new
normal.
E
I
think
some
people
may
have
even
found
a
sweet
spot
and
decided
that
they
like
a
structure
right
that
allows
them
different
vehicles
to
deliver
the
good
that
they
sell
the
goods
that
they
sell
to
the
public.
But
so
what?
What?
If
I
wanted
to
refit
my
building
and
and
make
some
improvements?
You
talked
about
all
of
those
things
and
beth.
You
also
talked
about
data
collection
and
how
we
needed
to
strengthen
that.
Can
you
just
talk
about
those
three
points
for
us.
I
Yeah-
and
I
I
want
to
applaud-
I
know-
pidc
and
commerce
have
both
invested
some
resources
and
property
acquisition
for
small
business
owners.
It's
just
not
enough
right,
I
mean
the
other.
Resources
are
limited
and
we
need
more.
We
also
need
strategic
acquisition
tools
that
both
are
private
and
public
right.
I
You
know
when,
when
things
shut
down
and
our
corridor
managers
were
left
to
try
to
reach
their
business
owners
and
figure
out
what
was
going
on
and
connect
them
to
all
the
various
resources.
One
of
the
biggest
challenges
we
had
is
we
just
didn't:
have
their
cell
phone
numbers,
we
couldn't
reach
them,
we
didn't
have
their
email,
you
know
we
may
or
may
not
have
had
their
email
addresses.
I
They
may
not
speak
english,
and
so
in
the
past
you
could
walk
into
the
store-
and
you
know,
figure
out
a
way
to
communicate,
face
to
face
that
doesn't
work
over
text
message
or
over
the
telephone.
So
we
didn't
necessarily
have
kind
of
the
language
resources
in
place
and
lots
of
other
things,
and
at
this
very
moment
we
can't
tell
you,
as
karen
testified
to
which
businesses
are
open,
which
businesses
are
temporary
closed
permanently
closed.
We
gathered
some
data.
I
E
E
Many
of
the
issues
that
we've
heard
from
you
and
some
I
know
we're
going
to
hear
from
the
individual
business
owners
today
have
been
a
part
of
conversations
with
the
chamber
and
they
have
made
it
their
focus
as
well,
and
they
are
our
partners
here
today
and
organizing
this
hearing
and
putting
all
of
this
together.
So
you
all
know
me.
I
want
to
give
credit
where
credit
is
due.
It's
important
to
thank
the
people
who
do
the
work.
So
thank
you
to
each
of
you
for
your
testimony.
A
Thank
you,
majority
leader
and
before
I
recognize
councilman
greenlee
have
a
quick
comment.
I
hope
the
next
round
of
funding,
whether
it's
from
the
city.
I
know
we
have
an
appropriations
that
we're
working
on
or
from
the
state
or
federal
government
focuses
on
those
businesses
that
need
it.
The
most
because
the
last
round
of
ppp
went
to
a
lot
of
firms
without
mentioning
any
companies
or
industries
that
really
didn't
need
the
money
they
were
concerned
at
the
time.
We
understand
that
but
they're.
A
Actually
some
of
them
are
having
better
years
in
2020
than
they
did
in
2019,
but
like
the
neighborhood
corridor
retail
establishments,
the
restaurants
they're
getting
crushed
hotels,
they're
getting
crushed
like
gyms,
they
need
they
need
like
most
of
this
money,
I
don't
think,
there's
anyone
else
that
really
needs
it.
I
just
hope
that
we
focus
on
that.
Secondly,
I
just
want
to
mention
karen
to
you,
if
you
think
the
commerce
department,
when
you
work
with
michael
rashid
on
this,
needs
more
funding,
okay
to
do
their
job.
A
I
think
we
like
to
know
about
them.
I'll
tell
you
why
this
is
such
an
important
part
of
our
economy.
In
our
city
I
know
it's
an
investment
that
pays
off
in
a
big
way,
jobs
for
people
and
making
sure
they
stay
in
business.
We
need
to
do
that
and
I'm
going
to
also
add
one
more
piece
on
that,
and
that
is
how
I
feel
about
this.
I
think
my
colleagues
do
too.
We
need
to
really
appreciate
every
small,
medium
and
large
business
in
the
city,
thank
god,
they're
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
D
Green,
thank
you
vice
chair
dom.
I
want
to
thank
councilman
parker
for
her
work
as
majority
leader
and
also
for
addressing
his
issues
in
reference
to
our
neighbor
carter's,
ann
and
karen,
I
seem
like
we're
on
a
zoom
or
skype
call
almost
every
other
day
regarding
a
topic
related
to
these
issues.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well
as
miss
mcconnell,
for
being
chain
champions
for
our
neighborhood
retail
establishments
that
are
on
our
commercial
corridors
throughout
our
entire
city.
D
But
it's
also
been
an
economic
crisis,
and
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that
our
small
businesses,
especially
our
commercial
cars,
again
the
support
they
need.
I
hope
that
you
are
working
with
other
partners,
especially
at
the
state
level,
if
we
do
receive
money
out
of
this
new
round
of
cares.
Discussion,
that's
occurring
based
on
the
current
proposal,
the
bipartisan
proposals
about
160
billion
dollars
that
have
been
at
this
point
identified.
D
But,
as
you
know,
legislation
changes
quite
a
bit
to
states,
cities
and
tribal
governments,
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
get
not
only
a
direct
allotment
to
our
funding
formula
for
the
city
of
philadelphia,
but
also
the
dollars
that
come
to
the
commonwealth.
We
also
advocate
for
getting
some
of
those
dollars,
so
the
fact
that
you're
working
together
working
with
cdfis,
hopefully
we're
coming
up
with
a
plan
for
that,
but
quickly.
I
want
to
talk
about
employee.
D
Employee
ownership
opportunities
at
esops
we've
talked
about
that
in
the
past.
One
of
the
challenges
and
I've
had
hearings
on
this
issue
in
the
past,
but
one
of
the
challenges
for
a
lot
of
our
our
retail
businesses
is
that
the
head
of
that
business
she
or
he
may
be
retiring.
We
all
know
there's
a
silver
tsunami.
They
may
be.
D
So
I
guess
my
question
is:
has
there
been
any
thought
about
trying
to
provide
resources
or
assistance?
I
know
kevin
mcphillips
for
the
paco
network
who
I've
worked
with
over
the
years
they're
doing
some
initiatives
in
pittsburgh.
I
would
have
worked
with
their
chamber
legislative
branch
and
others
to
help
provide
some
resources
to
help
esop.
Has
there
been
any
conversations
or
thoughts
from
the
perspective
of
here
locally?
How
can
we
help
these
business
owners,
who
want
to
maintain
the
business
and
transfer
to
a
key
employee?
D
That's
running
the
business
to
keep
that
retail
business
on
our
commercial
corridor,
because
my
concern
is
is
going
to
be
exasperated
by
this
pandemic,
that
a
person
has
started
a
business
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to
maintain
their
business
or
want
to
retire.
Especially
pandemic
has
made
that
even
more
prevalent,
but
they
don't
have
the
ability
to
do
evaluation
of
transferring
that
business
to
a
key
employee,
and
so
then
what
happens
is
that
business
just
closes
and
also
those
employees
now
lost
a
job.
G
Thanks
councilman,
we,
that
is
an
issue
we've
been
talking
about,
the
need
for
succession
planning,
as
well
as
the
the
potential
benefits
of
you,
know.
Employee-Owned
opportunities.
Through
your
support,
we've
been
working
closely
with
paca
philadelphia,
association
of
cooperative
alliance.
I
get
those
letters
right
and
so
right
there's
a
lot
of
different
kinds
of
co-ops,
but
we've
been
focusing
on
this
opportunity.
This
idea
of
succession
planning
for
for
sort
of
our
corridor,
our
small
retail
businesses.
G
I
do
know
that
there's
challenges
that
the
financing
is
challenging
because
it's
a
unique
structure.
I
know
these
are
things
we're
looking
into.
We
were
working
part
of
a
national
effort
to
support
this,
so
we
were
trying
to
copy
best
practices.
I
don't
know
sort
of
the
latest
if
there's
any
like
actual
product,
that's
been
developed
but
yeah.
It's
definitely
it's
part
of
our
game
plan.
I
Just
over
the
years,
we've
ensured
that
our
corridor
managers
are
have
been,
have
gotten
trainings
on
the
various
different
employee
ownership
models
and
the
value
of
it,
so
that,
when
they're
on
the
ground
talking
to
business
owners
who
are
thinking
about
secession
planning,
they
can
plant
those
seeds
and
refer
them
to
the
the
right
technical
expertise.
I
don't
know
that
that's
led
to
any
transitions
or
successions
yet,
but
that's
work
that
that
should
continue
to
be
ongoing.
H
I
think
the
only
thing
I
would
add
is
one
of
the
areas
that
we're
trying
to
you
know
build
out,
and
this
you
know
maybe
through
partnerships
rather
than
something
that
pidc
might
do
directly,
but
I
think
we
still
need
to
kind
of
figure
out
the
details
is
this
need
for
additional
equity-like
capital
or
some
type
of
patient
debt
capital.
That's,
unlike
the
loans
that
you
know
we
or
our
fellow
cdfis
or
the
banks.
D
Okay,
what
I'll
do
is,
I
will
follow
up
with
kevin
mcfelds
from
paco.
They
were
actually
moving
forward,
even
through
the
pandemic
over
the
summer,
for
some
initiatives
in
in
pittsburgh,
allegheny
county
and
hopefully
considering.
There
may
be
knock
on
wood,
some
resources
coming
at
the
federal
level
they
can
get
that
done.
We
can
see
if
there's
some
opportunities
to
model
some
of
the
things
that
they're
doing
and
if
we
can
tap
into
some
of
the
dollars
that
may
come
to
the
city
of
philadelphia
or
come
to
the
commonwealth.
D
A
B
F
F
We're
so
thankful
to
have
the
awesome,
councilwoman
parker
as
our
council
person,
as
she
consistently
advocates,
and
supports
our
work
on
north
fifth,
with
its
own
distinctive
assets
and
sense
of
identity.
Every
commercial
corridor
is
different,
and
that
is
one
of
the
many
beauties
of
doing
community
and
economic
development
work
in
a
city
of
neighborhoods.
F
The
work
and
the
impact
of
cdc's
across
the
city
has
helped
to
establish
philadelphia's
position
as
an
attractive
city
to
live.
In
I
mean
who
doesn't
want
to
live
around
the
corner
from
a
delicious
colombian
bakery,
cdc's
and
corridor.
Managing
organizations
provide
community-based
revitalization
initiatives
that
support
small
businesses
and
inspire
community
pride.
F
F
We
counsel
through
technical
assistance
and
offering
advice
on
funding
incentives
and
other
economic
and
financial
instruments
to
assist
new
and
established
businesses,
as
well
as
create
a
welcoming
community
that
drives
local
economy.
Lastly,
we
care
about
the
business
by
forming
relationships
and
getting
to
know
those
owners
behind
the
shop,
the
biggest
asset
in
connecting
counseling
and
care.
Taking
is
communication
prior
to
the
pandemic.
F
Outreach
visibility
and
door-to-door
canvassing
was
the
largest
tool
in
a
corridor
manager's
tube
belt,
with
in-person
contact
at
a
standstill,
providing
our
services
and
resources
to
low
to
moderate
corridors
with
many
business
owners
who
don't
have
access
to
internet
or
understand.
Zoom
was
a
struggle.
F
Corridor
managers
got
creative
in
their
efforts
and
did
their
best
to
support
their
small
businesses
while
staying
safe.
Their
efforts
were
met
with
many
challenges,
including
language
barriers,
digital
access
and
capacity
to
meet
the
demand.
With
a
short
turnaround
time,
2020
has
been
a
year
of
pause,
reflect,
assess
and
change.
The
change
starts.
F
A
C
Well,
thank
you
vice
chair,
councilman,
dom
just
do
a
sound
check.
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
yes,
perfect,
very
good
and
to
leader
parker
and
chair
school
and
other
members
of
city
council
again,
my
name
is
rob
wunderling
and
I
served
as
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
chamber
of
commerce
for
greater
philadelphia
due
to
the
nature
of
this
hearing
and
the
fact
that
this
resolution
and
the
leadership
of
council
william
parker
as
this
is
the
first
of
several
I'm
going
to
be
very
brief.
C
But
I
do
want
to
really
thank
this
committee
and
leader,
parker
and
others
for
the
focus
on
commercial
corridors
in
a
recent
analysis
of
the
current
budget
that
is
under
operation
with
the
city
of
philadelphia,
I
believe,
was
by
the
center
city
district.
Less
than
one
percent
of
the
total
public
outlay
is
committed
towards
the
growth
of
jobs,
intergenerational
wealth
creation
and
a
real
commitment
to
neighborhood
free
enterprise,
small
and
micro
businesses.
C
I'm
not
going
to
detail
the
list
that
have
us
right
near
the
bottom
of
ease
of
doing
business,
the
cost
of
doing
business,
etc.
That's
all
been
well
documented,
most
recently
a
series
of
articles
by
the
philadelphia
inquirer,
but
I
do
want
to
bracket
for
a
moment
the
partnership
that
we
forged
with
the
council
president,
the
mayor
and
members
of
this
body
on
our
public-private
partnership,
the
philadelphia
recharge
and
recovery
initiative.
C
This
is
the
economic
recovery
plan
that
I
think,
as
councilwoman
parker
suggested
we're
gonna
get
to
once
we
get
through
this
very
difficult
period
as
we
fight
the
insidious
virus.
But
in
particular
I
want
to
highlight
two
platforms.
One
is
underway
in
which,
through
a
partnership
with
graduate
philadelphia
and
philadelphia,
works
and
accenture,
we
are
now
organizing
the
business
community
employer
community
to
reskill
and
hire
approximately
5
000
individuals
over
the
next
several
months
that
have
been
dislocated
from
their
jobs
as
a
result
of
pandemic,
and
vice
chair.
C
Dom
you
mentioned
that
hospitality
sector,
that's
a
sector
we'll
be
targeting
and
retraining
in
health,
I.t
and
rit
services.
Second,
and
immediately
kicked
off.
Yesterday,
we
are
benefiting
from
the
services
of
ey
consulting
to
build
a
scalable
platform
that
will
encourage
a
broader
swath
of
our
business
community
to
purchase
goods
and
services
for
minority
neighborhood-based,
small
businesses
and
enterprises,
and
the
key
here
is
scalable,
where
we
all
know
that
our
large
anchor
institutions
have
sophisticated
procurement
systems
under
making
public
commitments
to
support
increased
purchasing
of
black
and
brown
enterprises.
C
It's
infrastructure
that
will
rebuild
public
confidence
to
return,
to
work,
to
shop,
to
buy
local,
and
we
have
to
ensure
all
of
us
ensure
that
they're
not
gaps
in
that,
and
we
don't
want
to
create
a
situation
where
that
infrastructure
is
deployed
in
certain
areas.
That
may
already
have
capacity
in
areas
that
do
not-
and
I
think
that's
a
really
really
important
point
and
the
commercial
corridors
need
to
be
part
of
those
conversations
which
are
occurring
now.
C
We
tend
to
get
caught
up
in
we
they
debates
on
a
number
of
issues,
and
I
guess
then.
Finally,
in
conclusion,
because
it's
written
in
my
testimony,
I
want
to
state
now,
I
think,
publicly,
for
the
fifth
time.
We
really
believe
city
councils
should
be
adopting
a
do.
No
harm
strategy
right
now
as
it
as
relates
to
free
enterprise.
C
We
should
not
be
targeting
specific
industries,
we
should
not
be
doing
anything
legislatively
or
from
a
regulatory
framework
that
makes
it
harder
to
conduct
business
in
the
city
and
that's
why
we
remain
opposed
to
the
proposed
1
construction
tax
so
again
to
the
committee.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
the
willingness
to
allow
us
to
testify
today.
A
D
D
D
You
know
viable
and
competitive.
Is
resources
grants
low
interest
loans,
advocacy
again,
that's
another
area,
I
mean
councilwoman
shirelle
parker
stated
earlier
about
the
inequity
of
the
corridors.
How
do
we
have
certain
corridors
that
are
decorated
and
look
enticing
for
the
holidays,
and
then
we
go
a
block
away
and
we
see
the
inequity.
So
that's
where
we
need
that
advocacy
to
make
sure
these
corridors
reflect
the
whole
city
and
investments
are
being
made
across
the
board
and
then
thirdly,
is
one
voice.
D
I
mean
that's
important
when
we
hear
about
the
city
and
the
state
and
the
federal
government,
how
do
we
put
our
resources
together?
So
that
everybody's
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
citizens
of
philadelphia
and
the
members
of
the
chamber,
so
again,
we
just
see
that
these
corridors
are
very
vital
for
our
communities.
D
Keep
our
communities
vibrant,
keep
people
invested
in
their
property,
and
we
just
think
it's
important
that
we
continue
to
invest
in
these
quarters
and
they
continue
to
put
resources
so
that
we
can
be
competitive
and
the
chambers
position
is
continue
to
look
out
for
brown
and
black
businesses
to
make
sure
this
epidemic
that
we're
pandemic
that
we're
going
through.
We
start
thinking
about
re-pivoting
and
reimagine
and
again
building
these
relationships
with
the
greater
philadelphia
chamber
being
at
the
table.
Making
sure
our
community
is
being
thought
of,
and
we
have
input
is
very
crucial.
D
So
again,
our
goal
is
to
continue
to
be
an
advocate
for
our
membership
and
continue
to
talk
about
equity.
When
we
talk
about
corridors-
and
we
we're
just
thankful
for
the
opportunity
that
you,
council
people
are
addressing
these
issues
and
making
sure
there's
equity
in
these
corridors-
and
we
just
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
solution
and
part
of
the
rebuilding.
A
J
J
Many
asian
small
businesses
in
philadelphia
are
family
owned
and
face
economic
devastation.
In
addition,
businesses
were
looted
and
some
some
of
them
were
looted.
More
than
once,
due
to
lack
of
police
protection,
some
businesses
were
torched.
Many
asian
family
business
owners
lived
in
the
same
building.
Fortunately,
there
are
no
fatalities.
J
J
J
J
J
According
to
the
recent
study
by
pews
trust,
asian-owned,
asians,
own
18
percent
of
city
businesses
with
employees
and
10
of
non-employed
business,
which
is
a
significant
number
and
will
have
a
large
impact
on
city
economy.
If
most
of
them
do
not
recover,
some
corridors
are
managed.
Well,
others
seems
to
need
help.
Public
education
campaign
to
keep
our
city
clean
and
safe
would
help
to
keep
corridors
safe
and
attractive
for
shopping.
J
Without
the
strict
law
enforcement
to
curtail
looters
and
drug
traffickers,
corridor
recovery
effort
will
become
academic.
Finally,
as
a
minority
chamber,
we
have
a
limited
resources
to
make
any
significant
impact
in
this
recovery
process.
As
we
have
a
large
number
of
businesses
in
distress,
we
need
to
have
boots
on
the
ground
to
communicate
with
them,
as
they
have
a
language
issues.
J
K
Good
afternoon,
council,
member
and
good
afternoon
to
the
committee
of
commerce
and
economic
development,
I'm
jennifer
rodriguez,
I'm
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
greater
philadelphia
hispanic
chamber
of
commerce,
a
non-profit
organization
dedicated
to
supporting
latino
owned
businesses
in
the
philadelphia
region.
There
are
approximately
12
000
latino-owned
businesses
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
K
They
cannot
afford
to
make
additional
costs
cuts
to
survive
over
the
winter
commercial
corridor.
Businesses
need
to
generate
revenue.
The
city
could
help
mitigate
losses
through
additional
grant
dollars
and
or
support
the
adoption
of
e-commerce
capability
of
these
businesses,
but
these
efforts
will
not
make
up
for
the
loss
of
revenue
due
to
restrictions.
K
K
K
Management
when
commercial
quarters
work
well,
they
not
only
build
the
wealth
for
the
entrepreneurs,
but
they
also
build
wealth
and
improve
the
quality
of
life
of
the
larger
community.
The
most
successful
commercial
corridors
are
clean,
attractive,
walkable
and
safe
they're
destinations
for
residents
to
celebrate
holidays
cultural
events
and
are
places
where
community
traditions
are
created.
K
K
K
K
South
9th
street,
the
heart
of
the
mexican
and
central
american
community
has
a
strong
retail
mix
and
a
concentration
of
restaurants
that
could
make
it
a
regional
destination,
but
it
is
hampered
by
deteriorated
physical
environment
and
lack
of
dedicated
funded
corridor
management.
As
a
result,
planning,
organizing
and
marketing
efforts
are
volunteer
based
and
sporadic.
K
This
fall
in
an
effort
to
support
the
quarter.
The
hispanic
chamber
created
by
latino
restaurant
week,
which
enrolled
22
restaurants,
mostly
from
south
philadelphia
participating
restaurants,
received
technical
assistance,
marketing
support
and
were
invited
to
apply
for
our
small
business
relief
fund
grant
for
micro
grants,
ranging
from
500
dollars
to
2
000
with
adequate
funding.
K
E
Thank
you
vice
chair,
dom.
I
want
to
get
to
the
questions,
but
first
to
you,
rob
wanderling,
head
of
the
chamber
again
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
on
the
record
to
the
chamber
of
commerce.
Will
carter
in
particular
when
beth
and
I
talked
about
this
hearing,
it
was
pre-coveted
after
covet
and
going
into
this.
This
second
phase
will
carter
and
my
team
we're
talking
about
needing
to
do
this.
E
Now
the
chamber
rob
and
I'm
glad
you
turned
your
camera
back
on,
because
I
can
see
you,
I
can't
see
you
right
like
we
would
normally
be
in
the
in
the
council
chambers,
but
as
as,
as
close
as
I
can
see,
you
now
rob
from
from
my
eyes
to
yours.
Thank
you
to
the
chamber.
Thank
you
to
will
carter
yvette
daryl
you,
your
entire
team,
because
organizing
this
hearing
today
I
mean
particularly
again,
we
had
a
delay.
E
This
is
a
lot
of
work
to
get
to
to
everyone
and
and
your
team
contacted
everyone
structured
organized.
So
I
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
them,
because
you
know
when
we're
fighting
we're
fighting,
but
when
we're
working
together,
we're
doing
it
right.
We
got
to
say
that
out
loud
too.
So
thank
you
for
that
jennifer
jennifer
jennifer.
E
Thank
you,
so
so
very
much
for
questioning
how
we
as
a
city,
drive
dollars
to
neighborhood
commercial
quarters
and
note
that
when
we
support
one
particular
business
on
a
corridor,
I
don't
care.
If
we're
talking
about
is
usually
what
we
would
call
like
big
box
anchor
change,
I
mean
stephanie
michelle.
She
knows
we
at
any
chance
we
get
to
try
to
lure.
You
know
anchors.
E
E
Not
that
we
do,
because
we
need
a
third
party
sort
of
independent,
not
verifier,
but
a
trust,
a
trust
entity
here
that
this
didn't
come
from
government,
but
with
all
of
our
quarters
that
are
organized.
So
this
would
be
our
bids
along
with
the
smaller
ones
that
don't
have
a
quarter
manager.
Do
you
all
think
you
and
I
and
listen-
I'm
not
a
technical
whiz
at
all.
E
She
those
those
quarters,
would
you
be
able
to
get
a
survey
out
that
we
could
at
least
say
individual
business
owners
on
that
quarter?
Why
does
that
become
important?
Because
once
you
get
the
results,
you
can
rank
results
by
district.
We
have
10
district
council
members.
So
if,
if
what
they're
telling
us
is
you
know
we
we,
we
need
to
feel
safe,
we
need
to
be
brighter
and
we
need
to
be
cleaner.
So
we
need
big
bellies.
E
Then
somebody
else,
because
I'm
a
fan
of
big
bellies
but
somebody's
gonna,
say
big
bellies
themselves
create
blight,
because
when
people
see
them
and
although
they
condense
trash,
they
also
become
dumping
sites.
So
I
do
you
understand
what
I
mean
there
if
you
all
put
together
just
I'm
talking
about
a
five
to
ten
question
council
woman.
K
E
Jennifer
jennifer
jennifer.
Let
me
interject
here.
I
just
want
to
say
this
to
give
you
guys
an
overview
of
what
I'm
talking
about
because
rob
you
talked
about
making
it
easier.
You
talked
about
sort
of
you
know,
sort
of
less
like
deregulation,
so
to
speak
right
because
people
have
said
it's
onerous
and
we
have
all
a
lot
of
outdated,
antiquated
laws.
Rules
governing
you
know
how
businesses
function.
E
I
would
like
to
see-
and
I'm
looking
at
some
points-
and
this
comes
from
my
talking
with
some
some
some
business
improvement
district
leaders
where
they
talked
about.
Could
it
be
rated
by
sanitation,
safety,
zoning,
the
streets
department,
how
a
bid
is
administered
or
you
know
how
a
commercial
quarter
manager
or
a
fifth
street
cdc
like
stephanie
of
them
vote
purchasing?
Is
there
a
way
that
we
can
find
a
way
to
scale
on
both
purchasing
across
the
city?
E
They
talk
about
l
and
I
and
then
they
talk
about
taxes,
and
then
you,
you
all
give
us
the
data
to
tell
us
what
reforms
because
rob
you
know
what
I
would
like
to
do.
I
would
like
to
introduce
a
package
that
comes
from
the
data
that
you
all
get
from
the
business
owners
and
it
includes
budget
investments
that
I'm
talking
about.
E
C
C
You
know
this
is
the
difference
between
wants
and
needs,
and
I
wouldn't
want
to
go
through
a
process
where
people
are
asking
for
things.
Let
me
put
it
this
way.
The
survey
work
needs
to
inform
and
hopefully,
result
in
a
better
outcome
in
a
final
agreed
to
budget.
That
would
support
an
ongoing
commitment
to
free
enterprise
and
small
businesses
in
the
commercial.
E
Corridors,
let
me
say
this
to
you:
I
agree
that
we
need
to
use
a
niche.
We
need
to
use
the
data
that
the
city
has
already
collected,
but
I
would
argue
that
even
though
philadelphians
responded
the
core
the
core
folks,
we
want
very
specifically
the
request
to
come
directly
from
specifically
the
targeted
group
providing
the
information
we
specifically
want
them
to
be
the
people
who
are
doing
business
on
the
corridor.
So
no
one
is
telling
them
who's,
not
making
the
payroll
who's,
not
getting
up
to
open
the
store
and
trying
to
survive
and
covet.
E
Nobody
else
is
telling
them
what's
best
for
them,
but
this
is
very
specifically
those
business
owners.
Speaking
for
themselves-
and
I
see
you
paul
levy
to
say
and
take
a
look
at
what
new
york
city
does
with
their
department
of
small
business
services
and
kevin
williams
mentioned
that
there's
a
group
called
black
squirrel
collective.
I
don't.
I
don't
know
about
that.
Kevin
you'll
make
us
search,
but
I
I
would
want
this
to
be
a
very
specific
commercial
corridor,
business
operating
business,
specific
right,
so
no
one
can
say
that
we're
allowing
somebody
else
to
define.
K
I
think
we
I
mean,
I
think
we
can
really
bring
a
group
together
to
to
do
us,
a
survey,
that's
standardized
and
we
can
collaborate
with
commercial
quarter.
Managers
we
can
collaborate,
the
chambers
can
can
work
on
it.
I
think
you
know
we
can
organize
the
effort,
so
it's
standard
and
it's
broad
and
we
get
for
and
we
can
support
the
the
commerce
department
in
the
sense
that
this
would
inform
the
government
and
allocation.
Absolutely.
We
are
more
than
happy
to
to
participate
and
and
in
in
an
effort
like
this.
J
You
we
have
tried
some
surveys
as
we
as
we
know
we
have
already
identified.
Most
of
them.
Don't
have
the
digital
capabilities
right
so
to
really
have
the
survey
you
have
to
have
the
boots
on
the
ground
and
with
different
languages
different
people,
it's
not
as
simple
as
as
you
you
know,
just
sending
out
something
and
you're
getting
it
back.
You
know,
and
especially
in
the
asian
community.
You
know
you're,
not.
The
word
haitian
is
not
well
known
in
the
asian
itself.
J
You
know
the
koreans,
think
they're
koreans,
the
indians
think
they're
indians.
So
there's
a
lot
of
things
we
need
to
be
aware
of,
and
the
chamber
is
trying
to
do
their
best
again.
It's
it's
a
big
city.
It's
a
big
city
and
it's
you
know.
The
asian
population
is
scattered
all
over
the
place,
but
I
think
we
will
work
with
the
corridor
managers.
I
think
that's
the
best
way
to
really
solve
these
issues,
because
some
some
corridors
have
concentration
of
asian
businesses.
E
Thank
you
so
very
much
nick.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
your
response
and
andy
toy
who
we've
you've
been
on
the
ground
for
a
long
time.
Andy
toy.
You
referenced
the
e-consult
study
that
was
done
about
10
years
ago,
laying
out
an
investment
strategy,
and
if
the
group
is
able
again
I'm
talking
about
a
group
sort
of
independent
of
elected
officials,
obviously
the
commerce
department
and
their
staffers
who
work.
You
know
the
business,
development
or
services
that
interact
with
commercial
corridors.
E
They
would
be
engaged,
but
I'm
telling
you
that
I
think
if
we
were
in
the
midst
of
this
season,
where
we
are
right
now,
when
we're
talking
about
equity
and
access
to
opportunity,
if
we
were
to
get
current
data
that
which
we
can
compile
to
the
best
of
our
ability
nick
keep
it
in
mind
exactly
what
you
just
said
relative
to
those
language
barriers
and-
and
maybe
some
people
may
not
have
you
know,
access
to
the
technology.
But
I'm
I
mean
I'm
thinking
about
one
of
my
constituents.
E
I
rely
on
her
so
much.
Her
name
is
pearl
pearl
and
we
work
together
in
the
northeast
and
and
pearl
is
asian
and
pearl
works
with
us,
often
in
helping
to
communicate
when
we
have
those
those
language
barriers.
So
if
you
all
could
find
a
way
to
do
that,
particularly
when
you
heard
vice
chair
dom,
we
talked
about
that
we're
trying
to
have
a
united
voice
in
advocating
for
funding
asking
for
flexibility
from
the
revenue
we
get
from
the
feds
any
help
that
we
can
get
from
the
state.
E
If
we
have
that
data
to
give
to
all
17
members,
don't
forget,
10
of
them
are
districts,
knowing
that
very
specifically,
this
data
comes
from
quarters
and
districts
that
they
represent.
I
think
that's
pretty
powerful
and
I'm
vice
chairman
dom.
You
know,
I
don't
know
what
you're
thinking
is
about
that,
but
I
think
if
we
had
that
information
to
help
drive
in
in
an
effort
to
drive
funding
to
commercial
quarters,
that
that
would
be
a
really
good
start
for
us,
headed
into
budget
negotiations.
A
A
I
have
one
question
not
so
so
much
for
this
panel,
but
maybe
for
the
panels
also
going
forward,
and
I
like
to
hear
from
the
people
testifying.
What
do
you
tell
the
business
right
now
like
a
restaurant,
that
has
no
money
can't
make
the
payroll
I
mean
and
they're
going
to
close.
That's
because
that's
what
we're
faced
with
right
now.
This
is
like
a
dire
situation
and-
and
and
I
see
that
in
all
over
the
city-
and
so
I
mean
other
than
money-
I
guess
there's
not
much.
A
Sometimes
I
come
up
with
some
out
of
the
box
ideas,
but
some
of
these
corridor
people
may
you
know,
maybe
in
some
ways
you
can
get
together
and
lease
the
tents
for
these
corridors
so
that
you
can
have
these
people
be
able
to
operate
outside
with
the
heaters,
because
there
are
companies
that
do
lease.
You
don't
have
to
buy
these
things
and
it's
not
that
expensive
to
lease,
but
I'm
just
trying
to
think.
A
B
L
L
You
still
get
it
right
too
good
afternoon,
honorable
councilmen
and
women.
Our
names
are
andy
toy,
I'm
the
community
development
director
in
somalia,
osteen
who's,
our
commercial
carter
manager
from
cmac
and
we're
an
organization
that
works
with
immigrants,
refugees
and
marginalized
communities,
mainly
in
south
philadelphia.
L
I
want
to
first
thank
you
for
holding
this
important
hearing
and
thanks
to
our
friends
at
pacdc
and
beth
mcconnell
as
well.
Who's
been
working
with
us
for
years.
We're
grateful
for
your
attention,
your
continued
attention
and
support
during
these
really
tough
times.
The
commercial
carter
we
manage
is
the
seventh
street
commercial
corridor
from
porter
to
mckeen
street,
and
we
have
over
60
small
businesses
all,
but
one
of
the
businesses
is
immigrant
owned,
which
is
really
fascinating
and
operated.
L
This
is
one
of
the
most
diverse
corridors
in
the
city
with
cambodian
vietnamese
mexican
honduran
dominican
lao
pakistani
korean
burmese
indonesian,
chinese
business
owners.
The
broader
neighborhood
is
very
diverse,
with
around
one-third
asian
one-third
white,
one-third,
african-american
and
latinx.
However,
the
two
main
census
tracts
in
the
seventh
street
card
are
43
asian.
This
is,
according
to
policy
map,
23
latino,
latinx,
22
white,
six
percent.
M
Good
afternoon,
council
members,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here.
My
name
is
mali
ghosting
the
commercial
corridor
along
the
south
7th
street
in
south
philadelphia
area,
I
believe
by
now.
We
all
can
agree
that
small
business
play
critical
roles
in
creating
a
vibrant
community,
a
center
safety
and
economic
opportunity
begin
being
as
an
immigrant
running
a
business.
M
It's
not
easy
with
very
low
regulation
and
difficult
access
to
capital.
As
a
cambodian
immigrant
myself,
I
can
understand
how
language
limitation
of
business
owners
create
many
barriers.
Lack
of
knowledge
and
technical
skills
make
it
even
more
harder
to
navigate
important
paperwork
and
grants
application,
and
it
is
even
more
critical.
During
the
kobit
19
pandemics,
cmac
has
been
able
to
help
many
of
the
south
7th
street
businesses
and
the
surrounding
area
apply
for
and
receive
over
170
000
grand
as
of
right
now
and
we're
expecting
for
more
to
come.
M
M
M
For
example,
one
of
our
honduran
restaurant
owner
lucille
on
cornwall
jackson
in
seven
could
not
even
understand
how
to
scan
or
take
a
clear
photo
of
his
tax
return
in
order
to
apply
for
grant.
So
we
had
to
remotely
walk
him
through
step
by
step.
Take
picture
one
by
one
of
his
tax
return,
send
it
over
to
our
cell
phone.
We
convert
it
to
pds
and
apply
for
the
grant
from
there.
So
normally
two
hour
long
application
can
take
days
for
us
to
to
complete
to
help
the
business
to
receive
this
grant.
M
We
also
see
business
who
are
renting
the
building
facing
more
challenge
to
keep
their
business
open
during
this
time
of
uncertainty.
So
funding
for
property
purchases
is
something
to
explore.
C-Max
also
began
a
gift
certificate
program
for
participating
business
along
the
south
seventh
street
commercial
corridor,
and
this
program
has
been
very
successful.
M
This
is
our
way
of
getting
funds
to
business
during
the
closure.
The
the
shutdown
and
also
even
now
is
still
going
on,
and
our
programs
allow
customers
to
buy
the
certificates
online
with
a
50
match
that
cmax
provide
with
funding
that
we
receive
and
that
all
go
to
the
business.
For
example,
if
you
spend
20
to
purchase
the
gift
certificate,
you
will
receive
30
certificate
to
shop
at
your
convenience
time
so
far,
we
provide
over
16
000
certificates
and
hope
to
sell
more
before
christmas.
M
So,
if
you
wish
to
support
those
businesses,
please
visit
our
south
seventh
street
commercial,
south
service,
south
seven
street
shops,
facebook
page,
I'm
sorry,
there's
a
lot
of
ass
there.
So
one
more
thing
that
we
think
that
very
important
is
that
we
believe
that
physical
improvement
play
a
profound
effect
on
a
commercial
corridor.
Despite
the
pandemic,
we
see
max
and
our
partner
have
been
working
diligently
to
make
sure
the
corridor
is
clean
and
safe.
M
Recently,
we
just
installed
new
decorative
decorative
string
light
across
the
street
along
the
corridor
which
creating
such
a
great
positive
impact
along
the
corridor
and
helped
creating
a
greater
sense
of
safety
and
welcoming.
Although
we
got
a
lot
more
to
do
in
2021
such
as
welcoming
banners,
cyborg
and
crosswalk
painting
put
down,
pilot
trash
can
and
so
on,
and
we
cannot
do
this
without
your
support
and
I
also
want
to
say
a
special
thing
to
our
council
councilman
squirler.
L
Cleanliness
and
safety
are
still
important
during
the
pandemic.
Fortunately,
thanks
to
the
commerce
department
and
council
support
councilman
parker,
thank
you
for
leading
that
and
our
councilman
squilla.
Our
cleaning
program
is
now
five
days
per
week
and
it
really
makes
a
difference
in
in
the
sense
of
safety
and
cleanliness
on
the
corridor,
and
and
thank
you
for
the
commerce
department
support,
of
course,
for
that,
unfortunately,
even
with
these
improvements,
we
still
have
we've
still
been
having
issues
and
I'm
sure
others
have
with
safety.
L
We
have
drug
dealing
and
prostitution
as
a
result
of
the
opioid
crisis.
Just
this
past
weekend
there
were
two
shootings
on
the
corridor
we
believe
were
related
to
the
drug
trade.
We
know
the
police
are
stretched,
but
foot
patrols
are
important
for
everyone
to
see
and
they
build
important
relationships
within
the
community.
So
we'd
like
to
encourage
that
to
be
the
case,
more
foot
patrols
and
your
support
is
very
important
for
that.
Lighting
and
cameras
are
also
part
of
that.
L
In
conclusion,
we
know
that
cdc's
and
other
trusted
organizations
are
important
to
the
health
of
our
neighborhood,
commercial,
carters
and
businesses,
and
even
more
so
during
this
difficult
period.
This
is
especially
true
for
immigrant
businesses,
which
are
critical
to
our
city
and
bring
great
diversity
to
our
welcoming
city.
We
know
there
is
light
at
the
end
of
this
pandemic
tunnel,
but
we
need
to
survive
to
get
there.
L
We
know
there's
carter
management
work
is
even
more
critical
now
and
now
is
probably
the
best
time
to
provide
that
last
dose
of
support
to
both
businesses
and
those
of
us
who
are
key
lifeline
connectors
for
them
our
commitment.
Our
commitment,
is
to
continue
to
serve
these
small
businesses
and
the
community
to
move
forward
to
recovery,
and
we
can't
do
this
without
your
support.
N
Hi
good
afternoon,
everyone,
so
my
name
is
I'm
the
peace
and
district
manager
for
hase.
I'm
here
to
testify
on
resolution,
two:
zero:
zero.
Six
six
five,
my
organization
managed
at
three
commercial
quarters
at
centro
de
oro.
That
is
a
six
three
two
four
street.
Only
high
avenue
and
west
huntingdon
street
to
west
clay,
fair
street
on
5th
street
front
and
front
end
allegheny
commercial
corridor.
N
N
We
can
still
say
that
75
percent
of
the
businesses
are
operating
in
our
three-commercial
corridor,
but
many
of
them
are
not
at
at
their
maximum
capacity
like
at
restaurants.
They
are
the
businesses
that
have
been
able
to
seek
alternatives
to
provide
online
sales
and
services
pick
up
or
delivery
products
and
food.
N
The
type
of
businesses
most
affected
in
the
last
nine
months
by
kobe
19
have
been
gyms
beauty,
salons,
barber
shops,
child
care,
centers
event,
decoration
stores,
nightclubs
and
party
holes.
These
businesses
been
classified
as
a
sum
of
non-essential
businesses.
Business
owners
have
had
to
learn
to
operate
their
businesses
under
the
department
of
health
new
guidelines.
N
Some
examples
of
changes
and
adaptation
that
have
been
made
have
been
keeping
distances
through
marks
on
the
floor
of
six
fix
between
one
and
another
one.
Another
limiting
the
capacity
of
people
within
the
business
installing
clear
class
wearing
the
max
all
the
time,
frequent
sanitation
and
washing
hands.
N
N
N
A
F
Good
morning
or
good
afternoon,
I'm
sorry
to
the
members
of
the
committee
of
commerce
and
economic
development
and
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
testify
in
resolution
two:
zero
zero
six
six
five.
My
name
is
shalimar
thomas
and
I'm
the
executive
director
for
the
northwest
renaissance,
the
voluntary
special
service
district
that
operates
between
city
hall
and
germantown
avenue.
F
I
think
if
there
is
a
lesson
that
we
can
take
from
2020,
it
would
be
looking
at
better
practices
that
could
help
us
prepare
for
economic
recessions,
because
businesses
who
are
better
prepared
and
supported,
do
fare
better
during
those
uncertain
times.
The
resolution
did
a
great
job
at
citing
the
impact,
vibrant
corridors
have
on
communities
and
home
values,
and
I'd
like
to
share
some
additional
data.
A
study
conducted
by
the
san
francisco
office
of
economic
and
workforce
development
indicated
that
community
benefit
districts
and
business
improvement.
Districts
were
insulated
from
the
effects
of
the
07-09
recession.
F
A
O
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
alex
balloon
and
I'm
the
director
of
the
taconi
community
development
corporation
in
northeast
philadelphia,
I'm
here
to
testify
on
resolution
200665.
My
organization
manages
the
torresdale
avenue
commercial
corridor
in
toconi.
We
have
about
135
businesses
we
work
directly
with,
and
sometimes
those
in
wisnoming
the
city
support
for
organizations
like
ours
is
absolutely
critical.
The
continued
support
has
allowed
us
to
build
trust
with
our
small
businesses
over
time
and
achieve
many
successes.
O
Some
of
these
grant
programs
include
the
targeted
corridor
management
program,
the
cdc
tax
credit
program
and
the
phl
tcp
program.
We
are
huge
fans
of
that
program
and
it
made
a
big
difference.
These
programs
directly
support
staff
capacity
and
frontline
services
to
assist
our
merchants.
Two
other
programs,
including
the
storefront
improvement
program
and
the
business
security
camera
grant
program
directly
support
businesses.
O
O
You
would
be
hard-pressed
to
find
any
economic
development
program
even
close
to
that,
and
I
want
to
thank
council
member
keenan
for
his
support
of
our
organization.
Thank
you
to
the
committee
and
councilman
dom
and
leader
parker.
I
just
wanted
to
note
to
councilman
dom
I
love
the
restaurant
idea.
We
actually
did
a
competitive
recoverable
grant
program
pre-covered
for
some
of
our
local
restaurants.
They
are
indeed
anchors
and
we
want
more
outdoor
dining,
that's
something
we
would
consider.
O
A
F
Great
afternoon
to
everyone
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
testify.
My
name
is
amelia
price,
and
I
have
worked
for
call
to
serve
cdc
for
the
past
six
years
as
the
carter
manager
for
the
broad
germantown
erie
commercial
corridor.
Our
office
is
located
inside
of
the
historical
zion
baptist
church.
Our
carter
encompasses
the
3300
block
through
the
323
700
block
of
germantown
avenue
1300
through
the
1400
blocks
of
erie
avenue
and
the
3600
through
3700
broad
street.
There
are
approximately
70
business
that
are
still
active
on
the
corridor.
F
F
At
the
same
time,
the
resiliency
of
some
of
the
business
are
to
be
both
applauded
and
encouraged.
We
are
humbled
and
moved
by
the
outside
support
and
generosity
we
receive
for
our
merchants.
On
saturday
october
24th
2020,
I
was
able
to
coordinate
with
the
glazes
from
local
number
252
and
the
25th
police
district
to
bless.
Seven
of
our
business
on
our
carter,
with
the
replacement
of
all
new
windows
and
glass
doors
at
no
cost
to
them.
F
What
also
keeps
me
going,
the
resiliency
of
one
of
our
newest
entrepreneurs
on
the
corridor:
a
young
african-american,
male,
jamil
scary,
owner
of
the
ventures
boutique,
whose
business
was
looted
not
once
but
twice.
I
am
happy
to
tell
you.
He
is
in
the
finishing
stages
of
using
the
35
000
that
he
raised
via
gofundme
to
restore
his
business.
Yet
again,.
F
The
support
we
have
received
from
the
city
has
been
tremendous
and
beneficial.
It
has
helped
me
push
the
message
constantly
to
our
merchants
that
our
city
government
officials
really
do
care
and
to
continue
to
hold
on
to
hope.
I
have
worked
with
the
business
to
apply
for
various
grants.
I
am
happy
to
report.
11
of
our
merchants
did
receive
covet.
19
pandemic
grants
some
of
our
merchants
applied,
but
were
not
able
to
for
various
reasons.
F
Like
many
commercial
carters,
we
face
the
constant
challenge
of
nuisance,
business
and
people
loitering
in
front
of
the
businesses,
which
in
most
cases
leads
to
crime.
We
have
a
phenomenal
relationship,
the
third
with
the
25th
in
the
federated
police
district,
and
I
could
not
get
half
the
work
done
without
their
help,
especially
the
25th.
F
In
reference
to
the
criminal
carter.
Captain
rodriguez
has
shared
the
following
statistics
with
me
for
the
25th
for
2019
and
2020.
I
will
only
give
you
2020..
In
2020,
there
have
been
nine
shootings
with
nine
victims.
Two
were
homicides
in
one
of
those
shooting.
There
was
little
children
in
the
nuisance
business
that
we
have
been
complaining
about.
F
F
I
am
asking
city
council
to
pass
a
resolution
to
provide
funding
for
the
installation
of
high
resolution
security
cameras
for
the
placement
on
top
of
businesses
and
tall
buildings
that
provide
sufficient
coverage
for
the
entire
commercial
corridors.
I
will
end
with
what
I
always
say
to
our
merchants
in
all
of
my
emails.
When
we
work
together,
we
will
win
together
again
many
thanks
city
council
for
hearing
our
hearts.
A
B
I
I
just
want
to
say,
as
I'm
listening
through
all
this
testimony,
you
know
I
really
really
see
the
the
gut-wrenching
things
that
are
going
on
in
these
commercial
parties
and
small
businesses.
It's
been
a
challenge,
I
know
for
them.
I
do
believe
we
need
to
do
better.
We
need
to.
We
need
to
try
to
get
some
additional
help
to
these
folks.
There's
no
way
they're
going
to
be
able
to
make
it
through
this
till
the
summer
time
without
additional
resources.
B
But
through
that
struggle,
they're
still
putting
up
lights
and
and
doing
things
and
doing
gofundme
pages
and
get
other
people
to
help
donate,
and
it's
so
exciting
to
see
that
the
resilience
of
some
of
these
groups.
So
it's
you
know
we
need
you.
We
need
to
work
with
you.
We
need
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
your
voice
is
heard
and
then
carry
that
voice
through
not
only
counsel
but
through
the
administration.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
who
have
testified
and
who
are
going
to
continue
to
testify
moving
forward.
B
All
the
chambers
and,
like
madame
leader,
said
that
you
know
this
is
just
the
first
hearing
we'll
we'll
leave
these
hearings
to
the
call
of
the
chair
and
the
resolution
for
the
sponsor
councilmember
parker
and
we'll
continue
to
have
these
as
we
brainstorm
and
come
up
with
ways
to
to
help
our
businesses
so
know
that
we're
listening
and
and
together,
we'll
we'll
get
through
this.
So
thank
you.
E
School,
I
would
like
to
be
recognized
sure
madam
park
yeah.
I
do
just
wanted
to
echo
all
of
the
comments
made
by
chairman
squilla
and
wanted
to
say
to
andy
and
and
somali.
Thank
you
guys
so
much
for
your
testimony,
especially
because
I
listened
to
you
echo
what
we
heard
from
beth,
along
with
ann
when
you
talked
about
acquisition
and
and
that
local
ownership
right.
E
E
Do
you
think
that
our
commercial
corridors
would
give
consumers
a
feeling
of
being
safer
and
more
secure?
If,
in
fact,
we
had
patrols
on
quarters
and
so
like
when?
What's
her
name
when
karen
says
listen,
you
know
yeah
about
300,
but
really
80
main
street
quarters
does,
would
it
say
something
to
people
from
a
marketing
perspective?
We
said
you
know,
you
know
these
80
quarters
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
most
highly
traveled.
You
know
they,
you
know
all
have
you
know
patrols
that
are
geared
towards
them
like?
E
F
L
Yeah,
I
would
echo
that
to
a
person
sitting
in
a
car
is
just
not
good
enough
and
there's
no
relationship
built
there.
We
have
police
that
go
by
in
a
car
and
like
five
minutes
later,
there's
like
it's
like
business
as
usual,
and
one
of
the
owners
just
said
to
us
during
after
the
shooting
this
weekend.
You
know,
I
never
see
them
they're,
not
here,
even
though
they
are
here
but
they're
going
by
and
right,
somebody
had
has
400
worth
of
damage
to
fix
a
door
that
got
blown
out.
So
you
know.
O
The
other
thing
is
just
like:
it
takes
corridor
managers
time
to
build
trust.
It
also
takes
police
officers
time
when
we
have
officers
that
are
consistently
cycled
out.
They
don't
get
to
know
the
community,
they
don't
know
what
looks
out
of
order
if
they're
just
coming
into
a
911
call.
They
might
not
know
if
this
person
has
mental
illness.
So
you
know
just
like
it
takes
time
for
corridor
managers
to
get
to
know
community.
It
takes
time
for
police
to
get
to
know.
O
M
Yeah,
I
also
would
like
to
jump
into
that
question
too,
not
just
in
terms
of
consumer
perspective.
It's
also
a
resident
and
business
owner,
so
having
police
prison
is
all
it
does,
make
them
feel
safer
and
could
attract
more
customers
on
the
corridor.
I
we
understand
that
bike
patrol,
probably
a
little
bit
harder
in
the
winter,
for
the
officer
but
having
the
car,
and
then
he
walk
out
just
patrol
up
and
down
the
corridor
is
very
significant
to
the
safety.
E
I'm
going
to
walk
through
what
you
talked
about.
You
mentioned
physical
improvements.
You
talked
about
those
decker,
decorative
string
lights,
you
talk
about
the
cross,
the
crosswalks
and
and
those
those
paintings.
You
talk
mention
the
trust
with
the
the
the
business
owners.
We
talked
about
foot
patrols,
and
then
you
mentions
that
you
mentioned
the
lights
and
cameras
alex
alex.
Did
too.
I
want
you
all
to
tell
us.
If
you
will,
you
know
how
different
regions
get
physical
makeovers
again.
E
I
you
know,
I
may
be
talking
about
a
long
shot
here,
but
if
we
were
able
to
in
a
very
significant
way,
figure
out
a
city-wide
strategy
to
brand
commercial
corridors
to
in
invest
in
their
aesthetic
and
physical
appeal,
I'm
not
talking
about
full
disclosure
guys.
I
hate.
What
I
see
sometimes,
are
these
big
yellow
bright
signs
to
me?
They
reek
of
poverty,
and
when
you
see
these
big
bright,
yellow
signs
on
on
some
quarters
and
to
me
when
people
see
them,
I
would
never
see
them.
E
When
I
crossed
shelton
avenue
to
go
on
eastern
road
near
the
keswick
theater.
I
use
that.
As
my
I
use
that
as
my
model
corridor,
because
the
people
where
I
live,
they
don't
have
to
shop
on
our
side.
They
can
cross
shelterham
avenue
and
go
over
to
the
keswick
and,
as
I
drove
through
there,
I
said,
isn't
it
interesting?
None
of
these
big
bright,
yellow
signs-
they
don't
have
any
of
those
over
there.
E
So
if
there
was
a
strategic
investment
in
the
physical
aesthetic
appeal,
some
people
are
saying
to
me:
sherrell
you're,
talking
about
cosmetic
stuff
that
that
stuff
doesn't
matter
shirelle
you
you're
living
in
the
dream
world
I
mean
for
those
of
you
because
you're
on
the
ground,
doing
the
work
and
somali
you
detailed
it.
So
I'm
sitting
here
like
I'm,
not
crazy,
she's
saying
it.
You
know
it
will
help.
What
do
you
all
think
about
that?
An
investment
in
the
physical
aesthetic
appeal
of
commercial
corridors
across
the
city.
F
Who-
and
I'm
just
going
to
put
this
out
there,
who
won't
look
at
minority,
ran
corridors
and
say
that
you
know
you
can
you
can
give
this
type
of
service?
You
know
not
give
us
the
quality
that
we
deserve
and
so
connecting
us
to
the
vendors
that
appreciate
the
work
that
we're
doing,
that
we're
trying
to
do
in
our
community
and
also
I'm
supporting
with
that
maintenance
piece
of
it.
O
L
Yeah,
we
totally
agree
with
the
idea
of
high
quality
design.
We
don't
want
a
place,
that's
going
to
look
schlocky,
you
know
it
just
tells
people
it
gives
people
the
wrong
message
and
I
would
point
to
paul
levy
and
and
the
center
city
district.
We
kind
of
copy
a
lot
of
the
high
quality
ideas
that
they
they
come
up
with.
L
Like
pedestrian
lighting
is
something
we've
been
fighting
for
for
years
on
many
commercial
cars
and
it
makes
it
safer
because
there's
more
light
and-
and
it
feels
more
like
a
walking
car
or
not
a
not
a
car
carter,
but
yeah
signage
and
and
and
even
like
awnings,
they
should
look
good.
They
don't
they
shouldn't.
Look
like
crap.
M
Yeah
and
just
I
just
want
to
say
a
little
bit
that
we
all
do
a
lot
of
crazy
stuff,
but
it's
at
work,
it's
very
impactful,
but
throughout
our
design
process
we
all
always.
Our
principle
is
to
always
engage
community
to
share
the
ideas
and
share
the
concept,
even
this
crosswalk
design
that
I
mentioned
it
should
be
done
before
christmas.
Although
with
the
code,
we
cannot
get
permit
from
street
department
to
close
the
street
to
the
community
paying
day.
M
So
we
have
to
postpone
it
to
next
year,
but
we
got
over
30
businesses
and
residents
sitting
at
the
place.
Speaking
more
than
five
languages
can
bring
their
own
fabric
pattern
from
their
own
home
just
to
input
like
what
they
want
to
see
the
crosswalk
painting
designed
to
be,
and
it
look
it
sounds
crazy.
It
sounds
like
it's
not
important,
but
it's
very
important
lighting.
M
It
create
a
sense
of
safety,
so,
but
it
does
take
time
to
help
business
to
understand
this,
to
understand
that
there's,
a
little
thing
put
together
make
a
difference
and
in
terms
of
bright,
bright,
bright,
red,
bright,
yellow,
sun.
We
just
need
to
work
with
the
business
a
little
bit
because
business
they
wanted
to
stand
out.
They
wanted
like
this
one
building
on
a
corridor
that
blue,
like
really
blue,
and
that
is
their
son's
favorite
colors,
it's
bb.
M
You
have
to
just
make
it
work
with
them
to
to
give
them
ideas
to
give
them
input.
What
kind
of
design
that
work,
what
kind
of
design
that
look
good
along
the
corridor
and
attract
more
customers.
So,
just
like
we
said
earlier,
we
we
have
a
lot
of.
We
have
a
lot
of
room,
we
have
designer,
we
have
advocated
we
connected,
so
we
do
a
lot
of
things.
F
B
E
E
Okay,
mr
chairman,
can
we
work
together
to
put
something
like
that
together
for
council?
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I
just
want
andy
and
shalamar
along
with
alex
to
know-
and
I
know
chairman
squilla
paid
attention
to
this
when
I
when
I
was
in
harrisburg-
and
I
was
so
super
excited
about
bringing
the
resources
home
to
make
the
improvements.
At
this
time
we
were
focused
on
wiseworth
avenue.
It
didn't
have
a
cdc,
it
didn't
have
anyone
responsible
for
doing
the
work
like
you
all.
E
E
We
even
had
christmas
designs
up,
but
guess
what
we
didn't
build
into
it:
the
money
for
the
maintenance,
the
money
for
the
maintenance,
because
when
I
was
no
longer
there
with
access
to
the
pot
of
money
to
get
to
get
to
the
organization
so
that
they
could
maintain
it
it
all.
The
organization
went
out
of
business
because
government,
you
can't
have
a
you,
you
can't
you
need
to
diversify
your
revenue
right.
Your
income
streams
and
government
was
the
main
source
of
revenue,
keeping
the
organization
going
and
without
access
to
those
dollars.
E
The
organization
died,
and
so
we
never
got
a
chance
to
maintain
it.
So
it's
like
all
of
the
improvements
that
we
made.
I
feel
like
they're
all
going
now,
because
we've
seen
them
dwindle
because
of
a
lack
of
maintenance.
So
thank
you
all
and
we
built
maintenance
maintenance
maintenance
into
whatever
we're
able
to
come
up
with.
So
I
appreciate
your
testimony.
B
Our
next
panel
will
consist
of
jesse
blitstein
from
the
enterprise
center
paul
levy
from
the
center
city,
district,
jim
burnett,
from
west
philadelphia,
financial
services,
rachel,
the
city
from
philadelphia,
lisk
and
kevin
williams
from
black
squirrel.
Thank
you.
If
you
want
to
go
about
that
order,
just
say
your
name
for
the
record
and
then
proceed
with
your
testimony.
We'll
try
to
hold
questions
and
tell
everybody.
P
P
P
Most
of
our
small
businesses
are
still
hanging
on
of
the
of
the
small
businesses
that
were
rooted
or
damaged
the
vast
majority
reopened
quickly
and
those
hit
hardest
plan
to
reopen
after
rebuilding.
We
are
tremendously
impressed
by
their
resiliency,
as
well
as
the
support
of
community
members
in
the
form
of
volunteerism
donations
and
business
patronage.
P
P
This
work
would
not
be
possible
without
city
funding
for
corridor
management
cleaning
and
the
cdc
tax
credit
program.
We
thank
you
for
that
and
import
you
to
see
that
it
remains
in
the
upcoming
budgets
for
years
now.
These
sources
have
served
as
integral
backbone
funds
for
our
community
work
that
we
leverage
to
raise
additional
federal
state
and
philanthropic
dollars
for
project
planning
and
implementation.
P
As
an
organization
that
focuses
on
minority
entrepreneurship
and
access
to
capital,
we
have
been
uniquely
positioned
to
help
our
corridor
businesses
and
provide
feedback
on
release
efforts.
The
pandemic
economy
has
highlighted
the
historic
gaps
in
access
to
capital
for
minority-owned
businesses
and
lower-income
communities.
P
Our
neighborhood-based
micro-enterprises
have
largely
struggled
to
connect
to
relief
funding
such
as
ppp
or
even
the
first
round
of
city
grant
making
early
in
the
pandemic.
We've
seen
the
most
success
when
application
processes
have
been
kept
simple,
our
relationships
with
business
owners
and
funders
have
been
leveraged
and
very
hands-on.
Support
to
business
owners
was
provided,
as
you
know,
as
some
of
my
peers
outlined
earlier.
P
The
best
examples
of
this
were
the
state
grant
program
for
which
we
were
a
cdfi
intermediary
and
the
citi-backed
civil
unrest
relief
managed
by
the
merchants
fund.
If
future
rounds
of
small
business
release
funding
are
to
come
through,
we
strongly
encourage
use
of
a
similar
model,
while
our
micro
enterprises
are
resilient.
Many
have
struggled
with
the
capacity
sophistication
and
technology
skills
needed
to
apply
for
release
funds,
the
more
that
funding
can
be
simple
and
flexible,
and
the
more
that
trusted
intermediaries,
like
us,
can
be
involved
in
the
process.
P
P
While
these
businesses
are
not
a
primary
focus
for
organizations
like
us,
they
are
important
to
our
corridors
as
employers
as
drivers
of
foot
traffic
and
as
tenants
of
larger
spaces.
I
would
empower
both
council
and
the
chamber
of
commerce
to
help
us
connect
with
these
retailers
and
work
towards
successful
reopening,
as
well
as
improved
corporate
social
responsibility.
P
P
2020
has
been
tremendously
challenging
and
we
are.
We
are
definitely
concerned
that
some
businesses
will
not
be
able
to
hang
on
much
longer,
but
we
are
also
encouraged
by
the
new
found
spotlight
on
social
justice
and
equity
at
the
enterprise
center
and
on
52nd
street.
We
see
opportunity
and
innovation
amassing
in
response
to
the
challenges
and
the
strengths.
P
We
ask
the
city
council
think
big
in
the
face
of
these
challenges
and
help
us
seize
the
moment
to
change
the
dynamics
of
access
to
capital
and
neighborhood
redevelopment
in
philadelphia.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time
stay
safe
and
happy
holidays.
That's
the
end
of
my
written
remarks.
I
just
want
to
quickly
echo
sentiments
expressed
earlier
about
building
acquisition
and
building
up
the
tools
for
that
in
particular,
and
look
forward
to
continuing
those
conversations
with
you
all
down
the
line.
B
A
A
I
think
that's
the
case.
Yes,
you
do
have
access
share
your
screen
great
I'll.
Do
this
very
very
quickly.
I
thought
I
would
offer
some
broader
city
trend
numbers
about
what's
going
on
and
then
talk
about
lessons
from
center
city,
but
let
me
say
the
obvious
here
that
is
listening,
your
name,
real,
quick,
I'm
sorry!
I
apologize.
This
is
paul
levy,
president
of
the
center
city
district
and
I'm
pleased
to
offer
testimony
on
council
resolution
200,
665.
A
and
councilman
squilla
and
councilwoman
parker.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity.
You
know
to
me
listening
here
today
I
heard
three
or
four
obvious
takeaways,
one
that
clean
and
safe
matters
more
than
ever
on
commercial
corridors.
Two.
We
need
to
be
investing
in
streetscape
improvements,
lighting
and
landscaping,
three
that
we
need
clearly
to
have
more
funding
for
economic
development,
more
funding
in
the
commerce
department
and
more
support
for
small
business
and
neighborhood
corridors
as
well
as
for
acquisition
and
for
the
the
building
of
local
entrepreneurs.
A
A
The
office
sector,
which
is
so
essential
to
the
downtown
rents,
have
held
up.
Vacancies
have
gone
up
slightly,
but
the
real
challenge
here-
and
this
is
where
center
city
is
somewhat
different
in
the
challenges
it
faces-
is
the
actual
number
of
people
in
office.
Buildings
is
no
more
than
five
to
ten
percent
and
until
there's
a
vaccine
widely
available
and
people
know
that
schedule
people
are
not
coming
back
to
work.
A
People
expect
that
to
be
in
the
spring,
and
I
want
to
talk
about
that
in
a
moment,
but
the
other
part
of
the
crisis,
for
us,
of
course,
is
that
hotel
occupancy
plummeted
down
almost
to
zero
conventions,
have
been
canceled.
International
travel
has
been
canceled
and
so
hotel
revenues
are
at
27
of
same
time.
Last
year
you
can
see
these
trends
on
septa
ridership
dropping
dramatically
and
just
barely
recovering
and
even
in
parking
coming
into
the
downtown
we're
only
at
42
percent
of
where
we
were
before.
A
What's
most
interesting,
is
on
our
prime
retail
streets,
chestnut
and
walnut
street
we're
at
54
and
60
of
pre-pandemic
levels,
but
you
go
to
the
office
district
where
23
the
office
workers,
the
administrative
workers
in
in
hospitals
and
universities
are
simply
not
here
that
has
huge
implications.
Our
neighborhood
corridors
there's
one
challenge
in
the
downtown.
The
challenge
is
70
of
day
in
and
day
out.
Demand
is
not
there
at
this
moment,
so
the
sooner
we
can
safely
return
to
work
in
person,
the
faster,
the
retail
and
restaurant
sectors
can
recover.
A
We
do
a
lot
of
surveying.
I
want
to
talk
about
how
we
might
share
this
with
neighborhoods,
because,
first
of
all,
let's
just
be
clear.
We
lost
a
hundred
thousand
jobs
city-wide
in
the
restaurant
sector.
That's
a
39
job
loss
since
april
now
the
office
of
transportation,
infrastructure
and
commerce
department
have
been
great
partners
in
supporting
street
closures
across
the
entire
city.
We've
worked
to
help
with
merchants
to
close
streets
to
get
outdoor
seating.
A
A
boarded
up
premises
which
were
276
in
center
city,
went
down
to
56
and
then
with
the
the
shooting
of
walter
wallace
the
fears
of
election
unrest.
We
went
back
up
to
116
but
contrary
to
a
lot
of
false
impressions,
we're
down
to
27,
boarded
up
premises
into
downtown,
that's
1.6
of
all
premises.
Most
people
are
reopening,
but
clearly
we're
at
vacancy
rate
of
about
11.5
percent,
but
the
ban
on
indoor
in
restaurants
and
limits
in
retail
is
hugely
challenging.
A
A
lot
of
small
businesses
outside
the
downtown
could
use
direct
brands
to
purchase
outdoor
weather
protection.
This
is
a
this
is
a
right
now
today,
problem
of
january
and
february
problem
when
we
look
at
numbers
for
the
downtown,
the
most
inter
or
for
city-wide.
Excuse
me.
The
most
interesting
thing
is
that
retail
has
largely
recovered
job
gains,
even
though
it
shifted
to
big
box
and
away
from
our
commercial
corridors.
But
restaurant
and
food
service
is
still
28
below
where
it
was
pre-pandemic.
A
So
I
would
end
here
that
the
most
helpful
thing
we
could
get
from
the
city
and
from
the
health
department
is
a
preliminary
schedule
on
vaccine
distribution
once
we
know
that
we
don't
know
it
with
certainty,
but
when
people
know
those
vaccines,
whether
it's
three
months
four
months,
that
will
give
the
certainty
for
people
to
feel
comfortable
to
come
back
to
work.
I
think
restaurants
in
particular
city
wide
need
direct
financial
assistance
to
survive
this
winter,
as
I
said
before,
increased
funding
for
the
commerce
department
overall,
economic
development
in
neighborhood
carter.
A
A
I
can
say
very
simply
that
ccd
because
of
the
the
downtown
businesses
we
can
afford
to
keep
148
people
working,
doing
cleaning
and
safety
services,
but
I
think
the
city
should
step
up
the
funding,
council
and
parker
the
program
you
had
for
neighborhood
cleaning
that
needs
to
be
taken
up
two
or
three
more
notches.
Clean
and
safe
is
essential
to
the
vitality
of
our
corridors.
So
thank
you
for
that
opportunity
to
talk
through
those.
I
appreciate
it.
B
Q
Sure,
jim
burnett
executive,
director
of
west
philadelphia
financial
services
institution
good
afternoon
to
the
committee,
councilman
sevilla,
parker
and
dom
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
testify
today
on
resolution,
two:
zero,
zero.
Six,
six
five
philadelphia
commercial
corridors
have
been
devastated
by
the
covet
19
pandemic
and
vandalism.
Q
Q
Q
The
good
news
is
that
many
businesses
have
leveraged
their
relationships
with
business
and
trade
associations
to
help
lobby
for
additional
support.
A
group
of
180
barber
shop
salon
and
salon
owners
created
the
pa
image
alliance
and
help
members
complete
applications,
identify
resources
and
lobby
politicians.
Q
We
are
working
with
them
directly
to
identify
additional
sources
of
capital
outside
of
your
traditional
sources,
such
as
going
to
the
government
for
for
support.
The
devastation
from
the
vandalism
in
june
and
october
impacted
many
of
philadelphia's
commercial
corridors.
Our
shopping
center
along
52nd
street
was
devastated.
Q
Q
Q
Like
the
pa
image
alliance,
the
pa
cdfi
network,
the
chamber
of
commerce
of
greater
philadelphia
in
the
african
american
chamber,
the
asian
american
chamber,
more
dollars
are
needed
from
federal
state
and
local
governments,
but
the
city
cannot
do
it
alone.
I'm
proud
to
be
a
part
of
the
chamber's
recharge
and
recovery
planning.
Initiative
collaborations
will
bring
together
more
dollars
and
more
resources
from
beyond
city's
borders,
and
the
city
and
its
partners
must
work
together
to
focus
on
resources
directly
to
the
corridors.
Q
I
say
that
in
in
response
to
the
question
of
do
aesthetics
matter.
Yes,
aesthetics
matter,
we
need
to
be
positioning
our
commercial
corridor
so
that
they
can
invite
customers
to
come
and
and
share
and
purchase
goods
and
services
along
those
corridors.
But
even
they
don't
look
in
the
right
condition,
regardless
of
your
invitation,
people
won't
show
up.
Thank
you
very.
Q
R
R
R
We
relied
on
corridor
managers
to
help
small
businesses
access
those
funds
and
corridor
managers,
look
to
us
to
provide
platforms
for
mutual
learning
and
support.
I'd
like
to
share
three
key
takeaways
from
this
experience
number
one.
The
businesses
that
are
most
crucial
to
communities
face
the
most
barriers
when
it
comes
to
accessing
funding
and
other
resources,
barriers
relating
to
culture,
language
and
technology.
R
Number
two:
a
strong
network
of
strong
cdc's
allowed
us
to
overcome
these
barriers.
You've
just
heard
about
all
of
the
great
work
that
quarter
managers
do.
I
can
personally
speak
to
their
dedication
and
their
resourcefulness
commercial
corridor
programs
provide
merchants
with
a
community
that
helps
them
to
be
more
resilient
and
number
three
if
we
are
going
to
recover
in
a
way
that
ensures
inclusive
growth,
the
city
and
cdc's
need
to
work
together
to
develop
a
long-term
strategy
for
corridors.
R
R
We
need
to
make
sure
that
cdcs
can
continue
to
do
this
crucial
work.
We
will
need
public
support
for
corridor
programs
and
city
programs
like
tcb
and
sip,
and
we
will
need
to
reduce
barriers
and
strengthen
networks
to
ensure
that
small
businesses
can
access
available
resources.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
D
D
We
all
see
and
know
what
these
problems
are,
but
what
happens
is
sometimes
the
solutions
require
the
co,
the
collaboration
of
different
arms,
whether
it's
the
government,
private
industry,
foundations,
the
businesses
on
and
on,
and
so
what
black
squirrel
is
is
designed
to
do
is
to
be
that
nexus.
Point
that
place
where
we
can
bring
all
the
pieces
of
the
solution
together
so
that
we
can
come
up
with
the
best
solution.
D
So,
as
I
said,
my
name
is
kevin
williams
and
I'm
not
going
to
start
off
by
repeating
a
lot
of
the
same
things
that
other
people
have
talked
about.
Everybody
here
has
given
great
testimony
to
what
the
problems
are
and
our
problems
aren't
new
and
they're
not
solely
due
to
the
pandemic
or
the
looting.
That's
taken
place
recently.
D
A
lot
of
these
incidences
just
made
it
worse,
but
because
the
corridors
have
been
collect
neglected
for
so
long.
The
solution
is
going
to
require
more
of
an
investment
to
right.
The
ship
it'd
be
nice
if
we
were
able
to
start
chipping
away
at
things,
but
the
situations
become
dire,
it
needs
it's
going
to
really
require
financial
investment.
It's
going
to
require
a
great
strategic
investment
in
order
to
to
really
get
things
where
they
need
to
be.
D
As
I
said,
the
solutions
for
our
corridors
are
going
to
require
what
we're
going
to
call
a
stackable
solution
with
a
short,
mid
and
long
term
straight
long
range
strategy
and
it'll
need
to
be
implemented
by
all
of
the
parties
that
I
just
mentioned.
It's
going
to
have
to
include
the
city
it's
going
to
have
to
include
private
industry,
it's
going
to
include
foundations,
and
it's
going
to
include
the
businesses
themselves.
D
D
A
lot
of
money
has
been
poured
into
the
small
businesses
and
in
an
effort
to
help
them
to
stay
afloat
and
hoping
that
things
change,
but
nothing
has
changed
and
the
reality
is
as
in
most
cases
when
you
have
when
there's
a
shortage
of
money.
That's
when
you
realize
where
your
real
problems
are,
and
so
now
we
see
what
the
problems
are.
We
need
to
address
them
just
putting
money
into
it
to
kick
the
can
down.
D
D
I
don't
think
of
most
of
the
businesses
can
see
themselves
moving
forward
and
actually
growing
in
the
future
without
technology
as
a
part
of
it,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
a
plan
and
strategy.
We
talk
about
a
plan
and
strategy
on
the
city
level.
We
need
to
talk
about
a
more
of
a
detailed
strategy
and
it'd
be
great
if
it
could
come
from
some
of
the
corridor
managers
where
they
have
their
playbook
and
say:
okay,
when
these
type
of
problems
exist.
D
These
are
the
solutions
that
the
businesses
need
to
be
aware
of.
To
in
order
to
resolve
some
of
the
problems
and
it's
to
make
sure
that
people
can
be
more,
what's
the
word
you
don't
have
to
be
reactive,
you
can
be
proactive,
so
some
technology
having
a
strategy
and
really
looking
at
the
financial
structure
of
these
companies
and
along
the
corridor,
absolutely
will
help,
and
it
will
then
give
us
an
opportunity
to
start
looking
at
some
of
the
aesthetics
and
start
doing
more
of
a
build
on
the
aesthetics.
D
So,
as
jim
pointed
out,
you
can
make
this
more
appealing
and
a
lot
of
these
corridors,
just
as
people
have
pointed
out
whether
it's
haddenfield
or
whether
it's
on
chestnut
in
chestnut
hill.
They
are
destination
points
and
we
have
some
great
destination
points
along
some
of
these
corridors.
We
just
have
to
revitalize
and
we
have
to
help
them
rebuild
and
grow
as
we
look
at
what
the
long-term
solution
needs
to
be.
This
is
where
we
actually
understand
why
these
corridors
exist.
D
D
We
talked
about
an
assessment.
Councilwoman
talked
about
an
assessment
of
the
corridors.
Absolutely
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
focus
on
at
black
squirrel.
An
assessment
of
the
corridor
is
needed,
but
an
assessment
of
each
business
is
needed.
We
there's
no
such
thing
as
a
cookie
cutter
solution.
What
works
for
lancaster
avenue
is
not
going
to
necessarily
be
the
proper
solution
for
63rd
street
or
5th
street
or
7th
street.
So
we
need
to
understand
exactly
what
the
different
cultures
are
in.
B
E
E
Yeah
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
say,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
to
to
each
of
you
for
participating
jim
burnett.
You
were
to
answer
you
and
and
other
members
of
the
cdfi
networks.
You
were
were
our
answer
when
we
were
learning
that
our
small
business
owners
weren't
banked
right
very
much
like
many
low-wage
workers,
you
know
in
neighborhoods
across
the
city
of
philadelphia
who
aren't
banked
right.
E
They
go
to
check
cashing
places
to
take
care
of
their
banking,
and
so
we
want
you
to
know
that
in
this
city
council
we've
been
strong
advocates
of
of
advocating
for
cdfis
to
have
a
significant
role.
I
mean
we
wrote
to
the
feds
we
mentioned
it.
You
know
to
the
state
and
obviously
our
commerce
department
has
been
communicating
with
that
network.
So
we
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
you
for
that,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
affirming
that.
E
E
What
you
just
want
things
to
look
a
certain
way
and
I'm
saying
yeah,
because
it
does
send
a
message
that
when
you
look
across
the
street
you
know
it's
nice,
it's
bright,
it's
lit,
it
looks
appealing
it's
green
and
trees,
it's
decorated
and
then
I
come
down
my
block.
You
know
the
quarter
around
the
corner
from
my
house
and
it's
you
know
it's
none
of
that.
So
thank
you
for
acknowledging
that
that
does
matter.
Paul
levy
want
you
to.
E
If
you
can
paul,
can
you
put
that
that
slide
back
up
again,
where
you
showed
the
weatherization
if
you're
still
on?
I
just
wanted
to
see
it
because
I
wanted
to
state-
and
I
know
this
is
important
to
chairman
squilla-
that
and
chairman
squilla.
I
I
you
guys.
I
know
you've
been
having
some
intense
discussions
about
this,
but
I
I
that's
my
that's
my
german
shepherd
puppy.
I'm
sorry
he's
he's
playing
with
that
thing.
The
outdoor
seating,
the
outdoor
seating
chairman
squilla.
E
For
me
personally,
I
would
rather
have
indoor
dining
and
outdoor
dining
so
that
restaurants,
they
have
the
ability
I
want
them
to
like
make
up
as
much
as
they
possibly
can
to
double
the
capacity.
So
I
don't
even
to
get
through
the
now
again
we
start
talking
about.
You
know
what
we
with
council
president's
leadership.
Chairman
squirrel,
you
know
we
were
talking
about
the
new
normal.
I
think
this
whole
outdoor
dining
piece
should
become
a
part
of
our
new
normal.
E
A
A
E
Okay,
well
I
never
I
mean
I
don't
know,
I
mean
again,
council
member,
dom
chairman
squirler,
because
you're
you're
districts
and
you're
like
in
center
city,
more
than
I
am
maybe
those
plastic
circles,
that's
the
first
time
I
had
ever
seen
them
before
paul.
So
if
you
could
get
that
email
over
to
us,
I
mean
you
know-
I
mean
chairman
squirler.
E
I
may
not
have
some
of
the
big
time
center
city
state,
restaurants
in
the
ninth
district,
but
I've
got
david
sims
from
edible,
delights,
who's
down
on
wise
earth
avenue
and
he
needs
outdoor
seating.
So
maybe
that's
something
you
know
that
could
help
them.
So
I
would
really
like
to
do
that.
Paul
yeah.
A
B
A
Well,
the
other
other
thing
that
we're
going
to
start
doing
that
we
want
to
sort
of
do.
Citywide
is
just
push
everyone
in
january,
just
by
takeout
and
and
go
to
the
website
or
directly
don't
go
through
the
inter
intermediary
buy
takeout.
You
want
us
to
keep
jobs
alive,
do
take
out
in
january
and
february,
because
I'm
not
sure
I'm
going
to
sit
in
one
of
those
on
a
15
degree
night,
but
I'll
do
takeout.
E
Okay,
no,
that
that's
good
paul.
The
last
thing
I
want
you
to
just
get
on
the
record
for
us
and
again
you
heard
jim
burnett,
affirm
it
as
well,
and
you
affirmed
it
in
your
testimony
when
we're
jumping
up
and
down
about
aesthetic
appeal
again,
people
start
saying
you
just
want
things
to
look
pretty
paul.
I
want
you
to
talk
about
what
aesthetic
appeal
means
to
your
customer
base
in
center
city
and
and
how
it
would
impact
corridors
across
the
city
if
they
had
access
to
it.
A
Well,
I
mean
you
sort
of
alluded
to
it
when
you
talked
about
the
suburbs,
it's
not
just
simply
the
commercial
corridors,
everybody's
gotten
accustomed
to
driving
to
suburban
shopping
centers,
which
are
climate
controlled
in
which
a
ton
of
money
is
spent
on
lighting
on
amenities
inside
that's
what
the
customer
expects.
Now
we
all
want
to
patronize
our
local
commercial
carters,
but
they've
got
to
look
appealing.
People
want
to
go
there.
A
They
need
to
feel
about
good
about
being
there
and
there's
a
clear
evidence
that
when
you
make
those
investments,
it
increases
the
revenue
to
businesses
on
those
gardeners.
This
is
about
choice.
When
we
have
many
choices-
and
you
know
I
said
this
before-
you
could
buy
online
too
or
you
could
go
to
a
real
place
to
go
to
a
real
place.
You
want
to
be
attracted
there
by
amenities
by
investment
in
lighting
landscaping.
B
To
thank
jim,
you
know
kevin
rachel
and
jesse,
and
everybody
who
testified
because
hearing
what
your
concerns
are
are
important
enough
to
know
how
we
could
then
work
and
not
work
together
with
the
administration
and
really
with
the
businesses.
The
businesses
know
what
they
can
and
cannot
do.
They're
they're,
the
ones
who
should
be
telling
us
and
where
we
should
be
helping
them.
We're
not
we're
not
the
pros
in
this
business
industry.
You
know
we
really
need
your
input
and
by
you
providing
that
it's
a
big
help
to
launch
us.
B
S
S
We
are
a
full-service
optical
retail
store
that
focuses
on
underserved
communities
and
our
surrounding
area.
We
focus
on
what
helps
the
community
we
we
currently
when
we
first
opened
we
had
before
pre-pandemic
we
had
about
seven
employees,
seven
full-time
employees
and
two
part-time
employees,
post
pandemic
or
after
the
pandemic.
S
We
are
now
down
to
one
location
and
four
full-time
and
one
and
two
part-time
employees,
primarily
because
some
of
our
employees
didn't
want
to
come
back
because
they
just
had
children
and
they
were
afraid
of
contracting
anything
and
taking
it
back
home
and
secondly,
because
of
the
civil
unrest
that
happen.
You
know
around
the
52nd
street
corridor.
We
also
employ
optometrists
to
work
in
our
office
and
because
they're,
not
necessarily
from
this
neighborhood
or
maybe
understand
the
culture
they
did
not
want
to
necessarily
come
back.
So
you
know
we
were.
S
S
And
basically,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
minority
businesses,
not
just
no
asian
and
indian
businesses
that
are
on
my
corridor.
I
found
it
very
interested
during
the
times
of
covet
and
the
unrest
when
there
were
grants
and
loans
available,
because
I
have
befriended
them
and
we
talked,
and
you
know
we
built
a
report.
S
It
was
very
hard
for
them
to
understand
how
to
file
those
applications.
So
you
know
I
took
it
upon
myself
for
some
of
them
to
make
sure
I
opened
my
offices,
so
they
could
use
my
computer,
so
I
could
kind
of
explain
what
these
grunts
were
or
who
they
should
get
in
contact
with,
because
I
you
know
post
everything
before
everything
happened.
S
I
kind
of
built
reports
with
people
at
the
enterprise
center
and
the
merchant
fund
and
with
the
pdic,
and
I
was
able
to
get
a
lot
of
the
things
that
I
applied
for.
I
was
able
to
get
some
grants
and
I
was
able
to
get
the
ppp,
although
even
with
the
ppp,
I
did
not
get
my
full
hundred
percent
of
what
my
payroll
was.
I
got
about
35
percent
of
what
my
payroll
was
because
going
off
of
their
calculator,
because
I
do
have
some
1099s
that
were
for
me.
S
My
doctors
are
all
1099's,
so
I
was
only
able
to
get
a
little
bit
of
the
ppp
which
helped
because
my
employees
also
weren't
able
to
apply
for
the
unemployment,
because
unemployment
was
bombarded
with
so
many
other
people
waiting
for
the
unemployment.
So
the
ppp
did
help
a
lot
of
the
grants
that
we,
the
small
grants,
that
we
got
from
the
merchant
fund
and
pdic
that
did
help.
S
But
what
do
what
do
I
do
now?
When
we
face
with
another
potential
closure,
my
employees
now
are
afraid
to
come
to
work,
full-time
or
work
close
with
the
customer.
We're
we're
not
just
retail
we're,
also
health.
So
you
know
we
have
a
specialty
type
business.
We
have
to
work
closely
with
these
customers
and
I
think
grants
help
and
they
they've
helped
me.
But
what
do?
What
do
we
do
now,
after
you've
received
the
grant?
What
other
type
of
technical
assistance
or
programs
is
out
there
to
help
us
actually
open
safely?
S
Understand
where
we
are
with
even
trying
to
apply
for
loans
for
long-term
loans,
I
ca
and
to
be
honest,
I
really.
I
don't
believe
that
I'm
afraid
I
should
say
to
apply
for
a
loan,
because
I'm
like
am
I
going
to
be
opening
the
next
six
months.
You
know
where
is
this
pandemic
going?
So
I
I
guess
just
not
knowing
that
not
knowing
the
unknown
is
what
kind
of
scares
myself
in
a
lot
of
businesses
around
me.
B
Tiffany,
thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
I
know
councilmember
dom
had
said
too
how
important
it
is
to
to
know
what
the
future
holds.
Where
are
we
going?
How
will
the
vaccines
roll
out?
How
long
do
we
believe
it
would
take
to
inoculate
as
many
people
as
possible
in
order
to
get
people
back
to
work
so
there's
things
that
we
could
work
with
our
health
department
on
also
is
there
are
there
going
to
be
requirements?
B
B
Justin
are
you
available
and
I
apologize.
This
has
been
a
long
hearing
and
but
it's
very
important
to
hear
everybody's
input
and
we
know
some
people
aren't
able
to
stay
with
us
the
whole
time.
But
if
you
want
to
submit
your
testimony
in
writing,
we
will
add
it
to
the
record.
If
you
weren't
able
to
say
it
in,
can
we
can
we?
Please
have
adelia
idalia
aiden.
C
B
B
B
B
Q
Q
As
as
I
listen
to
all
the
business
owners
and
council,
I
just
have
to
say
with
a
little
bit
of
compassion
and
empathy,
we
feel
your
pain
and
councilman
dom
councilman
squilla.
You
know
how
much
you've
helped
us
and
all
the
other
council
members
so
I'll,
be
pleased
knowing
that
I
guess
I'm
the
last
one
to
go
so
we
should
move
along.
Q
We've
been
we've
been
in
business
here
at
the
sporting
club
for
32
years,
I've
managed
to
oversee
the
management
of
it
for
all
that
time,
apparently,
we've
been
closed
for
six
months
out
of
the
12
months
in
220.,
so
those
devastations
are
obvious
and
we
don't.
I
won't
go
through
all
the
you
know,
the
more
the
details
we
employ
94
people,
43
of
which
are
full-time.
Q
I
can't
name
names,
but
many
of
them
support
their
families.
So
this
has
been
a
very,
very
difficult
time
for
them.
We
have
kept
them
on
health
benefits.
Just
because
you
know
it's
the
business
we
want.
We
believe
that
health
and
fitness
centers
are
essential
as
a
grocery
store,
maybe
not
as
fire
first
responders
and
hospitals,
but
we're
essential.
For
the
many
reasons-
physical,
mental,
emotional
and
social
health
for
people
to
come,
so
we
want
to
be
open.
We
will
do
everything
to
stay
open,
the
devastation
actually
from
the
map
we
had
in
general
numbers.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
And
then
you
walk
down
walnut
street
up
to
written
elsewhere
and
it's
just
sad
to
see
some
gorgeous
gorgeous
companies
and
retailers.
Big
ones
like
nordstrom
and
small
little
ones
like
restaurants,
on
samsung
street,
many
of
which
are
off
of
these
business
owners,
are
our
members.
So
in
summary,
we're
all
in
it
together
we
suffered,
but
we
stay
optimistic
because
that's
the
one
thing
that
fitness
and
health
will
do
for
you
and
we
again
have
empathy
for
all
the
business
owners
and
certainly
appreciate
and
thank
everything
council
has
done.
B
Well,
fran,
thank
you
for
your
your
testimony,
much
appreciated
and
we
know
the
devastation
in
the
gym
market
and
what's
going
on
there
and
and
we
also
appreciate
the
efforts
that
the
gyms
have
put
in
when
they
were
open
to
really
pay
attention
to
limit
the
spread
in
those
facilities,
as
as
they
were
open
and
following
all
proper
guidelines
and
procedures.
So
we
we
appreciate
that
strongly
and
we'll
continue
to
work
with
you
as
we
move
forward.
So
thank
you
very
much,
mr
mcmonicle.
R
R
This
is
we
that
we're
just
starting
our
third
year
now
during
the
onset
of
the
pandemic,
we
did
close
for
a
couple
of
months,
because
at
that
time
everything
was
very
strict
and
everyone
was
shut
down
and
initially
our
business
to
go
back
a
bit.
Our
business
is
a
event:
space,
creative
space,
slash
embroidery
and
screen
printing
services.
R
So
before
covering
virus,
we
did
art
shows,
and
we
all
supported
local
artists
and
music
artists.
So
we
would
have
art
gallery
showings
for
the
local
philadelphia
artists.
We
would
have
music
shows
music
sessions
for
local
musicians
that
are
like
just
within
the
neighborhood
within
francisville
and
fairmount.
But
because
of
that,
we
had
to
close
everything
down
and
once
the
onset
of
the
pandemic
came,
we
cancelled
all
our
events.
R
A
lot
of
our
screen,
printing
and
embroidery
orders
were
cancelled
too,
because
they
were
associated
with
some
other
events
and
because
of
you
know,
domino
effect.
So
there
was
a
lot
of
monetary
impact
there,
as
well
as
our
community
impact.
In
regards
to
the
events.
Currently,
we
have
been
able
to
reopen
with
the
guidelines
face,
masks
social
desisting,
we're
not
hosting
any
events
anymore.
R
In
fact,
we've
adapted
our
business
to
separate
the
front
of
our
store
where
the
boutique
is
located,
where
we
sell
local
merchandise,
locally,
made
merchandise
and
then
the
back,
which
is
where
our
workshop
is
we're
a
pretty
small
space.
So
I
don't
think
we
can
afford
to
offer
any
events
with
social
distancing,
because
even
with
social
like
face
masks
we're
too
close
knit.
So
we
just
kind
of
cut
those
off
entirely.
So
we
lost
that
community
engagement
on
that
side.
R
One
of
the
questions
is
that
I
wanted
to
touch
is:
have
we
been
able
to
access
any
of
the
grants
and
loans
made
available
by
the
city
and
for
as
many
other
business
owners
have
encountered,
we've
been
denied
for
all
of
them.
Honestly,
I
think
we've
been
just
too
small,
we're
just
two
years
old
and
it's
just
my
husband
and
I
so
we
don't
really
have
we
don't
have
employees,
it's
just
him,
and
I,
and
so
it's
been
really
helpful
with
the
fairmount
cdc,
the
north
broad
renaissance
and
the
merchants
fund.
R
Those
have
been
significant
contributors
to
our
sustainability.
We
wouldn't
be
here
today,
and
sometimes
I
get
emotional
talking
about
it
because,
honestly,
we
wouldn't
be
open
today,
without
the
help
of
sarah
jane
and
roger
jordan
rogers,
as
well
as
shalamar
from
the
north
broad
renaissance.
We
appreciate
them
deeply
and
giving
us
the
information
that
we
need
to
apply
to
these
grants
that
we
didn't
know
existed
otherwise
the
condition
of
north
broad
street
in
regards
to
the
corridor.
I
liked
a
lot
what
councilwoman
parker
was
saying
as
well
as
jennifer
rodriguez.
R
Like
that
attractiveness.
You
know
it
seems
a
little
superficial,
but
when
it
comes
to
engaging
or
enticing
shoppers,
I
look
at
it
as
like.
If
the
place
looks
nice,
people
will
want
to
be
a
part
of
it.
So
I
think
that
would
be.
I
think,
that's
a
really
great
and
I
really
look
forward
to
all
the
work
that
you
guys
will
be
doing,
for
that.
R
Broaden
parish
is
not
a
very
popular
neighborhood
for
shopping
or
for
customers
to
want
to
come
walk
through
honestly
for
the
past
four
years,
but
now
with
the
creation
of
the
met
and
the
other
locations
like
the
divine
lorraine
and
other
rehabilitation
projects
are
really
bringing
more
people.
In
my
husband-
and
I
have
lived
here
for
over
five
years-
we've
owned
the
business
for
only
two
and
we're
really
seeing
with
the
new
developments
new
people
coming.
R
So
I
think,
with
the
with
the
focus
on
maintaining
the
attractiveness,
as
well
as
the
safety
that
was
also
spoken
about,
is
very
important
to
incentivizing
consumers
to
come
here
to
sustain
our
businesses.
I
think
I
wanted
to
talk
about
specifically,
which
I
appreciate,
and
it's
probably
due
to
north
broad
renaissance
as
well.
R
The
specific
corner
on
broad,
broaden
parish
is
very.
A
lot
of
accidents
is
very
frequented
by
car
accidents.
In
fact,
the
first
four
days
before
we
opened
our
store
for
the
big
opening
a
car
crashed
into
the
building,
and
luckily
the
building
was
okay,
the
worst
that
came
from
it
is
that
we
had
to
replace
our
front
door
but
other
than
that
no
serious
injuries
and
everything
was
okay,
but
not
up
until
recently.
R
In
fact,
three
days
ago
there
was
a
major
car
accident
again,
even
though
there
were
a
green
arrow
light
put
up
for
a
traffic
to
turn
on
paris
street
left,
but
there
was
a
really
bad
car
accident
and
a
car
even
smashed
into
uhuru
furniture
store
right
next
to
us.
So
I
don't.
I
know
that
the
green
arrow
was
instituted
there,
but
I
would
like
to
see
some
signage,
perhaps
to
let
drivers
know
that
there
is
a
green
arrow
to
wait
for,
and
another
person
mentioned.
R
Perhaps
some
polls-
I
don't
know
if
it's
gonna
look
as
pretty
or
how
we
can
make
it
not
look
so
industrial,
but
maybe
some
street
poles
to
block
the
stores,
but
luckily
uhuru
has
their
furniture
out.
So
there
was
like
some
cushion
there
and
the
street
cleaning.
I
really
really
do
appreciate
north
broad
renaissance
street
cleaning
crew
that
comes
through
broad
street.
It's
helped
significantly
within
the
last
few
years
with
the
trash
and
it
there
was
a
moment
I
saw
you
know
they
were
coming
frequently
down
this
part
of
broad
street.
R
R
R
These
really
helped
because
they're
the
boots
on
the
ground
that
you
guys
mentioned
they're
the
ones
who
are
talking
to
us
every
day
directly
and
we
need
those
types
of
people
that
are
coming
to
us
because
we
don't
know
where
to
go
necessarily
and
then
I
think
that's
everything
I
wanted
to
talk
on,
but
other
than
that.
I
really
appreciate
being
here,
and
I
really
appreciate
hearing
all
the
work
that
you
guys
want
to
do.
R
I
wanted
to
just
recommend
one
thing
that
if
anyone
wanted
to
talk
to
me
about
just
hearing
a
lot
about
how
you
want
to
kind
of
streamline
an
idea
or
solutions
for
businesses
within
neighborhoods,
my
sister
and
I
are
trying
to.
We
came
up
with
an
idea
about
trying
to
provide
a
a
web
page
that
works
like
amazon
or
grubhub
headache.
R
R
So
I
would
love
to
share
her
proposal
with
you
guys,
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
still
needs
to
get
done,
because
there's
a
lot
of
conflicts
and
challenges
with
that,
but
from
we've
talked
about
with
local
businesses,
they're
really
interested
in
finding
or
creating
a
platform
where
local
consumers
can
find
them
through
the
neighborhoods
like
it
could
be
neighborhood
by
neighborhood,
but
that's
just
one
idea
that
I
was
coming
across
with
my
sister.
If
anyone
wants
to
have
any
questions
about
it.
Thank
you
for
your
time
again.
B
E
E
R
B
B
B
S
Right
and
we
we
opened
at
the
most
inopportune
time,
but
we
were.
We
had
a
lot
of
support.
I
want
to
first
start
off
with
thanking
celine
wilson
from
the
department
of
commerce
and
also
shirelle
parker
and
her
associates
in
her
office.
They
have
been
incredibly
helpful
in
this
time
as
a
business
owner
as
a
new
business
owner.
You
all
are
always
faced
with
challenges
in
it
of
itself,
but
with
a
global
pandemic
going
on.
S
Sometimes,
as
a
woman,
we
are
overlooked
and
unheard
and
we
had
an
opportunity
to
talk
to
shirelle
parker's
office
and
they
actually
heard
and
listened
to
our
concerns
and
and
things
that
we
want
to
develop
in
the
community
as
well
and
just
partner
with
them
to
not
only
beautify
but
to
strengthen
and
grow
the
community.
So
I,
what
I
really
appreciate
is
not
only
the
resources
but
actually
making
sure
that
we
have
the
right
information
and
also
to
have
a
follow-up
celine
was
able
to
after
we
open.
S
S
I
know
that
some
of
the
downfalls
because
of
the
pandemic
was
no
no
grant
funding
for
our
business
because
it
was,
it
wasn't
necessarily
open
yet,
but
we
still
had
a
mortgage.
We
still
had
to
pay
bills
and
we
still
struggled
greatly,
and
that
was
a
disadvantage
that
I
felt
was.
It
was
an
equal.
We
didn't
have
equality
in
that
area
because
we
did
not
have
the
funding
opposed
to
someone
who
didn't
have
employees.
S
We
are
a
growing
neighborhood
and
we're
probably
the
second
bakery
in
in
the
community
right
now,
so
that
is,
I
see,
shirelle
parker
dancing
but
yeah.
We
we're
excited
about
that
and
excited
about
extending
book,
reading
programs
and
all
different
types
of
things
that
we
have
lined
up,
that
we
would
love
to
work
with
the
city
with,
but
again
it
takes.
S
I
do
believe
that
alone
you
can
do
little,
but
with
with
together,
we
can
do
so
much.
So
if
the
the
city
can
partner
with
us
and
we
have
the
resources
and
not
only
that
but
building
a
community
for
business
owners
where
we
have
a
facebook
where,
if
I
don't
get
the
information,
maybe
somebody
else
has
it
because
they
talk
to
a
city
official.
E
Chairman
squealer,
if
I
may,
I
just
want
to
mr
chairman,
say
just
a
super
special.
Thank
you.
The
only
reason
why
I
didn't
get
by
today
is
I
was
getting
prepared
for
this.
You
all
know
that
we
would
not
have
still
been
here.
We
were
supposed
to
start
at
one
o'clock.
You
would
delay
an
entire
hour.
We
want
you
to
know
it
happens
in
government
sometimes,
but
we
thank
you
so
much
for
staying
and
thank
you
for
mentioning
the
importance
of
celine
wilson,
helping
you
navigate
government
right
during
this
difficult
time.
E
Departments
close
you
need
to
get
to
people.
So
that's
what
we
were
talking
about
when
you
heard
council,
member,
dom
and
council
chairman,
squilla
and
and
and
councilman
green,
all
talk
about
the
importance
of
making
sure
that
commerce
department
is
funded.
If,
if
they
don't
get
the
appropriate
funding,
there
is
no
celine
wilson
there
or
a
karen
fegli
or
ivan
boyd,
who
who's
doing
the
valuable
work
on
the
ground
to
make
sure
businesses
like
you
get
what
they
need.
E
So
when
you
hear
you
know
councilman
school
of
myself
and
my
our
colleagues
raising
kane
about
funding
for
for
commerce
and
councilwoman
catherine
gilmore
richardson,
I
see
that
she's
here.
That's
why
so
we're
going
to
stay
in
touch
with
you
and
chairman
squealer
and
councilwoman
gilmore
richardson.
I
do
want
you
to
know
that
she's
on
the
mighty
washington
lane
in
the
mighty
ninth
councilmanic
district,
just
for
the
record.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
opening.
We
appreciate
you
all.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
member
parker.
I
appreciate
that
and
everybody
who's
they
don't
I
put
in
the
chat
and
thanking
everybody
for
really
hanging
in
there.
I
know
I
think
mr
lee
is
still
on.
I
think
he
wanted
to
testify
and
make
monopolies
anybody
else
become.
Mr
lee,
hello,
do
you
hear
me
that
should
be
it.
Mr
chairman,.
F
Mr
chief,
this
is
councilmember
gilmore
richardson.
I
just
wanted
to
also
offer
my
congratulations
on
the
opening
of
catherine's
bakery
spelled
with
the
c
for
the
record
in
the
mighty
ninth
councilmedic
district
and
on
the
washington
lane
corridor,
and
I
too
plan
to
support
your
business
as
well,
but
I
just
wanted
to
congratulate
you
for
your
perseverance
for
working
through
the
challenges
that
are
presented,
as
you
start
a
business
in
the
middle
of
a
once-in-a-lifetime
pandemic.
F
So
I
just
wanted
to
offer
my
congratulations
as
well,
and
I
saw
some
of
the
photos
on
social
media
already
with
the
balloons
outside
of
your
awning.
I
thought
everything
was
gorgeous.
So
congratulations
to
you
and
I
look
forward
to
supporting
you.
Thank
you,
councilmember
parker
and
your
staff
for
working
with
her
and
all
the
businesses
on
your
corridors
and
for
your
laser
beam
focus
on
your
corridors.
In
the
ninth
council
district,
I
had
an
opportunity
to
review
the
information
that
was
posted
in
the
chat
earlier
in
the
hearing.
F
B
Thank
you
remember:
gilmore
richton.
I
appreciate
your
input
there
and
it
is
great
to
hear
that
our
business
is
still
opening
during
these
trying
times.
So
a
lot
of
credit
goes
out
there
after
you
and
mr
lee,
if
you're
there,
if
you
just
want
to
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
then
proceed
with
your
testimony
yeah,
do
you
hear
me.
J
B
J
J
Most
people
told
me
not
to
get
involved
in
the
hardware
business
because
it
would
be
too
hard
to
compete
with
the
home
depot
and
lows,
but
I
know
that
I
could
do
it
because
I
would
offer
goods
and
customer
services
that
the
big
change
stores
do
not
when
the
pandemic
became
began
began.
My
wife
wanted
me
to
close
the
store,
but
the
neighbors
needed
the
place
to
buy
mass
latex,
gloves
and
sani
pads
and
things.
J
J
J
If
the
city
could
do
one
thing
to
make
things
better
for
my
business,
it
would
be
to
provide
low
or
no
interest
loans.
Working
capital
would
help
me,
buy
more
merchandise
or
fix
the
front
of
my
store
and
put
up
a
new
sign.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify.
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
B
Mr
lee,
thank
you
so
much
for
testifying
and
we
appreciate
your
input
and
tenacity
to
really
care
about
your
community
and
that's
one
thing
we
could
say
about
our
small
businesses
in
our
neighborhoods
that
they
are
part
of
the
community.
They
are
the
community
and
and
we
work
together,
people
who
live
there
and
work
there,
it's
so
important
to
have
that
cohesion
and
you're
a
pure
example
of
doing
that.
I
know
councilmember
parker,
you
wanted
to
say
something.
E
Yeah
just
right
very
briefly,
mr
chairman,
to
justin
lee.
I
want
to
say
a
special
thank
you
to
you.
You
know
a
chairman,
squealer
and
council
members
brooks
and
gilmore
richardson.
Didn't
you
feel
a
little
bit
of
his
philly
come
out
of
him
when
he
said
people
thought
that
I
couldn't
compete
with
home
depot
and
lowe's,
but
he
said
I
knew
that
I
could
offer
the
customer
service
that
they
didn't
offer.
E
So
that
spirit,
mr
lee
justin
lee,
that's
what
we
that's,
who
we
are
in
philadelphia
and
we
heard
that
merchants
fund
from.
I
must
probably
about
five
or
ten
people
on
here.
Talking
about
how
helpful
that
merchant
fund
has
been,
we
heard
from
you
low
or
no
entrance
loans
and
obviously
grants
and
again
aesthetic
appeal.
So
again,
the
council
members
brooks
richardson,
oh
and
chairman
squilla,
whenever
when
we
start
raising
these
issues
about
improving
these
quarters,
the
blocks
the
physical
appearance.
E
You
know
you
know
the
the
storefront
improvement
programs
along
with
cameras
and
lights
and
then,
when
we
talk
about
a
police
presence
walking
on
quarters.
When
we
talk
about
these
things,
people
should
not
say
that
we're
just
talking
about
aesthetic
appeal.
It's
not
us
thinking,
we
know
what's
best
for
the
business
owners.
They
were
here
today
to
tell
us
what's
best
for
them,
and
so
I
appreciate
that
and
again,
mr
chairman,
I
want
to
say
to
you
to
diamond
to
all
members
of
the
committee
is
43
again.