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Description
City of Philadelphia
Public Hearing Notice
The Committee on Commerce & Economic Development of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, at 10:00 AM, in Room 400, City Hall, to hear testimony on the following items:
190421 Resolution authorizing the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development to hold hearings regarding the PHL Neighborhood Growth project.
Immediately following the public hearing, a meeting of the Committee on Commerce & Economic Development, open to the public, will be held to consider the action to be taken on the above listed items.
A
B
B
Good
morning,
everyone,
this
is
a
hearing
now
call
to
order.
This
is
a
public
hearing
on
the
City
Council's
Committee
on
Commerce
and
economic
development.
The
purpose
of
this
public
hearing
is
to
hear
testimony
on
resolution
number
one:
nine
zero
four
two
one
I
recognize
the
presence
of
a
quorum
with
Councilman
Colin,
burger
council,
council
person,
council
person,
Parker
count
myself
and
council
person,
green
and
council
person
dawn.
Miss
Williams.
Will
you
please
read
the
title
of
the
resolution.
C
D
You
chairman
Jones
the
pleasure
to
be
here
this
morning.
This
work
was
really
important.
Working
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
We
all
know
we
have
a
very
high
rate
of
poverty
and
I've,
often
taken
to
believe
and
I
said
this
publicly
that,
in
order
for
us
to
get
out
of
poverty,
we
need
to
grow
out
of
poverty
and
one
of
the
ways
that
we
do,
that
is
by
having
neighborhood
growth,
especially
on
our
neighbor
commercial
Carter's.
D
Why
we
have
this
hearing
this
neighborhood
growth
project
and
have
opportunity?
Have
this
conversation
and
we
to
try
to
move
the
needle
help,
grow
businesses
and
promote
growth
I'm
through
the
city
of
Adelphia?
So
we
can
reduce
the
partnering
city.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
various
organizations,
business
owners
that
are
here,
representative
of
the
community,
to
kind
of
testify
the
need
to
work
in
a
collaborative
effort
to
grow
out
of
poverty
and
promote
neighbor
growth.
D
B
Thank
you
and
you
make
me
feel
nostalgic
about
my
days
at
PCBs.
He
fell
off
the
commercial
development
corporation.
That's
a
deep
recessed
memory
that
often
pops
out
in
policy
or
in
council
chambers.
So
thank
you.
I
also
want
to
recognize
Councilwoman
Blackwell
one
other
committee
who
has
joined
us
and
Councilwoman
Sanchez,
who
has
also
joined
us
today
with
that
Miss
Williams.
Will
you
please
is?
Are
there
any
other
members
of
the
committee
or
members
that
would
like
to
testify
on
this
subject,
seeing
none
miss
Williams?
E
Thank
You
mr.
chairman,
this
is
indeed
an
honor,
a
pleasure
to
be
before
this
committee
today
and
at
the
outset,
I'd
just
like
to
offer
a
couple:
quick
reflections,
one
on
behalf
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
Greater
Philadelphia
and
the
entire
business
and
civic
community.
We
willing
to
applaud
and
thank
Councilwoman
black
Lorren
council
and
Pavan
Berger
for
their
public
service
to
this
great
city.
E
E
He
is
1,000%
correct
early
on
a
number
of
years
ago
now
we
felt
deeply
that
this
business
community
needed
with
a
tremendous
amount
of
humility
to
build
relationships
with
neighborhood
enterprises
and
organizations,
and
we
gathered
with
Derek
when
he
was
in
service
with
Councilwoman
tasco
and
with
then
state
representative
Dwight
Evans,
and
we
did
a
whole
lot
of
listening
on
that
part
of
our
city,
and
we
learned
a
lot
that
then
spawn
our
neighborhood
neighborhood
row
map
for
growth
initiative
led
by
my
colleague,
Evette
Nunez
and
as
you'll
hear.
Oh,
the
next.
E
Several
minutes
during
this
hearing
has
further
began
our
neighborhood
growth
initiative.
And
finally,
you
will
note
throughout
our
time
this
morning
there
are
a
number
of
individuals
that
have
joined
us
today.
These
are
grassroots
representatives,
community
organizations,
entrepreneurs,
individuals
from
our
membership,
a
real,
diverse
and
comprehensive
group
of
business
and
civic
leaders
here
on
their
own
time,
I
might
add,
committing
to
go
forth
and
work
in
collaboration
with
this
government
to
create
inclusive
growth
in
this
city.
This
past
spring
and
you'll
be
hearing
from
other
partners.
E
We
collaborated
with
the
African
American
Chamber
of
Commerce
Stephen
Scott
Bradley,
Jennifer
Rodriguez,
the
president
and
CEO,
the
Greater
Philadelphia
Hispanic
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
our
Asian
American
Chamber
of
Commerce
dictionary,
along
with
dozens
of
others,
civic,
religious
labor
and
business
leaders
across
the
city.
What
we
call
our
neighborhood
growth
project
is
a
natural
progression
from
a
roadmap
for
grow,
which
I
mentioned
a
few
moments
ago.
Well,
we're
now
working
in
neighborhoods
throughout
the
city
and
in
particular,
emphasis
on
each
of
our
council
Matic
district.
E
What
we
found
when
we
looked
at
the
data
earlier
this
spring
was
not
surprising
and
that,
while
the
city
of
Philadelphia
overall
has
done
well
too
many
of
our
communities
were
not
doing
as
well.
We
focused
on
economic
growth,
information
and
data
at
the
council,
Matic
district
level,
and
it
provided
a
team
direction
for
what
we
can
be.
What
can
be
done
to
ensure
that
every
Philadelphia
neighborhood
gets
the
support
it
needs
that
every
entrepreneurs
and
every
commercial
quarter
get
the
support
it
needs
to
grow
and
that
they
need
to
grow
and
thrive.
E
Furthermore,
we
spent
the
spring
engaging
with
the
community
leaders,
voters,
candidates
for
office
and
an
honest
dialogue
about
the
challenges
facing
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
We
ask
questions
about
programs
and
policies
that
will
help
best
this
city
address.
What
we
believe
is
the
biggest
challenge
facing
its
future,
and
that
is
the
poverty
that
limits
what
city
residents
can
achieve
individually
and
this
city
can
achieve
collectively,
but
that's
really
what
this
inclusive
growth
this
job
growth
agenda
is
all
about.
E
Is
the
simple
idea
that
in
every
neighborhood,
if
we're
going
to
share
in
that
prosperity
that
some
neighborhoods
are
seeing,
the
city
itself
is
seeing
that
we
must
focus
on
creating
jobs,
and
these
jobs
must
pay
family
sustaining
wages
and
adding
jobs
is
really
fundamentally
the
best
way
to
significantly
reduce
our
city's
poverty.
In
fact,
we
would
argue
it's
the
only
way
to
reduce
our
city's
poverty
now.
E
I
want
to
make
a
note,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
terms
flying
around
this
subject,
that
we
we
really
don't
want
to
focus
on
terms
such
as
echo,
a
little
growth,
because
echo
growth
implies
that
every
single
community
has
the
same
needs
or
once
and
what
we're
focused
on
is
inclusive
growth,
and
that
means
that
no
neighborhood
should
be
left
behind.
Each
neighborhood
is
uniquely
different.
E
This
council
knows
that
better
than
anybody
and
that
there'll
be
needed
emphasis
on
various
public
policies
so
that,
ultimately,
each
neighborhood
will
have
the
conditions
necessary
to
create
more
jobs
and
particularly
for
enterprise
jobs.
So
our
neighborhood
growth
project
is
based
on
four
pillars
and
you'll
be
hearing
a
more
detail
about
our
four
pillars
throughout
this
morning's
testimony:
number
one:
inclusive
growth
and
good
jobs;
number
two
education
and
workforce
modernization,
number
three
safe
and
healthy,
neighborhoods
and
finally,
number
four
putting
people
first
in
our
city
hall.
E
The
breadth
of
this
plan
recognizes
that
there
is
no
single
policy
that
will
foster
inclusive
growth,
because
neighborhood
needs,
as
I
mentioned
a
moment
ago,
are
indeed
different.
Some
communities
will
need
additional
Public
Safety.
Others
will
need
infrastructure
and
others
might
need
targeted
tax
credits
to
make
it
so
some
of
our
workers
in
our
neighbourhood
will
need
additional
education
and
training
and
every
single
business
in
our
neighborhood,
larger,
small
winning
tax
and
a
regulatory
system
that
is
implied
applied
fairly
and
consistently.
E
As
you
will
know,
in
recent
months
we've
hosted
community
meetings
or
roundtables.
We've
met
with
you
and
your
colleagues.
We've
met
with
the
administration
to
discuss
what
we
can
do
together
to
ensure
that
no
neighborhood
gets
left
behind.
We
signed
up
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
individuals,
as
coalition
members
and
we've
communicated
with
thousands
upon
thousands
of
Philadelphia
residents
to
discuss
the
issues
and
ask
them
to
add
their
voices
to
our
efforts.
E
We've
been
overwhelmed
by
the
strong
support
that
we
have
found
across
the
city
from
business
and
community
leaders
for
this
new
inclusive
job
growth
agenda.
We're
really
excited
about
what
can
be
achieved
by
working
together
over
the
next
several
months
and
years
and
closing
I
do
want
to
be
clear
that
this
business
community
oftentimes
I
shied
away
from
certain
legislative
initiatives
that
don't
address
issues
such
as
Public
Safety
and
healthy
neighborhoods,
but
no
more.
We
know
by
fostering
an
inclusive
job
growth
agenda
for
all
of
our
citizens
and
for
entrepreneurs,
regardless
of
zip
code.
E
B
F
I
would
like
to
take
this
moment
to
thank
Councilwoman,
Blackwell
and
Councilman
collenberg.
We
just
put
years
of
service
and
being
a
friend
of
the
chamber,
you
have
always
been
accessible
whenever
we
had
issues
I
wish
you
much
success
in
your
next
life,
but
thank
you
for
your
public
service
good
morning.
My
name
is
stephen.
Scott
bradley
I
serve
as
the
chair
of
African
American
Chamber
of
Commerce
of
Pennsylvania
Delaware
in
New
Jersey.
F
We
one
of
the
largest
and
oldest
organizations
dedicated
to
promoting
the
vision,
the
voice
and
value
of
black
business
ownership
in
Delaware,
Valley
we've
been
in
existence
over
26
years
and
we
have
over
400
members
across
the
tri-state
area.
Our
members
ship
includes
small,
medium
and
large
corporations
and
firms
in
the
region.
Some
of
our
firms
are
in
downtown
and
most
of
our
firms
are
in
the
neighborhood
we're
proud
to
be
a
founding
member
of
the
phl
neighborhood
growth
project.
F
We
joined
the
neighborhood
PHA
a
neighborhood
growth
project,
because
many
of
our
members
aren't
exactly
the
type
of
neighborhood
businesses
that
the
city
needs
to
foster
in
order
to
strong
to
build
a
stronger
economy.
The
phl
neighborhood
growth
project,
in
my
opinion,
is
the
first
attempt
by
the
business
community
to
broaden
the
discussion
from
away
from
just
jobs,
but
how
this
neighborhoods
grow
and
prosperous
in
our
region.
F
The
phl
neighborhood
agenda
focused
on
how
we
can
foster
and
support
entrepreneurs.
Broad
ideas
like
expanded
and
improve
access
to
education,
tax
and
regulatory
reforms
for
persistent
specific
recommendations
like
the
creation
of
a
neighborhood
revitalization
zones
and
supporting
neighborhood
commercial
districts,
which
is
important
for
our
region.
F
The
new
neighborhood
revitalization
zones
would
identify
highly
geographical
areas
that
have
twice
the
national
unemployment
rate
and
encourage
investments
specifically
focuses
on
supporting
new
high-growth
entrepreneurs,
and
we
know,
thanks
to
the
federal
government,
these
incentive
programs
there's
going
to
be
new
capital
investments
in
some
of
the
poorest
areas
of
our
region.
That
committed
commitments
should
be
paired
with
the
efforts
to
create
jobs
to
Philadelphia,
raise
residents
to
neighborhood
revitalization
zones.
F
I'm
excited
about
this
inclusive
growth
agenda.
Recognized
in
supporting
entrepreneurs
is
just
not
about
providing
money,
but
making
sure
these
firms
grow
and
strive
in
communities
that
there
currently
exists
and
these
communities
will
need
support
as
far
as
safe
clean,
attractive
areas
for
workers
customers.
That's
why
we
need
to
support
the
neighborhood
commercial
districts,
the
light
blood
of
many
communities,
especially
where
transportation
options
may
be
limited.
So
from
a
business
perspective,
these
commercial
corridors
are
ideal
places
to
build
grow
because
there
are
really
existed
in
these
areas.
F
A
Good
morning
my
name
is
Nasim
Martian
I,
also
known
as
an
extra
Noi
I
am
the
president
and
CEO
of
the
Asian
American
Chamber
of
Commerce
of
Greater
Philadelphia.
We
are
a
membership,
nonprofit
organization
that
serves
Asian
businesses,
individual
entrepreneurs
and
nonprofit
organization
for
the
growth
of
economy
and
employ
and
employment.
In
the
Greater
Philadelphia
area,
majority
of
Asian
business
owners
are
immigrants,
came
to
seek
better
life
and
to
pursue
American
dream.
Those
who
are
not
educated,
culturally
different
and
face
language
barriers
are
in
business
for
their
survival.
A
It
is
our
mission
is
to
help
those
businesses
to
survive
and
grow,
to
help
themselves
and
create
jobs
for
others.
City
needs
to
dedicate
resources
to
educate
and
help
these
businesses
to
comply
with
the
regulations
rather
than
slapping
with
the
pine
and
shutting
them
down.
Focus
on
entrepreneurship
is
one
of
the
reason
we
are
excited
to
be
member
of
the
Philadelphia
neighborhood
growth
project.
We
will
work
together
with
other
partners
and
business
community
to
reduce
poverty
by
helping
businesses
to
grow
in
our
neighborhoods.
A
The
first
step,
the
first
step
to
increasing
job
growth
and
reducing
the
city.
Poverty
rate
is
making
it
easier
for
entrepreneurs,
the
neighborhood
businesses
to
grow
and
cried--
starting
and
running
a
small
business
is
hard
enough
should
not
be
made
harder
by
unnecessary
red
tape
and
an
inflexible
and
unhelpful
bureaucracy.
A
There
is
my
pH
L
n
GP
called
for
the
adoption
of
business
owners
Bill
of
Rights
in
order
to
clear
the
way
for
entrepreneurs
to
focus
on
getting
off
the
ground
without
getting
bogged
down
in
silly
process
and
running
up
costly
legal
bills.
Every
business
needs
fairness,
equality
and
transparency
to
the
process
of
business
formation
and
oversight.
This
is
especially
true
and
underrepresented
communities
that
are
building
their
foundations
in
our
neighborhoods.
A
We
are
cured,
but
Kenny
Kenny
administration
announced
the
launch
of
business
owners
Bill
of
Rights,
which
has
been
long
championed
by
the
sustainable
business
network
in
Greater
Philadelphia.
These
reforms
stated
in
the
bill
of
rights
are
important.
They
are
timely
and
they
will
fundamentally
change
the
e
change,
the
ease
of
which
small
and
medium
businesses
are
able
to
grow
and
stop
and
build
stronger
neighborhood.
A
We
are
committed
to
working
with
Kenny
administration,
both
as
Asian
American,
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
members
of
the
pH
L
n
GP,
to
help
implement
these
critical
improvements.
In
closing,
thank
you
for
focusing
on
how
best
foster
inclusive
growth
in
Philadelphia
neighborhoods.
That
is
where
our
members
are
located,
where
they
are
growing
and
where
I
believe
the
future
of
our
city
lies.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
G
G
For
almost
three
decades,
gph
DC
has
been
the
leading
voice,
developing,
promoting
and
advocating
for
Hispanic
businesses
in
the
Greater
Philadelphia
region,
while
encouraging
the
advancement
and
economic
growth
of
the
Hispanic
community,
like
others
in
this
panel
I,
believe
that
the
intractable
intergenerational
poverty
that
we
see
across
the
city
is
the
greatest
threat
we
face,
but
more
specifically,
it
is
the
greatest
threat
that
the
Hispanic
community
faces.
The
fact
is
that
up,
38%
Hispanics
are
the
poorest
demographic
in
Philadelphia.
G
There
is
ample
evidence
that
an
increase
in
family,
sustaining
jobs
would
have
the
greatest
impact
on
poverty,
but
jobs
cannot
be
created
on
demand.
They
will
not
appear
just
because
we
wish
them
to
jobs
are
not
an
input
that
creates
a
vibrant
economy.
On
the
contrary,
jobs
are
the
outcome.
Job
creation
requires
a
favorable
environment
for
business
growth.
The
fact
remains:
small
businesses
continue
to
be
the
greatest
source
of
employment
growth.
It
is
also
true
that
most
new
jobs
are
not
created
by
large
corporations
like
Amazon
Facebook
or
we
work.
G
Latinos,
for
example,
are
starting
businesses
at
three
times
the
rate
of
the
general
population,
and
there
are
over
11,000
Hispanic
businesses
in
this
city.
If
they
were
to
grow
modestly
by
one
or
two
employees,
only
we
could
add
thousands
of
new
jobs
in
the
neighborhoods
that
need
them
most.
It
costs
our
communities
when
minority
businesses
don't
scale
up
a
gph
DC.
G
We
are
committed
to
eliminating
the
structural
poverty
that
hampers
the
growth
and
development
of
our
city,
and
we
have
joined
the
Philadelphia
neighborhood
growth
project
because
the
work
ahead
of
us
is
much
greater
and
more
complex
than
one
single
entity
has
the
power
or
capacity
to
address.
It
requires
a
shared
voice
and
collective
action
as
business
leaders
as
community
leaders
and
as
residents
of
this
city,
we
should
not
be
satisfied
until
every
neighborhood,
every
family,
every
resident
and
every
child
feels
they
have
an
equal
opportunity
to
share
in
Philadelphia's
prosperity.
G
H
For
having
us
here
today,
my
name
is
Zack:
welcome
and
I'm
executive
director
of
the
independence,
Business
Alliance,
greater
Philadelphia's,
LGBTQ
Chamber
of
Commerce
celebrating
our
13th
year.
The
IBA
provides
opportunities,
access
and
resources
to
LGBTQ
businesses
and
professionals,
as
well
as
our
visible
allies
in
the
Greater
Philadelphia
area.
The
IBA
serves
more
than
750
professionals
across
those
businesses
and
has
nearly
60
certified
LGBT
owned
business
enterprises
that
employ
more
than
500
individuals
and
generate
a
half
a
billion
dollars
in
revenue
every
year.
H
Our
membership
ranks
include
everyone
from
the
largest
corporate
partners
in
the
Philadelphia
region,
like
Comcast
and
Pia
comb
too
many
so
alone.
To
start
up
small
businesses.
The
LGBTQ
community
is
unique
in
that
we
are
a
vertical
that
cuts
through
the
demographics
of
every
other
community.
We
are
all
ethnic
and
racial
backgrounds.
We
are
women,
men
and
non-binary.
We
are
trans
and
cisgender.
H
We
are
every
class
and
social
strata
we
run
or
are
employed
at
companies
in
every
sector
and
at
every
skill
level,
and
we
live
and
work
in
every
one
of
Philadelphia's,
incredible
neighborhoods
LGBTQ
businesses
are
woven
throughout
Philadelphia's
neighborhoods.
The
owners,
employees
and
storefronts
are
your
neighbors.
Lgbtq
individuals
are
business
owners,
innovators,
job
creators,
tax
payers
and
providers
of
essential
benefits
for
our
entire
region.
H
We
remain
an
important
part
of
the
business
engine
that
makes
our
local
economy
run,
and
that
is
partly
because
we
rely
on
businesses
in
our
community
to
be
a
catalyst
for
positive
change
that
we
need
to
live
equally.
We
believe
in
the
neighborhood
growth
project,
because
it
takes
a
comprehensive
approach
to
neighborhood
and
community
improvement
that
is
outside
the
realms
of,
but
still
complements
what
people
expect
from
our
city's
economic
chambers.
H
This
project
builds
off
the
spirit
of
collaboration
and
shared
resources
that
centers
are
successful,
intersections
program
which
brought
together
a
number
of
our
city's
minority
chambers
to
collaborate
on
what
we
have
in
common.
You
will
hear
today
from
others
about
the
details
of
the
four
pillars:
the
makeup
phl
neighborhood
growth
projects,
inclusive
growth
agenda,
but
each
means
something
specials
to
Philadelphia's
LGBTQ
community.
H
I
But
not
least,
thank
you
good
morning.
My
name
is
Sylvie
gali,
Howard,
I'm,
first
deputy
commerce.
Director.
Thank
you
for
asking
me
to
be
here
today.
I'm
here
representing
the
Department
of
Commerce,
and
the
subject
of
this
topic
is
really
core
to
our
mission
and
also
we
as
a
few
other
members
of
our
team
here,
including
our
commerce,
director,
Don
Somerville
and
Karen
Phegley
for
the
Greater
Philadelphia
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
Commerce
Department
have
long
shared
the
goal
of
bringing
more
jobs
and
economic
opportunities
to
Philadelphia.
I
This
alignment
is
evident
in
the
Chamber's
phl
neighborhood
growth
project
and
Mayor
Kenny's,
inclusive
growth
strategy
growing
with
equity
I'd
like
to
quickly
run
through
some
areas
where
our
priorities
are
aligned
and
ways.
We
can
further
our
shared
goals.
Both
plans
call
for
expanding
entrepreneurial
supports
to
promote
the
growth
of
small
businesses.
Working
with
the
United
Way,
the
city
and
P
IDC
are
engaging
an
outside
consultant
to
help
us
understand
this
cific
needs
and
improve
our
ecosystem
of
supports
for
entrepreneurs
of
color
women
and
immigrants.
I
Both
plans
recognize
incredible
importance
of
partnering
with
schools
to
create
hands-on
training
and
career
readiness
opportunities
for
our
youth.
The
administration
is
working
closely
with
the
school
district
to
create
a
career
connected
learning
model
that
will
make
it
easier
for
businesses,
like
the
ones
that
are
here
today
to
plug
into
our
educational
system.
The
various
chambers
and
the
business
community
are
key
to
the
success
of
this
effort.
I
Both
plans
discussed
the
need
for
improved
customer
service
and
process
improvements
within
the
city,
to
make
it
easier
for
businesses
of
all
sizes
to
open
and
operate
thanks
in
large
part
to
the
work
of
a
special
committee
on
regulatory
review
and
reform
chaired
by
Rob
Wunderland
Commerce,
director,
Epps
and
Councilman
green.
Many
of
the
operating
departments
have
worked
to
streamline
processes
and
modernized
systems.
We've
also
recently
adopted
the
business
owners
bill
of
rights
under
the
managing
director.
We
are
working
on
a
number
of
new
customer
service
related
initiatives.
I
All
these
efforts
are
aimed
at
making
it
easier
to
do
business
in
the
city.
Both
plans
also
seek
to
improve
our
tax
structure
by
making
reforms
that
would
enhance
fidelia's
competitiveness,
while
both
plans
layout
different
strategies.
To
achieve
this,
we
look
forward
to
finding
mutual
opportunities
to
align
around
this
overall
goal.
Both
lands
call
for
more
career
pathways
and
opportunities
for
marginalized
Philadelphians,
especially
formerly
incarcerated
individuals
who
have
paid
their
debts
to
society.
I
Thanks
to
leadership
of
councilman
Cheryl
Parker,
we
will
be
launching
corridor
cleaning
in
every
council
district
in
the
city
in
the
upcoming
year.
This
program,
taking
care
of
business,
provides
10
million
dollars
of
support
to
our
existing
corridor
cleaning
program
with
a
specific
purpose,
to
support
small
diverse
businesses
and
create
workforce
development
opportunities
for
local
residents.
We
thank
the
chamber
for
supporting
this
important
initiative
after
completing
an
extensive
third-party
evaluation
of
our
disincentives.
I
We've
been
working
with
City
Council
to
establish
a
new
quality
jobs
grant
program
which
we
are
aiming
to
pilot
at
the
beginning
of
FY
21.
Under
this
program,
we
will
be
able
to
provide
grants
to
businesses
who
are
creating
quality
jobs
for
Philadelphians
under
a
structure
that
allows
us
to
be
more
targeted,
reach
more
businesses
and
better
track
outcomes
related
to
the
program
under
the
direction
of
the
Managing
Director,
we're
in
the
early
stages
of
creating
a
business
acceleration
team
to
help
new
businesses
navigate
City
process.
These
and
open
faster.
I
The
business
acceleration
team
will
also
identify
which
processes
need
redesigning
to
approve
efficiencies.
The
city
is
partnering,
with
P
ITC
in
the
chamber
to
identify
growth
industries
or
clusters
and
to
develop
a
strategy
that
will
optimize
growth
in
these
sectors,
while
ensuring
that
employment
and
business
opportunities
are
inclusive
and
equitable.
As
a
final
note,
I
would
like
to
add.
I
The
Kennedy
administration
believes
that
one
of
the
most
impactful
actions
that
we
could
influence
to
move
the
needle
on
inclusive
growth
and
help
lift
Philadelphians
out
of
poverty
is
to
raise
the
minimum
wage
to
$15
an
hour.
The
city
has
been
able
to
do
this
for
its
employees
and
vendors,
but
we
are
precluded
by
the
Commonwealth
and
doing
it
for
all
philadelphians.
We
know
that
we
must
be
thoughtful
and
collaborative
about
how
we
can
get
on
a
path
to
$15
our
wage.
B
First
and
foremost,
what
I've
developed
a
habit
of
doing
is
giving
credit
where
credit
is
due
a
couple
of
places.
One
see
the
Commerce
director
strategically
hidden
over
there
by
the
pillar,
but
I
just
want
you
to
know.
We
see
and
I
want
to
thank
him
for
early
on
taking
dozens
of
Carter
walks
with
him.
My
district
just
to
kick
the
tires,
get
a
feel
for
what
was
going
on
from
Main
Street
to
Market,
Street
and
I
appreciated
those
kinds
of
walks,
and
they
resulted
in
a
lot
of
positive.
B
Results,
one
of
which
was
the
night
markets
that
we
moved
to
Lancaster
Avenue
there
they
were,
they
work.
There
were
close
to
10,000
people.
They
came
out
at
night
just
to
do
food
trucks.
Now
you
may
analyze
that
and
say:
oh,
that
was
a
one-shot
deal,
but
what
it
does
is
looks
at
the
Carter
and
people
view
it
with
fresh
eyes
as
opportunities
to
relocate
businesses.
So
it
was
a
good
marketing
strategy
for
an
underserved
area.
So
I
want
to
think
that
the
other
thing
is
I
want
to.
Thank
you,
mr.
B
wonderful,
in
force
before
this
hearing
we
met
in
the
early
morning.
I
would
complain
about
the
healthy
breakfast
I'm
more
into
something
that
is
less
healthy,
but
stick-to-your-ribs,
but
you
sat
down
with
your
Chamber
members
and
we
talked
about
some
of
the
challenges:
transportation
being
one
of
them
for
overdevelopment
in
one
part
of
my
facility
district
and
then
under
development
along
Market
Street
in
another,
knowing
the
difference
between
Main
Street
and
Market,
Street
or
wives,
Worth,
Avenue
and
Walnut
Street
is
critical
for
our
analysis,
so
that
is,
that
is
important.
B
So,
having
said
that,
I've
just
wanted
to
say
I
appreciate
also
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
his
26
years,
I'm,
a
founding
member.
Does
that
make
me
old,
the
answer's,
no
big
season,
but
I
appreciate
the
ongoing
effort
to
be
inclusive
in
Oregon.
So
now,
having
said
that,
one
of
my
questions
is
generally.
B
How
is
the
economy
faring
on
small
businesses
with
all
that's
going
on,
I
see,
the
skyline
has
changed
in
those
26
years,
whether
it's
due
to
proper
population
increases,
whether
it's
due
to
the
tax
abatement
or
a
combat
nation
of
being
discovered
strategically
located
between
New,
York
and
Washington.
How
are
we
doing
and
then
that
helps
us
plan
for
how
we
should
be
doing
strategic
growth?
Sure.
E
I'll,
take
a
stab
briefly,
then
a
lot,
my
colleagues
from
our
partner
chambers
of
commerce
to
answer
I,
think
Willie
talk
about
entrepreneurs
and
small
businesses,
particularly
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
about
Jennifer
Rodriguez,
was
right
on
point.
We're
really
talking
about
the
smallest
of
this
small,
we're
talking
about
employers
with
50
or
less
employees,
30
or
less
employees.
We're
talking
about
the
single
store
proprietorship
that
wants
to
grow
to
three
or
four
or
five
employees.
E
So
at
a
macroeconomic
level
we
continue
to
ride
the
crest
of
the
largest
most
robust
economic
recovery
in
the
last
100
years,
and
entrepreneurs
and
small
businesses,
generally
speaking,
have
benefited.
There
may
be
dark
clouds
and
the
horizon,
as
we
see
interest
rate
compression
in
the
financial
services
sector,
some
softening
in
the
manufacturing
sector.
The
Fed
Reserve's
latest
beige
book
pointed
in
that
direction,
but
I
would
not
suggest
at
this
point.
There
should
be
overly
distraught
hand,
wringing
on
on
a
deep
recession
looming,
I,
think
that
makes
for
good
political
rhetoric.
E
But
if
you
look
at
the
fundamentals
of
the
US
economy,
overall
still
remain
strong.
I
think
you
saw
that
just
in
recent
days,
with
substantial
mega
murders
by
some
a
whole
range
of
global
companies,
putting
that
kind
of
cash
and
play
would
not
be
at
all
under
consideration.
We
were
literally
on
the
verge
of
moving
into
a
recessionary
time.
So
then
the
question
becomes
for
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
proper.
How
easy
is
it
for
an
entrepreneur
to
thrive
and
succeed
in
this?
The
short
answer
is
not
easy
at
all
by
any
measure.
E
The
most
recent
data
offered
by
the
University
of
Arizona
are
the
World
Bank's
keys
of
Doing
Business
Index
or
by
any
credible
measure.
It
is
very,
very,
very
difficult
to
operate
as
an
entrepreneur
in
this
city
as
a
micro
and
small
business,
and
it's
gotten
worse,
and
so
one
must
worry.
If
we
do
move
into
the
economic
downturn,
what
will
happen
to
those
enterprises,
the
harder
the
government
makes
for
them
to
remain
in
Philadelphia
to
remain
in
business?
The
less
likely
they'll
do
so
during
a
downturn.
E
G
Venture
to
say
that
it
depends
the
typical
MBA
answer
right.
It
really
depends
what
you
ask
if
you
are
asking
latino-owned
businesses
and
you're
asking
the
Latino
community.
The
fact
is
that
the
poverty
rating
that
a
Hispanic
community
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
has
not
moved
an
inch
in
the
last
30
40
years.
G
Also,
the
fact
remains
that
the
majority
of
small
businesses
or
the
majority
of
businesses
in
Philadelphia
are
very,
very
small,
and
so
they
are
less
likely
to
be
able
to
withstand
you
know
a
downturn
in
the
economy
when
we
surveyed
our
businesses
or
membership.
What
we
found
is
that
the
average
respondent
to
the
survey,
those
businesses
would
generate
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
revenue
or
revit
of
revenue
or
less.
So
these
are
really
working
hard
working
families.
The
majority
of
Latino
owned
businesses
aren't
single
proprietors.
G
That
means
it's
a
self-employed
individual
and
perhaps
they
have
a
family
member
involved
in
the
business.
That's
not
really
the
ideal
business
climate
in
the
city
or
the
the
result
of
a
robust
business
climate
in
the
sea
of
Philadelphia.
So,
in
many
ways
what
I
like
to
say
is
that
we
don't
have
so
much
crisis
of
entrepreneurship.
Business
has
being
started.
The
problem
is
the
problem
here,
and
the
challenge
that
we
have
in
minority
communities
is
scaling.
This
businesses
up
is
turning
single
proprietors
into
employer
firms
and
turning
employer
firms
into
greater
and
larger
firms.
G
We
want
businesses
to
reach
at
least
a
million
dollars
in
sales.
That's
sort
of
like
that
threshold
that
we
talk
about
in
economic
development
and,
unfortunately,
in
the
Latino
community,
only
2
to
3
percent
of
businesses
reach
a
million
dollars
in
sales.
That
really
means
that
98%
of
all
Latino
businesses
and
we
have
11,000
latino-owned
businesses
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
don't
reach
a
million
dollars
in
sales
right
and
I
venture
to
say
that
that
is
probably
not
very
different
in
the
african-american
and
Asian
American
community.
F
So
this
was
something
that
really
appealed
to
us
as
far
as
the
chamber
to
get
involved
as
a
founding
members
and
that's
why
we're
we're
concerned
and
that's
why
we're
here
today
is
we
need
these
small
businesses
to
grow
and
sustain
and
having
so
many
african-american
businesses
in
this
region
with
only
one
or
two
individuals
that
doesn't
help
our
communities
really
grow
and
thrive.
So
that's
something
that
why
we're
really
part
of
it.
We,
like
the
appeal
of
inclusive
growth.
F
We
like
the
whole
idea
of
making
it
easier
to
do
business
with
government
and
private
and
public
individuals.
So
that's
what
we're
here
today
to
say
the
neighborhood
is
important
to
us
because
we
have
those
relationships,
but
how
can
we
build
and
sustain
our
our
organizations?
For
example,
Bradley
and
Bradley
we've
been
around
19
years.
We
still
only
have
three
employees
so
of
it
evidently
we're
doing
something
right,
but
we're
still
not
able
to
grow
to
be
that
million
dollar
company.
F
F
Would
say
roughly
we're
talking
about
less
than
say,
10,000
small
business
I
mean
into
a
lot
of
them,
are
sole
proprietors,
so
that's
what's
misconceiving,
somebody
could
be
a
sole
proprietor,
just
have
one
large
contract
and
that's
how
they
live,
but
as
far
as
the
number
of
actual
corporations
S
corporations
I
can
count
them
that
there's
not
a
large
population
of
African
American
businesses
in
this
region
just
making
revenues
over
a
million
dollars.
So.
B
H
There's
a
black
hole
of
data
around
LGBTQ
businesses,
because
there's
no
mechanism
to
count
unless
the
city
is
going
to
actually
do
that
for
cents.
This
is
there
is
not
a
there's,
not
a
device
for
counting
LGBTQ
individuals
unless
you
are
living
with
a
partner,
so
the
census
is
not
going
to
be
something
that
helps
us
out
when
it
comes
to
finding
LGBTQ
data
around
this.
H
Well,
we
can't
tell
you
anecdotally,
is
that
the
many
small
businesses
that
we
have
in
our
chamber
have
the
same
problems
that
many
of
our
minority
chambers
do
as
well,
where
it's
yeah
it's
consistent
across
the
board,
where
we
have
small
businesses
that
find
it
difficult
to
scale
in
the
city.
The
only
other
thing
that
I
would
add-
and
this
is
probably
something
we
also
have
in
common-
is
that
it's
not
necessarily
just
an
entrepreneurial
spirit.
H
That's
keeping
our
community
starting
up
new
businesses,
but
it
is
often
out
of
necessity,
because
they're
not
welcomed
in
traditional
workplaces.
The
there's
often
like
I,
said
we're
living
in
Pennsylvania,
where
you
can
still
be
fired
for
being
LGBTQ
and
just
being
able
to
come
out
at
work.
Is
not
a
luxury
that
everybody
has
so
the
entrepreneurial
spirit
that
runs
through
our
community
is
often
out
of
necessity.
Thank.
D
You
mr.
chair,
first
for
the
record,
just
one
Commerce
director
at
the
presidency,
a
greater
fidelity
of
Commerce
working
with
me
with
our
special
committee
of
regulatory
former
review.
We
have
been
doing
a
lot
of
the
hard
work
somewhat
behind
the
scenes
and
trying
to
move
the
needle
forward
and
make
it
easier
for
businesses
to
grow
in
the
city.
Someone
to
publicly
say
thank
you
for
your
work
in
collaboration
in
that
effort,
as
well
as
the
staff
for
all
of
our
officers
who
helped
to
move
on
this
issue
for
all
the
panel's.
D
Well,
thank
each
of
you
for
being
here,
I'd,
be
the
work
or
met
or
talked
with
you
in
barracks
and
capacities,
a
number
of
issues,
but
most
importantly
for
this
issue,
all
of
your
organization's
I
believe
or
at
least
10
years
or
older,
and
so
the
question
I
have.
As
we
talk
about
neighborhood
growth.
You
know
what
is
it
that
the
city
can
do
to
move
this
issue
and
then
mr.
Rodriguez,
you
talked
about
poverty
and
when
you
look
at
the
percentage
of
people
of
color
in
this
city,
it's
a
majority
minority
city.
D
But
when
you
look
at
ownership,
businesses
in
our
city,
from
african-american,
asian-american,
Hispanic,
American
and
also
in
the
LGBTQIA
community,
it's
a
very
small
percentage.
So
we've
been
talking
about
these
issues
for
a
number
of
years,
but
I
had
a
question.
I
have
is
what
can
we,
as
a
city,
do
to
move
the
needle
forward
and
also
what
have
you
seen
in
other
cities
in
talking
with
some
of
your
peers
and
reference
to
what
you've
seen
of
those
other
jurisdictions
to
move
this
issue?
G
Well,
I
think
my
name
is
second
Jennifer's
hilarious.
I
think
there
are
a
number
of
things
that
that
need
to
be
done,
I
think
collectively.
We
really
need
to
understand
that
the
nature
of
enterpreneurship
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
I
think
to
Zacks
point.
Mainly.
Entrepreneurs
become
entrepreneurs,
because
there
are
no
job
opportunities
available
to
them
right.
G
They
need
access
to
capital,
there's
in
Philadelphia
that
there's
very
little
appetite
for
taking
risks
in
when
we're
supporting
businesses.
The
idea
that
a
business
in
were
Latino
or
african-american
communities,
Asian
community
batik,
your
community-
needs
to
put
their
livelihood
there,
the
future
of
their
family,
their
home,
all
their
assets
on
the
line
in
order
to
pursue
an
entrepreneur
into
a
business
that
is
really
very
risky
and
that
hampers
the
ability
of
businesses
to
really
grow.
G
If
you
everytime,
you
want
to
do
something
and
to
scale
up,
you
need
to
put
all
your
assets
on
the
line
that
really
so
a
flexible
capital.
Patient
capital
is
something
that's
very
important
and
not
available
at
the
level
that
we
need
high
quality
education
that
is
culturally
accessible
that
is
financially
accessible,
and
that
is
really
convenient
for
entrepreneurs
is,
is
very
important,
so
we
have
very,
we
have
a
couple
of
programs.
You
know
you
have
Goldman
Sachs
10,000,
which
is
a
very
well-regarded
program.
That's
about
the
only
program
that
exists.
G
The
Hispanic
Chamber
now
has
a
new
program
that
is
bilingual,
that
we
are
piloting
in
the
community,
but
the
idea
that
businesses
need
executive
education
in
order
to
really
get
their
practices
on
part
so
that
they
can
then
successfully
scale
is
another.
It's
another
need
that
we
have
in
the
community
and
Frank
and
finally,
access
to
the
networks
and
decision-makers
really
being
in
an
environment
in
which
you
know
minority
or
small
businesses.
E
Briefly
had
what
other
cities,
particularly
the
city,
governments,
have
done,
particularly
in
emerging
cities
that
are
growing
fast
in
population.
Nashville
comes
to
mind
is
that
the
government
is
obsessed
to
work
all
the
time
on
behalf
of
the
entrepreneur
and
the
small
business,
because
they
know
that
that's
worth
fueling
the
growth,
that's
what
fuel?
That's!
E
What's
fueling
the
population
growth
people,
if
you
look
at
if
you
look
at
the
middle
population
about
about
a
third
of
the
Millennials
change
their
state
of
location
annually
across
the
u.s.,
and
they
flock
to
communities
where
they
see
not
just
lifestyle,
but
where
they
see
growth
and
opportunity,
and
so
governments,
particularly
local
city
governments
that
are
going
to
remove
any
barrier
to
entrepreneurs.
Small
business
growth
are
the
ones
that
are
then
in
a
highly
collaborative
way.
Fueling
the
population
growth,
as
in
this
case
the
Millennial
cohort
descends
on
Nashville.
E
In
this
case,
if
it's
two
point
six
years
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
we
want
Millennials
and
Gen
Z
to
stay
here
to
move
to
that
next
employer
and
that
next
employer,
but
they
can't
do
so
if
we
still
have
a
preponderance,
a
sole-proprietorship
they're
unable
to
scale,
because
the
city
government
currently
does
not
have
a
culture.
That's
obsessed
with
allowing
that
to
happen.
Routine
you're,
not
giving.
D
F
Again,
the
prime
example
is
coastal
woman
Chiarello's
the
legislation,
things
like
that.
Were
you
investing
in
business
corridors
I
mean
that's
the
game,
changer
and
again
continuing
legislation
coming
out
of
Council.
That's
talking
about
neighborhood
growth,
job
growth.
You
know
when
you're
discussing
new
legislation
does
this
impact
our
economy?
Does
this
make
our
neighborhood
strong
and
growing?
F
G
D
And
just
to
close
mr.
chair
I
just
wanted
to
thank
all
of
you
for
those
those
poignant
points
for
my
experience.
You
know:
I
started
my
career
as
a
small
business
lending
primordium
Bank
access
to
capital
very
important,
also
in
another
period,
when
I
also
had
a
little
bit
more
hands
than
I
do
now.
My
wife
and
I
had
a
ladies
shoe
store,
and
so
from
that
experience
when
we
had
sold
a
shoe
experience
having
that
experience
of
having
a
retail
perspective
and
unchallenged
now
we
were
blessed
by
having
so
much
smarter
than
me.
D
Like
my
wife,
who
was
a
healthcare
IT
executive,
we
could
do
marketing.
So
we
had
that
type
of
experience
in
house
myself
being
a
former
banker.
So
access
to
credit
is
very
important,
but
one
of
the
other
issues-
I've
been
hearing
and
I
was
just
had
a
conversation
with
Michael
Shrieve
former
our
Maranatha
Caritas.
Is
that
a
lot
of
small
business
owners?
D
Skill
set
to
go
from
five
to
10
10
to
100
hundred
or
thousand,
which
goes
to
the
point
mr.
Rogers
made
about
scalability.
So
that's,
hopefully
something
we
can
work
on
with
the
chamber
of
creating
some
type
of
online
network
where
people
can
bounce
here
from
the
Chamber
membership
and
partner,
with
small
business
owners
to
develop
that
type
of
information.
Those
network
sharing
and
also
develop
that
type
of
information.
Thank
You
mr.
chair,
Thank,
You
councilman,.
J
Thank
You
mr.
chairman,
and
let
me
just
start
by
thanking
each
of
you
for
being
here
today.
Mr.
Rodriguez,
let
me
first
just
say
to
you
thank
you
so,
very
simply,
and
in
plain
speak,
acknowledging
that
very
tangible
contributors
to
Neighborhood,
Stabilization
and
Mercer
quarters
like
cleaning,
greenie
and
cameras,
I
mean
very
simple,
simple
things
that
investment
in
those
areas
can
significantly
enhance
the
interests
of
someone
who
is
now
operating
a
business
in
their
homes
or
in
their
basement,
somewhere
and
and
and
they're
trying
to
grow,
and
they
would
love
to
get
a
storefront.
J
J
So
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
each
of
you
and
for
also
putting
the
barriers
to
entry,
the
barriers
to
entry
on
the
record
relative
to
the
access
to
capital.
We
hear
it
all
of
the
time
if
you
give
us
access
to
capital,
you
give
me
a
hundred
thousand
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
open
a
business,
but
you
tell
me:
I
have
to
pay
it
back
in
eight
months
to
a
year.
J
What
have
you
really
done
because
of
the
pressure
to
begin
to
repay
the
date
so
also
working
with
our
lending
institutions,
to
figure
out
how
we
can
develop
flexible
products
that
that
that
assists
small
business
owners?
I'm
gonna,
add
Sylvia?
If
you
will
come
up
to
the
microphone
for
a
minute
Sylvie,
because
in
your
testimony-
and
this
is
always
very
important
to
me
and
I-
think
mr.
Rodriguez,
along
with
Stephen
a
Bradley
from
the
african-american
Chamber-
is
that
I
think
you
all
a
touched
on
this
Sylvie.
J
You
describe
the
city's
plan
as
being
just
not
only
an
inclusive
growth
strategy,
but
equitable
and
I
would
argue
for
anyone
who
thinks
that
equitable
means
that
all
neighborhoods
need
the
same
thing.
The
lens
through
which
they
are
viewing
that
to
me,
wouldn't
be
accurate,
including
all
is
great,
but
if
the
level
of
investment
for
all
of
the
neighborhoods
is
it
equitable
in
its
distribution,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
minority
businesses,
then
we
have
a
challenge
with
that
in
mind.
J
I
We
were
absolutely
intentional
with
that,
so
actually,
when
we
looked
at
the
different
outcomes
that
we
wanted
to
reach,
we
looked
at
the
disparities.
Racial
disparities
in
terms
of
education,
degree,
attainment,
poverty
and
in
all
of
those
african-americans
and
Latinos,
are
suffering
the
most
or
and
and
generally
Caucasians
are
doing
the
best
and
all
of
those
things,
and
we
really
want
to
reduce
those
gaps.
That
is
really
at
the
core,
and
we
know
that
there
is
no
one-size-fits-all
every
neighborhood
has
different
needs,
and
so
we
have
to
make
sure.
I
Of
course,
the
neighborhoods
that
are
the
most
distressed
needs
specific
things.
Then
there's
the
middle
neighborhoods
that
you've
called
out
that
also
we
can't
those
can
become
distressed
neighborhoods
if
we
don't
invest
in
those
and
there's
neighborhoods.
That
can
probably
do
without
a
lot
of
the
city's
investment
and
we're
thankful
for
that,
because
a
lot
of
the
income
becomes
neighbors
help
us
to
to
invest
in
the
neighborhoods
that
need
it
most.
I
J
You
my
final
question,
I'm
mister.
During
her
testimony,
mr.
Rodriguez
made
a
very
poignant
point.
She
noted
that
we
are
seeing
an
increase
in
sole
proprietorships
because
jobs
aren't
available,
so
people
are
finding
themselves
becoming
entrepreneurs,
but
those
lack
of
jobs
that
she
talked
about
and
in
your
testimony,
mr.
Wendling,
you
mentioned
good
jobs.
E
E
I
can't
remember
the
exact
amount,
I
would
say
to
990
and
then
phased
in
over
time,
and
that
would
be
part
of
a
compromise
that
has
been
negotiated
with
the
governor,
from
which
then
he
would
put
in
the
drawer
proposed
executive
order
that
would've
applied
a
more
stringent
overtime
rule
to
primarily
all
employers,
but
primarily
small,
not-for-profit
and
for-profit
employers
in
the
Commonwealth.
That
executive
order
mirrored
an
initiative
by
the
federal
governor
number
of
years
ago,
where
they
were
offering
such
through
their
Department
of
Labor.
E
That
regulation,
the
federal
level
was
thrown
out
by
a
federal
court,
I
want
to
say
west
of
Mississippi
somewhere
and
not
acted
upon
since
the
Trump
administration.
So
in
the
traditional
democratic
process,
while
the
democratic
process,
where
there's
give-and-take
and
consensus,
we
do
seem
a
moment,
an
increase
in
the
minimum
wage
phased
in
over
time.
E
J
If
you
will,
mr.
Wendling
and
I
can
ask
this
of
you,
because,
as
a
former
member
of
the
Pennsylvania
State
Senate,
we
know
that
you
understand
the
Harrisburg
legislative
process
of
very
well
and
because
this
increase
has
been
something
that
many
people
have
had
some
skin
in
the
game
and
advocating
for
when
you
talk
about
the
Chamber's
involvement.
Explain
it
to
us
so
that
we
know
the
chamber
has
been
advocating,
and
this
is,
how
do
you
is
it
a
letter-writing
campaign?
J
E
Again
to
answer
the
back
happier
question
a
bill
has
passed
the
Senate
and
we'll
be
moving
to
the
house.
It
helps
when
you
have
a
governor
in
agreement
with
one
of
the
chambers.
In
this
case
you
have
Republican
majorities
in
the
Senate
agreeing
with
our
sitting
government
or
who's.
Remember
the
Democratic
Party
they've
agreed
to
an
arrangement
that
allowed
for
the
increase
in
the
minimum
wage.
E
How
we
will
advocate
in
the
house
all
of
the
above
oftentimes,
just
a
frank
conversation,
particularly
with
a
individual
privately
as
an
appointed
or
elected
role,
can
go
a
long
way.
I
know
all
of
you
oftentimes,
although
sensitive
to
a
massive
email
barrage
around
a
particular
issue.
Oftentimes
makes
it
difficult
to
have
a
real
good
conversation
of
what
the
implications
are,
we're
at
a
very
robust
period
economically,
as
I
mentioned
to
the
chairs
question
for
us.
E
K
A
You
for
your
testimony
today,
good
morning,
I
have
several
questions.
I
just
want
to
make
a
few
comments,
though.
I
want
to
first
thank
councilmember
Greene
for
this
resolution.
Hearing
today,
I
think
it's
excellent
and
a
good
job
on
this
is
very
good,
and
so
what
to
echo
some
of
my
colleagues
comments,
I
think
the
numbers
I
saw
from
the
Pew
report
were
in
this
region.
Seventy
eight
point:
eight
percent
of
the
businesses
are
owned
by
white
people.
A
A
He's
a
great
asset
for
PID
see
and
he
will
be
missed.
So
in
the
area
of
this
you
know
this
is
like,
as
you
say,
it's
neighborhood
growth
that
it's
all
inclusive,
because
it's
entrepreneurship,
it's
poverty,
you
know
when
they
think
about
it.
I
send
myself
if
I'm
an
entrepreneur
in
a
lower
income
neighborhood,
it's
a
challenge
to
get
business,
because
people
don't
have
the
money
to
support
me.
So
it's
this
whole
cycle
and
I
think
there's
two
issues
more
than
two,
but
just
two
I
want
to
elaborate
on.
A
One
is
the
long-term
issue
and
one
is
the
short-term
issue
and
this
council
I
introduced
a
resolution
back
in
February,
and
this
council
supported
a
hundred
percent
and
that
resolution
was
to
call
upon
for
things
for
the
school
district,
one
teaching
mandatory
financial
literacy
pre-k
to
12th
grade.
If
you
want
to
get
rid
of
poverty
in
the
long
term,
you
must
teach
it
to
kids
that
are
four
years
old
up
to
12th
grade
to
teaching
coding
and
technology
pre-k
to
12th
grade
mandatory
by
the
way.
A
If
we
had
that
in
place,
don't
you
think
a
company
like
Amazon
and
others
would
look
at
us
in
a
different
light,
absolutely
three
which
helps
your
whole
program.
Teach
entrepreneurship
7th
to
12th
grade
teach
it
in
the
schools,
teach
it
in
seventh
grade
and
four
so
I
love,
Cristo,
Rey
high
school,
allow
students
one
day
a
week
to
work
9th
10th
11th
12th
grade
II,
get
credit,
get
paid
and
go
to
school
for
four
days
to
four
different
job
experiences.
If
you
want
to
change
long-term
poverty,
those
are
four
good
starts.
A
I'm,
sure
there's
more,
but
those
are
four
good
starts
for
the
adults.
I
think
councilmember
green
talked
about
this.
The
education
you
know
starting
a
business,
is
a
different
skill
set
than
building
a
business
starting
a
business.
You
have
to
be
really
good
at
what
you
do.
Building
a
business
is
a
different
set
of
skills.
It's
management,
it's
hiring
the
totally
different
skill
set
and
while
ten
thousand
the
Goldman
Sachs
10,000
of
jobs
is
a
great
program.
A
The
question
is:
is
it
available
to
the
small
person
as
a
woman
was
just
working
on
their
own
I?
Don't
think
it
is
and
I
know,
councilmember
green
has
a
mother
Parker
as
a
great
program
to
power
up
to
the
Community
College,
that's
a
great
program,
but
we
probably
need
to
do
even
more
and
the
could
these
all
these
different
chambers
come
together.
I'm
working
with
the
free
library
system
and
I
like
to
do
things
inexpensively.
Okay,
we
have
51
branches
of
the
free
libraries.
Buildings
are
already
in
place.
A
But
if
we
did
that
we
will
change
the
poverty,
it
will
take
15
or
20
years.
It's
a
long
term
investment,
but
we
will
change
it
so
in
the
area
of
education,
I
think
that's
crucial,
because
I
agree
that
we
should
teach
for
four-year-olds,
but
the
18
to
60
year
olds
are
suffering
right
now
and
they
need
help
in
the
area
of
Sylvius
a
question
for
you.
A
I
know
I
heard
a
rumor
that
you
might
be
having
a
moral
problem
when
you're
in
business
is
to
go
through
the
government
to
figure
out
how
to
open
a
business
and
how
to
get
to
the
finish
line.
I've
had
several
experiences
and
that
one
took
18
months
and
you
get
disgusted,
is
there
I
know,
there's
a
plan
I,
just
wonder
what
the
status
is.
There
is
their
status
you
give
us
on
what
we'd
like
to
see
is
when
someone
calls
the
city
and
says
I
want
to
open
a
business.
A
We
assign
one
person
who
lives
with
them
from
the
beginning
till
the
ribbon-cutting
and
gets
them
to
the
process
that
was
I
think
on
their
major
street.
They
used
to
have
the
mayor's
business,
some
sort
of
action
team
right
and
they
did.
That
is
there.
Is
that
in
place
or
we're?
Looking
at
doing
that,
can
you
give
us
some
insight?
We.
I
Are
yeah
so
so
you're
referring
to
renews
the
mayor's
business
action
team
which
that
actually
morphed
into
the
office
of
Business
Services,
which
we
have
today
at
commerce
the
octave
the
services
is,
we
call
ourselves
the
concierge
service
that
we
help
that
this
is
the
thing
about
the
after
business
services
is
that
we
are
a
part.
You
know
we're
at
the
Commerce
apartment,
but
we
call
our
friends
at
L,
and
I
are
colleagues
Adelle
and
I,
and
health
and
different
departments
when
there's
issues
to
try
to
troubleshoot.
I
Business
friendly,
I
personally
am
obsessed
with
with
business
customer
service
net,
there's
a
lot
of
people
at
commerce
and
our
and
a
lot
of
people
in
other
departments.
What
we've
learned
from
we're
sitting
at
the
table
together,
as
probably
10
different
departments,
trying
to
come
up
with
a
plan
and
then
get
pilot
that
we
did
this
with
food
businesses?
What
what
I've
learned
and
what
we've
all
learned
through
this
process
is
that
there's
a
whole
cultural
change
that
has
to
happen
because
employees,
don't
employees,
want
to
provide
good
customer
service.
I
They
don't
necessarily
have
the
training
the
tool
they
may
not
be
fully
staffed
to
do
it,
and
so
and
then
there's
they're
not
incentivized
to
you
know
it's
not
like
you're
rewarded
for
providing
good
customer
service
to
a
business.
So
there's
so
many
things
that
we
have
to
change,
but
we're
committed
to
it.
Well,
while
I'm
here
I
just
wanted
to
correct,
because
otherwise
Libby,
who
does
all
the
statistics
at
commerce
would
kill
me
for
this,
the
2.5%
statistic:
it
does
point
to
a
trend
and
a
terrible
trend.
However,
that
is
a
that's.
I
A
metro
statistic
for
african-american
businesses
in
the
City
Philadelphia
about
25%
of
businesses,
and
that
includes
sole
proprietors-
are
owned
by
african-americans.
The
issue
is
an
issue
of
scaling
up.
Most
of
us
are
very,
very
small
businesses,
as
Jennifer
mentioned,
and
that's
2012
data
and
we're
hoping
that
we're
grading
on
2019
date.
At
the
end
of
this
years
we
should
be
getting
updated
data
so.
A
Is
your
plan
to
have
one
person
be
the
guiding
light
for
any
new
business
that
opens?
They
can
go
to
any
department
and
get
action,
because
what
happens
is
it
gets
bogged
down
and
people
get
disgusted
and
it
costs
money
when
you
sign
a
lease
on
a
space
and
you
can't
get
your
business
open,
you're
draining
the
resources
that
you
need.
Business
I
mean.
I
Yeah
that
our
hope
is
that
there
will
that
that
businesses
well,
the
processes
will
be
easier
that
they'll
have
one
point
of
contact
ideally
and
that
we
will
continue
to
make
improvements
to
those
processes
so
that
those
all
those
pain
points
will
you
know
if
you
have
people
work
with
the
businesses
will
be
able
to
recognize
and
figure
out.
We
can't
fix
everything,
but
how
to
solve
the
really
the
ones
that
that
we
can
fix
your.
D
We
need
to
attract
business
and
attract
constituents
and
also
retain
businesses
and
retain
constituents
and
those
cities
that
are
doing
that
or
the
perception
that's
occurring.
Those
cities
are
leading
the
world
and
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
great
assets
in
the
cities
but
I'll
fee.
When
you
look
at
our
education,
our
university
system
are
approximately
between
New
York
and
DC
our
cost
of
living.
We
have
all
those
assets
here,
but
it's
a
culture
that
we've
got
to
change.
D
Then
we
did
that
a
little
bit
with
Amazon,
but
we
all
came
together
to
come
to
compete
domestically
on
one
initiative
with
a
specific
timeline.
But
how
do
we
take
that
same
energy
initiative
to
all
these
major
issues
like
poverty,
education,
homelessness
and,
hopefully,
through
the
work
of
this
group
and
the
work
of
this
council
and
working
with
all
the
people?
Here
we
can
move
forward
in
that
direction.
A
E
So,
through
our
roadmap
for
growth
initiative
and
with
our
partner
chambers,
we've
been
having
small
business,
roundtables
and
entrepreneurial
road
shows
throughout
the
city,
and
we
have
about
40.
Entrepreneurs
gathered
the
people's
Emergency
Center.
We
go
this
past
Wednesday
Fulton
Bank,
hosted
up
in
brewery
town
a
gathering
and
whether
it's
a
individual,
that
is
in
the
service
business,
say,
insurance
or
or
whatever
it
might
be,
or
in
the
case
of
the
trainer
that
came
to
burrito,
has
had
a
food
truck
business
or
a
large,
publicly
traded
company.
E
The
issues
are
all
the
same
and
it's
the
high
rate
and
revenue
generated
from
our
wage
and
business
taxes,
and
we
think
that
would
be
the
appropriate
time
to
accelerate
that
rate
growing
population
and
enhanced
revenues.
This
operating
budget
has
grown
substantially
more
than
any
other
major
city
in
the
u.s.
E
over
the
last
four
years,
and
so
the
ability
to
have
significantly
reduced
the
rate
for
the
wage
tax,
whether
you're,
a
union,
carpenter
or
software
engineer
on
nerd
Street
you'll,
have
a
benefit
and
that's
important
to
drive
consumer
spending,
particularly
for
looking
at
a
downturn
and
if
you're,
an
entrepreneur,
large
or
small.
It
is
still
the
number
one
barrier
to
growth
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
On.
E
Depends
on
the
sector,
but
let's
face
it.
We've
been
going
round
and
round
on
this
issue
for
almost
two
decades
now
and
if
we
talk
about
the
will
and
the
need
to
be
obsessed
about
creating
a
declarative
national
culture
shift
for
this
city.
That
says
that
we're
open
for
business
that
we
went
to
come
and
set
up
enterprise,
and
we
want
you
to
stay
here
and
grow
here.
That
is
fundamental.
Ok,.
G
So,
while
taxes
of
course
are
in
the
increased
cost
of
doing,
business
are
a
major
issue,
I
would
say
that
in
our
community
and
nationally,
the
cost
of
health
care
is
the
number
one
complaint
or
the
no
one
stressor
for
small
businesses
in
this
really
tight
job
economy.
Small
businesses
are
competing
for
talent
with
larger
businesses
and
the
idea
that
a
small
business
cannot
afford
to
provide
benefits
to
its
employees.
This
is
really
detrimental
to
them.
Ok,.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
make
one
last
comment:
I
read
an
article
the
other
day
that
said
I
think
52%
of
the
population
in
the
country
right
now
lives,
bourbon
the
observant
in
the
United
States
by
2050.
It's
gonna
be
70%,
so
we
need
to
get
this
right
because
we
will
have
them
coming
here.
We
just
got
to
make
sure
that
we're
the
city
that
they
come.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
L
B
M
Good
morning
and
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
present
at
today's
hearing,
my
name
is
Shalimar
Thomas
I'm,
the
executive
director
for
the
Northbrook
Renaissance,
where
the
nonprofit
they're
supporting
revitalization
efforts
between
Germantown
Avenue
and
City
Hall.
We
are
proud
to
be
a
part
of
the
phl
neighborhood
growth
project,
because
we
are
committed
to
inclusive
growth
and
are
already
implementing
some
of
the
changes
needed
to
ensure
that
every
community
along
North
Broad
Street,
has
an
opportunity
to
thrive.
North
Broad
Street
serves
as
a
main
thoroughfare
for
Philadelphia
the
corridor
from
City
Hall
to
Germantown.
M
Avenue
helps
connect
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
set
the
riders
for
8,000
residents
and
15,000
drivers
to
community's
culture
and
commerce.
While
the
corridor
is
experienced.
Revitalization
that's
rapidly
moving
north,
the
average
income
of
nearby
residents
continues
to
hover
around
$15,000
a
year,
far
below
the
national
poverty
rate.
As
a
result,
the
North
borough
Renaissance
realized
that
it
has
an
obligation
to
leverage
north
brought
revitalization
as
an
opportunity
to
improve
the
narrative
and
poverty.
Inclusion
and
collaboration.
M
Economic
development
and
the
creation
of
business
districts
will
continue
to
be
a
part
to
be
a
strategic
area.
Focus
for
Northborough
Renaissance,
these
proposed
districts
along
North
Broad
are
in
response
to
the
community's
request
to
make
North
Broad
Street
more
of
a
job
creator
for
residents
along
and
around
the
NVR
boundaries.
M
These
goals
for
each
district
include
business
attraction
and
working
collaboratively
to
attract
businesses
that
can
promote
sustainable
employment
opportunities,
tourism
and
excitement,
business
retention
and
working
with
partners
and
city
agencies
to
ensure
current
businesses
are
updated
on
the
current
market
trends
and
opportunities
to
grow
their
business
and
job
creation
and
providing
employment
opportunities
for
a
wide
range
of
stakeholders.
Work
with
workforce
development
agencies
to
communicate
skill
set
needs
and
do
our
best
to
present
a
qualified
workforce
to
North
Ward
businesses.
M
These
goals
are
very
much
aligned
with
the
neighborhood
growth
project,
which
is
focused
on
creating
broader-based
prosperity
by
way
of
inclusive
growth
and
jobs
and
healthier
and
safer
neighborhoods.
The
initiative,
like
the
NVR,
realizes
that
strategic
partnerships
and
impact
investments
are
key
for
these
efforts
to
be
successful.
Investing
in
amenities
like
lighting,
signage
and
wayfaring,
wait.
Wayfinding
aid
safety
cameras
and
commercial
district
marketing
can
elevate
and
reboot
the
local
commercial
Main
streets
that
anchor
our
communities
and
generate
vital
jobs.
M
It
recognizes
that
it
recognizes
the
needs
of
many
minority
owned
businesses
and
encourages
investments
that
prioritize
lending
and
technical
assistance
to
minority-owned
businesses
looking
to
start
or
expanding
corridors
that
may
lack
sufficient
credit
network
in
or
velocity
equity,
as
we
all
work
collectively
to
improve
the
narrative
around
poverty,
innovative
partnerships
and
investments
will
be
key
to
ensuring
that
Philadelphia's
narrative
is
one
of
inclusion
and
growth
for
the
entire
region
and
again
I.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
present
today.
L
Good
morning
my
name
is
John
Grady
I'm,
the
president
of
PA
DC
I,
appreciate
the
kind
words
from
Councilman
a
couple
points
that
I
want
to
make
that
I'll.
Just
sort
of
summarize
one
is,
as
you
all
know,
PA
DC
is
a
prop
nonprofit
partnership
founded
more
than
60
years
ago
by
the
city
and
by
the
chamber
of
commerce,
so
to
be
here
today
to
testify
in
support
of
the
neighborhood
growth
program
and
to
be
in
city.
L
Council
chambers
really
reflects
the
the
support
of
our
founding
organizations
and
the
two
partners
who
primarily
govern
our
organization,
and
so
it's
obviously
a
pleasure
and
I
think
we're
excited
to
be
supportive
of
this
initiative.
I
would
particularly
compliment
the
council
members
who
have
been
serving
on
our
board
an
executive
committee
for
a
number
of
years,
Councilman
Blackwell,
councilman,
Oh
Johnson,
both
are
active,
engaged
participants
in
our
daily
work
as
an
organization
that
focuses
around
economic
development.
L
We
have
a
mission
that
calls
for
spurring
investment
supporting
business
growth,
fostering
developments
that
create
jobs,
revitalizing
neighborhoods
and
driving
growth
to
every
corner
of
Philadelphia.
This
mission
aligns
with
our
vision
for
a
Philadelphia
economy
that
is
diversified,
growing
and
inclusive,
creating
jobs,
investment
and
revitalization
throughout
the
city,
and
that
mission
obviously
clearly
aligns
with
the
the
language
from
the
resolution
for
today's
hearings,
which
talks
about
for
the
the
notion
that
Philadelphia
in
order
to
reach
its
full
potential,
must
create
more
high
quality.
L
High
wage
21st
century
jobs,
build
an
inclusive
economy
with
opportunity
for
all
and
reinvigorate
neighborhood
commercial
districts
in
all
corners
of
the
city.
We
are
completely
aligned
in
terms
of
mission
and
objectives
with
that.
Second
point
I'd
like
to
make
is
that
PA
DC
for
for
the
last
decade
or
so
has
really
aligned
all
of
its
resources
and
all
of
its
products
and
services
to
three
core
areas
that
align
with
that
mission.
L
One
is
we
invest
in
supporting
growing
businesses,
we
invest
in
high-impact
community
and
economic
development
projects
in
neighborhood
commercial
districts
and
enlarge
employment
centers
throughout
the
city,
and
we
focus
our
efforts
around
real
estate
to
create
workplaces
for
the
future
to
ensure
that
Philadelphia
remains
a
place
that
can
support
work
and
attract
work
and
that
that
work
drives
benefits
throughout
our
neighborhoods.
A
couple
of
statistics
to
kind
of
highlight
that
over
the
last
six
or
seven
years,
PA
DC
has
made
more
than
500
business
loans
for
approximately
a
hundred
and
fifty
million
dollars.
L
These
loans
are
located
in
ninety
seven
percent
of
the
city's
zip
codes.
There
are
literally
two
zip
codes
where
we
have
not
made
a
loan
in
the
last
five
years,
one
of
which
we're
about
to
close
I
think
this
week
before
Thanksgiving
and
55
percent
of
those
loans
support,
minority
or
women-owned
businesses.
Clearly,
P
IDC
has
been
attracting
capital
and
we've
been
putting
our
capital
where
our
mission
is
in
neighborhood,
based
businesses,
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
and
supporting
those
businesses
with
the
capital
and
technical
assistance
that
they
additionally
have
lacked
from
the
commercial
banking
sector.
L
We've
had
nine
straight
years
of
job
growth
in
Philadelphia,
we
haven't
had
nine
years
of
job
growth
in
Philadelphia,
since
World
War
two
and
what
we're
starting
to
see
is
nine
years
of
job
growth.
More
than
twelve
years
of
population
growth
produced
more
tax
revenue,
I
think
we've
seen
a
city
budget
that
has
more
than
a
billion
dollars
of
resources
than
it
did
four
or
five
years
ago,
and
that's
the
cycle
that
we
need
to
continue
to
support
jobs,
anchor
Communities
job
drive,
jobs,
drive,
tax
revenues
and
tax
revenues
to
poor
quality
of
life.
L
Investments
in
schools
in
neighborhoods
and
in
the
services
that
make
Philadelphia
place
for
people
to
want
to
come
to
start
a
business
to
start
a
family
and
to
raise
that
family.
The
Chamber's
neighborhood
growth
project
focuses
on
investments
that
will
help
spur
the
creation
of
neighborhood
jobs,
increase
access
to
capital
and
other
resources
to
help
small
business
owners
grow
and
thrive.
This
is
what
P
IDC
is
all
about.
L
C
We
look
at
that
in
the
regions
that
span
our
district,
so
that
includes
southern
New,
Jersey
eastern
Pennsylvania
and
Delaware
so
really
pleased
today
to
testify
about
some
of
the
research
we've
been
doing
at
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Philadelphia,
on
this
topic
of
how
to
connect
people
to
economic
opportunity
and
specifically
on
good
jobs.
Earlier
this
year,
we
published
a
study
on
something
we
call
opportunity
occupations
these
are
jobs
that
pay
above
the
national
annual
median
wage,
adjusted
for
regional
cost
of
living,
they're,
also
jobs
that
do
not
require
a
four-year
college
degree.
C
Now
in
the
region
of
Philadelphia,
our
study
found
almost
20%
of
jobs,
are
these
opportunity
occupations
and
for
clarification
that
we
defined
here
as
paying
above
thirty,
nine
thousand
seven
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars
a
year,
and
those
include
roles
like
registered
nurses,
carpenters,
supervisors
of
office,
administrative
support
workers
so
for
context
that
20%
is
about
five
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
jobs.
Well,
we
also
know
that
about
seven
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
philadelphians
that
are
working
age,
so
over
the
age
of
25,
do
not
have
a
four-year
degree.
C
C
While
we
were
looking
at
this,
we
also
started
looking
at
ways
that
work
is
changing
and
what
we're
seeing
in
the
economy
about
what
that
means
both
for
the
future
of
Philadelphia
and
what's
happening
nationally.
This
critical
issue
came
to
light
and
some
research
we
published
in
October
on
automation
in
the
third
District
of
Philadelphia.
The
research
found
that
specifically
here
in
Philly,
18
percent
of
our
jobs
are
at
high
risk
for
automation.
Now
those
jobs
that
are
predicted
to
be
the
most
impacted,
our
jobs
that
we
commonly
see
in
the
surface
economy.
C
So
those
are
jobs
like
bank
tellers,
cashiers
retail
sales
workers,
and
these
are
jobs
that
are
high-growth,
but
they're,
also
at
high
risk
for
automation.
This
research
also
found
what
we
found
very
important
and
compelling
for
inclusive
growth,
which
is
the
disparate
impact
of
automation
on
populations
that
are
more
likely
to
be
in
low-wage
work.
So
a
higher
number
of
women,
a
higher
number
of
people
of
color
and
a
higher
number
of
younger
workers
could
be
impacted
by
these
shifts
and
what's
happening
in
technology,
so
to
build
a
more
inclusive
future.
C
We
Philadelphia
stakeholders
need
to
consider
these
impacts
of
automation,
on
job
growth,
on
workforce
development
and
on
local
talent
pipelines.
We
decided
to
explore
a
little
bit
about
what
could
be
done
to
address
these
intersecting
issues
and
we
had
the
opportunity
to
partner
with
some
folks
who
are
in
the
room
today,
including
PID
C,
the
mayor's
office,
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
Greater
Philadelphia.
C
We
hosted
an
event
earlier
this
year
called
business
innovations
for
the
future
of
work,
and
we
really
pulled
together
some
of
these
best
practices,
understanding
what's
happening
across
the
country
in
terms
of
how
local
and
national
leaders
are
preparing
for
these
shifts
and
work.
A
few
of
the
things
we
learned
that
I
think
are
important
to
consider
in
the
first
is
that
private
and
public
partnerships
are
really
necessary
and
that's
really
how
we
bridge
these
silos
and
these
divides
to
build
a
more
inclusive
future,
but
that
also
investments
and
workers
and
investments
in
John
Paul.
C
Ii,
second,
is
that
all
of
the
efforts
that
have
been
successful
here
and
elsewhere
are
really
intentional
about
diversity
and
inclusion
to
expand
talent,
pools.
That
means
they're
thinking
about
workers
who
would
be
typically
overlooked
that
are
represented
in
some
of
the
data
I
mentioned
earlier,
so
as
Philadelphia
considers
neighborhood
growth
and
sort
of
the
impact
of
what
this
means
to
grow
good
jobs
in
all
neighborhoods.
It's
important
to
look
at
that
intersection,
the
intersection
between
investments
and
placed
and
investments
in
people.
C
K
K
A
successful
business
in
Philadelphia
eatable
delights
of
the
firm
I
started
building
when
I
worked
in
restaurants
across
the
city,
such
as
the
Olive
Garden,
and
a
lot
to
rest,
restaurant
I,
attended
and
graduated
the
OFC
Philadelphia,
where
I
received
hospitality
and
culinary
training,
I've,
operated
food
restaurants
and
a
catering
business
located
on
Ridge
Avenue
for
the
last
13
years.
That
currently
provides
catering
for
over
300
events
per
year.
I
am
an
entrepreneur
as
much
as
I
am
a
chef
and
I
am
an
entrepreneur
entrepreneur
in
spirit
as
well.
K
When
I
first
heard
about
the
Philadelphia
neighborhood
growth
project,
it
was
from
representative
Donna
Bullock,
who
hosted
a
community
meeting
in
brewery
town
I
was
intrigued
because
I
have
seen
the
changes
that
are
happening
in
neighborhood
in
recent
years.
Areas
that
have
been
difficult
times
were
at
long
last
during
right.
This
is
to
the
credit
to
the
people
who
I
have
lived
and
worked
for
and
their
rebirth
of
the
neighborhoods.
It
clearly
has
not
been
easy,
but
their
work
is
beginning
to
pay
off.
K
I
wanted
to
hear
more
about
any
plan
that
would
include
that
would
bring
a
focus
to
what
I
believe
as
the
most
important
issue
facing
Philadelphia
how
to
help
entrepreneurs
like
myself,
green
jobs
in
neighborhoods
that
serve
and
employ
the
people
in
those
neighborhoods.
At
the
meeting
hosted
by
representative
Barak
I
heard
about
the
inclusive
growth
agenda
and
the
importance
of
addressing
the
reasons
jobs
aren't
being
created
in
a
sub
structure
and
systemic
way.
K
As
you
consider
how
best
to
increase
the
number
of
neighborhood
businesses
I
hope
you
seriously
consider
accelerated
wage
and
business
tax
reductions
for
all
city
residents
and
businesses.
If
that
provide.
If
that
proves
impossible,
City
Council
should
identify
targeted
credits
that
can
be
used
to
boost
startups
and
ensure
our
neediest.
Our
neediest
citizens
share
an
economic
boost.
K
The
fuel
of
tax
reform
in
closing
I
want
to
reiterate
that
if
the
city
is
going
to
address
the
poverty
that
scars
too
many
communities,
there
needs
to
be
more
job
creation
that
has
to
be
of
the
highest
priority.
Too
often,
the
discussion
is
focused
on
creating
certain
types
of
jobs,
but
I
will
say
that
I
believe
all
job
growth
is
good,
especially
for
those
people
without
jobs,
creating
those
jobs,
thoughts
with
making
it
easier
for
businesses
to
afford
to
hire.
K
B
N
You
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
to
all
of
you.
My
name
is
Paul
Mason
I
am
a
principal
with
an
engineering
company
that
came
to
Philadelphia
five
years
ago.
Our
headquarters
is
in
st.
Louis,
a
project
for
Pico
brought
us
here,
and
we
had
a
job
for
a
single
engineer,
but
that
also
gave
our
company
an
opportunity
to
get
to
know
Philadelphia.
N
We
loved
the
energy
of
the
city
at
this
particular
time
in
its
evolution
as
engineers,
we
saw
an
opportunity
in
the
construction
boom.
That's
all
around
us
with
the
EDS
and
the
meds
that
are
here
in
this
town.
We
saw
potential
to
serve
clients
who
liked
the
ones
that
we
serve
and
have
served
in
the
Midwest
for
the
last
30
years.
N
So
we
imagine
slowly
building
an
East,
Coast
office
and
creating
jobs.
Here.
Five
years
later
we
have
an
office
in
Center
City
and
we
have
a
suburban
office
in
Norristown.
We
employ
10
people
and
we
can
see
that
number
doubling
in
the
next
couple
of
years.
Our
civil
instructional
engineers
are
working
on
the
campuses
of
several
universities,
we're
designing
school
renovations
for
the
School
District
of
Philadelphia.
N
We're
helping
to
make
upgrades
to
public
parks
and
community
centers
as
part
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia's
rebuild
program
and
we're
also
working
with
the
P
IBC
to
bring
more
electrical
power,
20
kilowatts
to
the
Navy
Yard,
and
that's
just
some
of
what
our
engagements
are
right
now
and
our
jobs
are
helping
to
keep
highly
educated
philadelphians
here
in
Philadelphia
we
are
deliberately
inclusive.
9
of
10
of
our
employees
are
women
and
or
people
of
color
our
employees.
Salaries
are
well
above
the
local
median
household
income.
N
N
Everybody
knows
that
this
is
a
city
that
has
some
long-established
and
entrench
networks.
If
you
know
what
I
mean,
and
so
why
is
our
firm?
A
small
minority-owned
business
had
a
measure
of
success,
infiltrating
those
networks.
First,
it's
a
good
time
for
the
architecture,
engineering
and
construction
industry
in
this
town.
The
investment
in
development
and
in
infrastructure
means
that
there
is
sufficient
work,
but
it
also
means
that
there's
a
lot
of
competition.
N
N
Third
there's
a
political
climate
in
Philadelphia
modeled
by
the
mayor
and
by
this
city
council
that
has
nurtured
minority
and
women
and
veteran
owned
businesses.
Last
year,
35
percent
of
the
money
spent
on
city
contracts
went
to
minority
and
women,
businesses
24%
to
black
and
brown
businesses
and
11%
to
women-owned
businesses.
I,
don't
need
to
tell
you
these
stats,
but
they're
pretty
good.
So
why
not
repeat
them
right?
B
D
You
I
want
to
thank
the
entire
panel
I'm,
all
kind
of
reflected
the
work
of
this
human
supposed
to
be
about
John
graden
one.
Thank
you
for
your
work
at
PID,
see,
we've
talked
a
lot
of
issues
of
policy
and
you
really
moved
an
AVR
in
a
major
way
and
and
out
of
this
clothes
look
David
I
think
you
really
represent
neighborhood
growth.
You
know
many
many
years
ago,
when
my
wife
and
I
had
a
shoe
store,
and
you
were
one
of
our
first
people
that
we
worked
with
the
store
and
I've
seen
you
grow.
D
D
I
H
K
H
L
L
Second,
in
Fairmount
area
for
the
last
10
years,
they've
decided
they
don't
need
a
storefront
anymore
to
sell
their
product.
They're
gonna
sell
it
online
and
instead
they're
going
to
open
up
a
larger
production
shop
so
that
they
can
make
more
product
and
that
they
can
host
people
at
their
production
site
instead
of
in
their
retail
store.
So
I
do
think
it's
it's.
L
It's
definitely
changing
behaviors,
but
I
think
we
also
see
in
a
lot
of
commercial
partners
around
the
city
throughout
all
all
the
council
districts
that
there
are
still
really
strong,
thriving
commercial
neighborhood
stores
where
people
are
out
to
do
their
daily
get
their
daily
services
the
products-
it's
maybe
a
different
mix
than
it
was
20
or
30
years
ago.
But
the
the
online
component
has
clearly
forced
people
to
rethink
their
business
strategies
and
how
they're
going
to
sell
to
people.
We.
B
Need
to
keep
our
finger
on
that
pulse,
because
this
is
not
going
away
and
whether
you
are
mr.
Simms
who
might
have
to
incorporate
ubereats
or
whatever
to
deliver,
but
these
kinds
of
evolutions
where
people
are
delivering
more
I
think
this
might
be
one
of
them.
Second
years
where
online
shopping
has
exceeded
retail
shopping
and
we
need
to
get
a
hit
of
that
wave.
If
you
would
so
big
box,
how
does
how
does
the
lows
impact
the
mom-and-pop
hardware
store
on
a
parter
I.
L
L
B
Council
person,
Colin
Berger
one
of
the
things
that
I've
learned
in
my
life,
I'm,
not
the
Handy
and
handyman,
so
I
will
call
the
local
hardware
store.
Let
them
hang
a
mirror
and
things
like
that
in
addition
to
whatever
I
buy
from
me
for
that
service
interest,
has
it
it
has
a
lot
to
do
it.
I've
noticed
by
we
have
doctors
are
now
making
house
calls
again,
and
so
we
are
evolving
in
the
service
end
and
service
delivery
of
the
retailer
aspect
of
what
we'll
do.
Councilperson
kahlenberge
mr.
O
Chairman,
thank
you
very
much,
but
also
I
wanted,
like
you
know
that
I
belong
to
the
same
Club.
You
do
in
that.
I
am
NOT
and
I
must
call
extra
help.
I
did
want
to
thank
mr.
Simms
because
one
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
point
out
and
also
chat
with
you.
A
little
bit
about
is
I'm.
Also
a
board
member
of
OIC
and
oh
I
see
helped
you
the
way.
O
I
got
it
and
I
apologized
the
entire
board
here,
because
I
was
coming
back
from
a
meeting
with
the
mayor
and
that's
why
I
had
to
step
out
so
I'm.
Sorry,
I
did
hear
all
your
testimonies,
but
certainly
I,
know
some
of
you.
If
not
all
of
you
put
this
in
writing
so
glad
to
review
it.
But
having
your
your
your
your
store
in
Philadelphia,
having
credited
oh
I,
see
and
having
chosen
some
very
good
neighbors
I
think
you're
on
the
right
track
of
doing
some
things.
O
O
Iii,
thank
you
very
much,
and
it
really
proves
a
point
that
that
I've
always
talked
about
that
you're
going
to
grow
out
of
this
by
increasing
jobs
and
if
we
can't
pave
that
way
to
make
it
easier,
then
we're
not.
You
know
we're
not
doing
the
right
things
as
governance
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
allowing
entrepreneurs
to
develop
and
develop
those
jobs.
That's
I
think
a
key
component
of
any
of
any
city
and
I
and
I.
Thank
you
for
that.
For
that
testimony
so
and
I.
O
Thank
you
all
for
being
here,
but
I
also
wanted
to
thank
mr.
Mason
for
choosing
Philadelphia,
to
borrow
a
phrase
from
temple
could
have
going
anywhere.
It
came
to
Philadelphia,
and
this
councilman
and
I
know
our
panel
of
our
committee
thanks,
you
immensely
and
the
entire
council
thanks
you
immensely.
We
like
it.
N
O
O
It's
great
to
hear
that
you
know,
because
sometimes
when
you're
here,
you
get
beat
up
won
a
whole
bunch
of
issues.
Some
of
it
is
rightly
done.
Some
of
it
is
wrongly
done,
but
to
hear
the
things
we're
doing
right
and
you
articulate
it
so
well
meant
a
lot
to
me
personally
and
I
know
also
to
my
colleagues
if
I
could
be
so
bold
and
speak
for
them.
One.
N
P
N
O
N
J
Let
me
just
start
I
want
to
echo
comments
that
we've
heard
about
John
Grady
and
you
know
David
you'll
have
a
connection
with
the
ninth,
but
John
Grady
has
a
lifelong
connection
to
that
community,
particularly
in
the
only
region.
So
when
I
begin
to
talk
about
places
like
Sturgis,
Recreation,
Center
and
I
only
recreation
center,
he
doesn't
have
to
search
for
it
in
a
white
paper.
He
knows
it
where.
B
J
Choose
to
live
all
started,
Sharon
is
the
champion,
but
we
we
I
do
want
to
own
a
record
say
thank
you
so
very
much
just
for
the
institutional
knowledge
and
for
helping
businesses
and
organizations
in
a
ninth
Council,
Matic
District,
who
may
not
have
had
the
technical
capacity
to
access
capital
at
traditional
banks
and
working
with
your
staff
to
patience
and
just
walking
them
through
that
process.
It's
something
that
we
don't
take
lightly
and
and
you've
done
it
well
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
on
the
record
for
that
Shalimar.
J
M
Why
I
think
that
we
consistently
here
on
North
Broad,
is
that
with
the
development
that's
taking
place
is
Park,
and
you
hear
that
you
hear
that
all
across
the
city
so
I
think
being
strategic
and
thinking
about?
How
are
we
going
to
manage
the
growth
that's
coming
by
way
of
parking,
I
think
taking
advantage
of
that
Jim,
the
North
Broad
Street
line
and
making
sure
that
people
feel
safe
and
comfortable
taking
that
mode
of
transportation
and
utilizing
public
transportation
will
be
key.
So
investing
in
two
elements:
that's
going
to
support
that
is
important.
Well,.
J
I
just
I
appreciate
you're,
making
a
note
of
that.
You
know
when
I
think
about
bruit
Nami
when,
when
I
just
think
about
major
commercial
hubs,
all
up
and
down
I
mean
you
know
from
north
to
south
on
Broad
Street
opportunity.
You
know
comes
to
mind.
So
hopefully
we
will
see
us
and
I'm
very
intentional
to
intentional
about
this.
Were
some
equitable
investment.
M
J
M
And
I
think
getting
in
front
of
development,
I
always
say:
North
Broad
is
at
this
very
privileged
position,
because
there's
still
early
stages
of
development,
you
have
development
taking
place
at
least
20
projects
being
proposed
along
North
Broad,
with
maybe
40%
of
those
or
even
more
being
commercial
developments
as
well.
So
thinking
about
how
do
we
populate
those
commercial
tenants
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
it's
diverse
and
that
it
that
those
businesses
are
can
experience
the
experience?
J
And
finally,
actually
I
wanted
to
say
to
you.
This
issue
that
you
raised
I
am
extremely
sensitive
to
relative
to
automation,
because
the
nine
council,
mad
at
district,
is
unfortunately
losing
one
of
its
largest
employers
that
started
one
phase
of
moving
a
certain
portion
of
those
jobs
to
Mexico.
Now
we
find
out
that
the
firm
is
actually
totally
closed
in
and
we're
working
with
PID
C
in
commerce-
and
you
know
it's
going
to
be
alright,
because
we're
going
to
find
a
way
through
public-private
partnerships
to
make
it
work.
J
But
automation
when
we
think
about
manufacturing
is
you
know
it's
getting
cleaner?
The
skill
set
needed
to
do
it,
and
you
talked
about
this
in
in
your
testimony-
the
impacts
of
automation
on
job
growth,
workforce
development
and
local
talent
pipelines
based
on
your
research
discussions,
the
forum
that
you
were
talking
about
indirect.
So
what
are
some
of
the
major
issues
that
you
think
or
flags
that
that
we
as
local
elected
officials,
need
to
be
watching
closely
absolutely.
C
And
I
think
an
issue
that
has
has
been
raised
by
quite
a
few
people
in
this
room.
Pid
C
actually
started
convening
folks
around
the
the
conversations
about
the
future
of
work,
understanding
how
we
can
invest
in
and
grow
the
kind
of
jobs
that
sustain
these
technological
changes.
I
think
the
the
thing
that
was
most
interesting
to
us
was
what
we're
seeing
in
terms
of
what
that
means
for
talent.
So
we
have
great
talents
in
Philadelphia
we
have
regional
businesses
that
have
incredible
knowledge.
C
We
have
talented
people
who
are
working
in
some
of
these
jobs
that
are
likely
to
be
automated,
and
so
the
question
we
were
asking
is:
what
does
it
take
to
get
someone
from
that
retail
sales,
frontline
banker,
job
into
the
kinds
of
jobs
that
technology
is
creating?
We
did
learn
that
automation
also
is
going
to
create
new
work,
so
it's
not
unnecessarily
a
net
loss,
but
it
does
require
investments
in
skills
and
investments
in
human
capital
and
I.
C
Think
what
we
really
wanted
to
highlight
is
that
that
also
has
to
be
intentional
about
that
diversity
and
inclusion.
So,
looking
at
those
populations
that
are
more
likely
to
be
in
low-wage
not
necessarily
low
skills
right,
that's
the
distinction.
Those
are
still
people
with
skills
that
can
contribute
to
the
economy
and
to
the
growth
of
this
region,
but
they're
in
low
wage
jobs
that
are
likely
be
changed.
And
so
how
do
we
think
about
those
investments
in
that
talent?
I?
C
Think
one
of
the
things
we
heard
was
also
encouraging
businesses
to
think
outside
the
box
in
terms
of
where
they
hire
and
who
they
partner,
with
there's
some
great
partnerships
that
are
happening
in
the
city
you
mentioned
PCP.
You
know
that's
an
engine
for
economic
growth
right
there
in
terms
of
how
they're
investing
in
local
talent,
but
thinking
about
the
alternatives
that
that
people
have,
if
you're,
not
going
after
that
four-year
degree
to
getting
access
to
those
new
kinds
of
jobs
that
are
coming
in
so
I
think
it
matters
on
both
sides.
J
B
B
B
K
B
Q
Good
afternoon,
council
members,
my
name
is
Michael
woods
and
I
am
here
today
to
discuss
a
Fairtrade
outsourcing
Fairtrade
outsourcing
is
a
social
enterprise.
We
specialize
and
we
use
the
outsourcing
industry
as
an
anti-poverty
weapon.
We
use
the
humble
call
center
job
as
a
source
of
not
just
a
sustainable
source
of
living,
wage
or
better
employment,
but
also
as
the
start
of
a
business
career
and
a
path
to
the
true
middle
class.
Q
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
address
you
today
and
and
and
about
how
you
consider
how
best
to
address
the
chronic
poverty
that
inflicts
too
many
Philadelphia
neighborhoods
as
business
and
civic
leaders
within
our
great
city,
I
believe
that
we
all
have
an
obligation
to
use
our
skills
and
talents
to
alleviate
this
tragic
condition
of
poverty.
For
so
many
of
our
fellow
citizens,
I
believe
we
have
a
humane
obligation
to
do
so
at
fair
trade
outsourcing.
Q
We
are
experimenting
with
having
the
formerly
poor
as
employees
working
in
our
Kensington
call
center,
who
now
earn
a
living
wage
or
better.
It
is
a
very
small
number
of
folks,
but
it
has
taught
us
a
lot.
We
are
a
skills
based
employer.
This
means
that
we
never
look
at
the
educational
credentials.
Someone
brings
into
our
call
centres
when
making
a
hiring
decision.
Q
It's
the
old
adage
adage
of
being
able
to
deal
with
whatever
comes
at
you.
Adaptability
is
uniquely
human.
That's
why
fair
trade
outsourcing?
We
simply
assess
every
person.
We
have
an
extensive
assessment
program,
regardless
of
their
background
for
the
skills
we
know
our
clients
will
need
in
the
particular
job,
we'll
be
putting
them
into
typing
computer
operations,
speech,
working
memory,
etc.
If
a
person
can
reach
the
minimum
level
of
skills
for
the
job
they
get
the
job.
No
questions
asked
and
just
as
the
path
out
of
poverty
is
not
a
straight
line.
Q
Q
Individual
programs
can
only
go
so
far,
but
the
path
out
of
poverty
is
one
that
can
take,
unfortunately
years,
and
if
we
really
want
to
reduce
the
poverty
in
these
neighborhoods
that
are
getting
left
behind,
we
need
better
production
out
of
the
work
force,
development
dollars,
we're
already
spending.
We
need
to
change
our
work
force
development
organizations
to
align
with
this
new
reality
of
work.
Micro
skills,
I,
believe
an
accumulation
over
time
are
the
true
path
out
of
poverty.
For
our
fellow
Philadelphians.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
address
this
important
topic.
B
R
Good
morning
my
name
is
Hassan
Charles
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
a
year
of
Greater
Philadelphia
we're
a
national
job
training
organization
that
connects
young
adults
with
skilled
jobs
in
high-growth
industries
through
education,
training
and
on-the-job
experience.
I
want
to
echo
and
amplify
what
many
of
others
many
others
have
said,
today's
time
to
completely
rethink
the
traditional
pathway
and
how
we
invest
in
education
and
job
training
programs
that
uplift
people
out
of
poverty
addressing
cities.
R
Deep
poverty
won't
be
accomplished
through
a
single
program
or
policy,
but
it
will
take
a
coordinated,
broad
effort
across
government
businesses
and
community
leaders.
Council
members
across
the
nation
there
are
5
million
young
adults
who
are
out
of
school
out
of
work
and
unable
to
find
a
path
to
self
self
sufficiency
or
family
sustaining
wage.
At
the
same
time,
more
than
12
million
jobs
will
go
unfilled
over
the
next
decade,
simply
because
employers
cannot
find
workers
with
the
skills
needed
for
the
21st
century
economy.
I.
Don't
call
that
a
talent
crisis
right.
R
It's
clear
to
me
that
our
education
and
training
systems
are
increasingly
out
of
touch
with
employers
needs
and
out
of
reach
for
young
adults,
correcting
this
failures,
both
on
both
a
moral
imperative
and
an
economic
necessity
as
head
of
a
local
nonprofit
advocating
for
economic
justice
and
mobility
for
our
most
vulnerable
communities.
I've
seen
firsthand
how
cross
sector
partnerships
between
employers,
educational
institutions
and
workforce
development
programs
can
empower
young
adults
to
move
from
unemployment
or
minimum-wage
jobs
to
a
meaningful
career
in
just
a
single
year.
R
Ashley
to
consider
the
work
that
local
employers
like
Wells,
Fargo,
Thomas,
Jefferson,
Penn,
mutual
Merck
and
Digitas
are
doing
with
Europe
and
Pierce
College.
After
completion
of
our
one-year
program,
85
percent
of
all
graduates
are
attending
college
or
employed
full
time
with
an
average
salary
of
44,000
per
year
and
a
career
trajectory.
The
program
is
debt-free
100
percent
to
students
who
also
earn
college
credits
while
earning
a
weekly
financial
stipend
to
ensure
they
can
graduate
successful
we're
filling
these
jobs,
not
by
Creek.
R
R
First,
let's
just
accept
that
the
traditional
education
and
career
pathway
may
not
work
for
everyone,
and
second,
is
critical
for
us
to
have
a
demand
driven
approach.
We
must
identify
what
employers
need
in
terms
of
technical
and
professional
skills.
Then
we
can
provide
targeted
skills.
Training
that
meets
those
needs
combined
with
work
based
learning
our
city
in
our
country
need
a
labor
market
that
provides
all
citizens
with
multiple
pathways
to
acquire
the
skills
they
need
to
find
good-paying
jobs,
I
think
Ashley.
Putting
them
said
it's
vetted
best.
R
There
are
tons
of
opportunity
occupations
prevalent
across
the
city,
those
that
require
slightly
more
than
a
high
school
degree,
slightly
less
than
a
college
degree,
but
they
pay
family,
sustaining
wages
and
they're
a
huge
opportunity
for
us
to
leverage
across
the
city.
That's
what
our
program
is
focused
on
we're
providing
those
opportunities
and
data
analytics
software
engineering,
our
project
management,
middle
skills,
high
wage
earning
occupations
and
those
are
the
areas
that
we
believe
significant
investment,
or
will
continue
to
be
needed
across
the
city
for
us
to
eradicate
poverty.
Thank
you.
B
O
Sure
hello,
my
name
is
William
B
Stockwell
I'm
here
today
to
discuss
the
success
of
my
firm
stock.
Well,
elastomeric
s--
a
100
year
manufacturing
manufacturing
company
in
northeast
philadelphia.
I
also
want
to
discuss
the
philly
manufacturing
growth
network
and
the
effect
we've
had
on
hiring
returning
citizens.
O
O
Members
of
the
philly
manufacturing
growth
network
were
experiencing
the
same
situation
despite
spreading
the
word
through
our
employees,
their
families
and
friends.
In
the
neighborhoods.
We
barely
found
enough
new
people
to
fulfill
our
customers
demand
in
early
2018.
We
heard
from
rich
Bevin
the
CEO
of
Baker
industries
in
kensington
about
their
job
training
program
for
returning
citizens
from
rich.
We
learned
about
Baker's
job
readiness,
training
program,
as
well
as
the
trauma
people
experience
in
prison
and
the
experience
gap.
Many
of
them
have
and
the
challenges
these
people
experienced
rejoining
society.
O
Sloppily
elastomeric
made
its
first
hire
from
this
program.
In
November
of
2018
and
his
second
person
was
hired
in
April
of
2019,
there
were
some
bumps
along
the
way,
but
by
managing
proactively,
both
are
still
with
us.
Our
first
hire
is
done
with
her
parole.
She
is
eligible
to
participate
in
our
ESOP
and
contributes
into
a
401
k
plan.
O
She
recently
took
a
week
of
vacation
in
early
October
to
become
reacquainted
with
her
family
that
she
had
not
seen
in
many
years.
Our
second
hire
greets
me
with
in
the
electric
smile
every
morning.
She
is
doing
well
that
has
been
recognized
by
her
fellow
employees.
That's
a
strong
contributor
to
the
business.
O
O
The
Philly
manufacturing
growth
network
is
moving
to
build
a
sustainable
hiring
model
that
connects
the
folks
on
the
sidelines,
to
the
small
to
midsize
manufacturers
who
need
entry-level
employees
to
meet
demand
and
train
up
to
fill
the
ranks
of
their
aging
workforce.
We
are
working
closely
with
Baker
industries
to
build
this
model
which
we
have
dubbed.
We
have
dubbed
this.
O
The
counseling
is
not
just
for
life
at
work,
but
life
outside
of
work,
where
the
challenges
may
derail
success.
So
we
are
bridging
the
gap.
We're
building
success.
New
workers
hired
through
Baker
and
using
the
bridge
model,
are
hired
for
full
time
work,
only
hired
for
full-time
work
and
supposedly
hired
at
the
living
wage.
I
should
say
the
minute
living
minimum
wage
of
1240
per
hour
with
benefits,
including
medical,
dental
and
more.
O
Q
Afternoon,
my
name
is
Lu
Rodriguez
and
I'm,
the
CEO
and
president
of
Rodriguez,
the
civil
engineering
and
Lancer
rayon
company,
based
here
in
Philadelphia
I'm.
Also
the
chairman
of
this
panick
Chamber
of
Commerce,
an
organization
which
represents
over
600
businesses
here
in
the
city.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
about
education
and
workforce
modernization.
Q
Over
the
last
five
years,
Philadelphia
has
experienced
unprecedented
growth
in
terms
of
new
construction
of
residential
housing
and
commercial
buildings.
This
growth
has
led
to
tremendous
wealth.
For
some,
however,
our
infrastructure
is
not
maintained
at
the
same
growth
rate
and
has
led
to
tremendous
challenges
for
others.
Keeping
pace
with
this
rapid
change
in
demand
and
improving
the
quality
of
water
systems
and
roads
requires
financial
resources,
but
it
also
requires
human
resources,
technical
and
non-technical
employees
that
have
the
skills
to
do
the
work.
Q
As
a
former
employee
of
the
Philadelphia
water
department,
I
understand
the
challenge
of
maintaining
over
3,000
miles
of
water
mains
and
sewers
that
serve
a
population
of
over
1.5
million
people
in
one
of
America's
oldest
cities,
but
of
which
was
built
over
a
hundred
years
ago
and
was
not
adequately
maintained
over
its
lifetime.
However,
my
engineering,
business
and
many
others
in
the
region
are
faced
with
a
challenge
that
is
far
from
unique.
There
are
not
enough
trained
and
experienced
people
to
meet
the
growing
demands.
Q
Too
often,
we
are
forced
to
spend
one
to
two
years
and
substantial
resources
to
train
in
experienced
engineers
only
to
risk
losing
them
to
an
aggressive
job
market.
More
troubling.
We've
had
problems
finding
workers
for
jobs
that
do
not
require
a
college
degree
such
as
draftsman,
construction,
inspectors
and
land
surveyors.
These
positions
provide
the
greatest
potential
to
the
people
that
live
in
the
communities
that
we
serve,
but
they
are
by
far
the
hardest
to
fill.
Q
If
we're
going
to
meet
the
challenge,
there
needs
to
be
a
meaning,
meaningful
alternatives
to
conventional
college
education
that
are
supported
by
local
governments
and
local
corporations
and
teach
people
the
relevant
skills.
They
need
to
immediately
be
productive
in
the
workforce,
and
this
is
coming
from
someone
that
serves
as
a
board
trustee
of
Widener
University,
one
of
our
leading
educational
institutions
in
the
region.
That's
why,
in
2019,
I
formed
Rodrigues
University,
a
division
of
my
company
focused
on
training
and
developing
workers
for
infrastructure
jobs
that
do
not
require
a
college
degree.
Q
We've
partnered
with
Hope
works
a
nonprofit
organization
that
has
a
20-year
track
record
of
creating
workforce
to
melt
development
programs
for
the
underserved
communities,
and
we
have
just
received
two
grants
and
will
begin
launching
this
program
in
2020
I
wish
to
close
by
thanking
Council
for
its
support
of
the
phl
neighborhood
growth
project.
This
initiative
is
essential
if
we
are
to
improve
education
and
modernize
the
workforce
in
our
region.
If
successful,
it
will
allow
individuals
that
live
in
the
underserved
communities
to
obtain
meaningful
jobs
such
as
supporting
our
aging
infrastructure.
S
Everybody
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today,
I'm
glad
to
be
here
to
be
able
to
be
a
part
of
some
mazing
initiative
and
be
able
to
speak
with
council
this
afternoon.
My
name
is
Jordan
Parisi
Franey
I'm,
the
founder
and
executive
director
of
trades
for
difference
trades
for
difference
as
a
workforce
development
program
that
specializes
in
construction
skills
training
with
the
emphasis
on
entrepreneurship,
so
we're
not
only
trying
to
train
up
tomorrow's
workforce
within
the
building
industry,
but
tomorrow's
building,
industry
leaders
and
business
owners
right
now.
S
S
All
of
our
training
comes
to
a
mixture
of
in
classroom
training,
as
well
as
development
of
leadership
and
entrepreneurial
skills
through
blight
removal
and
repurposing,
and
readapted
reuse
of
dilapidated
structures,
abandoned
buildings
and
new
some
properties
throughout
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
as
well
as
we
cultivate
and
develop
young
people's
leadership
skills
through
community
services
and
also
small
services
and
repairs
for
low-income
seniors.
Disabled
vets
and
single
parents
living
below
the
poverty
line,
a
lot
of
our
work
has
been
spending
into
council
metic.
S
Fourth
District
will
councilman
Curtis
Jones
and
we've
been
recently
blessed
to
be
working
in
partnership
with
Philadelphia
Housing
Authority
as
well.
We're
have
a
lot
of
affordable
housing
development
projects
underway
that
are
going
to
breed
increase
in
Philadelphia,
affordable
housing
stock,
while
training
and
providing
very
much
critical
skills
to
our
young
people
throughout
our
community
and
in
our
city
right
now.
This
is
very
much
needed
in
the
nation's
largest
poorest
city.
There's
evidence
of
the
wealth
gap
that
can
easily
be
seen
and
once
will
pop
release
poverty
stricken
neighborhoods.
S
You
see
the
electrical
Evo
car
parked
right
next
to
the
wide-body
for
town
car.
You
see
the
small,
decaying
house,
the
stock
right
next
to
the
abated
renovated
panel
row
home
with
the
new
third
storey
addition.
You
see
the
blue
bike
stations
as
the
young
people
pop
Willie's
past
them
on
the
way
to
their
neighborhood
playground
with
the
new
pocket
dog
park.
S
The
city
is
booming
as
real
estate,
development
and
capital
investments,
or
yet
it's
hard
to
miss
the
pain
and
the
trauma
and
the
faces
of
the
community
members
who
have
been
here
long
enough
to
see
the
bullets
fly,
one
to
say
that
our
city
is
two
cities
and
one
there's
a
major
need
to
love
with
a
playing
field,
not
the
one
handout
but
through
a
hand
up.
So
how
do
we
empower
a
long
time
standing
community
residents
while
making
their
very
much
needed
improvements
to
our
neighborhoods
without
this
policeman?
S
The
answer
is
simple:
you
do
it
through
education,
you
do
it
through
inclusion
and
access
that
afford
our
people
to
education
and
trainings
that
allow
them
to
capitalize
and
grow
with
the
change,
not
just
another
program
that
teaches
stats
or
metric
quotas,
not
a
highly
publicized
initiative
that
is
optics
and
market
and
heavy,
but
yet
fails
to
move
the
needle.
Our
people
deserve
effective,
organic
and
simple
processes
that
prioritize
the
functions
and
mechanisms
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road,
education
and
workforce.
S
Modernization
is
necessary
programs
that
prioritize
customers
based
on
personnel
over
the
front
office
budget
programs
that
have
direct
outreach
and
involvement
at
the
ground
level,
where
the
resources
are
needed.
The
most
programs
that
shatter
the
long
time
standard
barriers
to
entry
for
people
of
color
programs
that
acknowledge
the
purple
elephant
in
the
room
and
often
overlooked
by
people
in
power
for
sake
of
bureaucratic
tech
or
formality.
We
need
programs
that
provide
industry-leading
training
on
answer,
literacies,
business
acumen
and
entrepreneurial
development,
but,
most
importantly,
we
need
programs
that
provide
access.
S
They
highlight
nuance
and
seeks
the
subtle
intricacies
that
the
old
Boys
Clubs
has
thrived
on
for
so
long.
We
need
growth
in
our
neighborhoods
that
elevate
the
longtime
and
deserving
community
residents
while
effectively
and
organically
putting
them.
In
the
note,
education
and
workforce
modernization
programs
like
the
neighborhood
growth
project
are
the
difference
makers.
I'm
excited
to
be
here
today
to
support
it
as
I.
Look
around
this
room
and
I
see
city
leaders
and
public
and
private
executives.
I.
S
B
There's
a
movie
called
the
last
black
men
in
San
Francisco,
where
the
gentrification
thing
is
the
thing
and
a
a
tandem
of
young
men.
Look
at
the
house.
They
used
to
live
in,
wonder
how
they
were
displaced
and
wonder
how
they
can
find
their
way
back
to
that
neighborhood
and
in
your
testimony,
the
blue,
indigo
bike
versus
young
kids.
B
Popping
wheelies
right
next
to
them
is
a
kind
of
parallel
different
direction,
universe
that
if
we
don't
get
ahead
of
it,
we
will
be
looking
at
neighborhoods
where
people
used
to
live
in
as
opposed
to
people
together,
working
living
and
playing.
So
what
you're
talking
about
is
important,
creating
closing
the
pipeline
from
school
to
prison
and
opening
a
pipeline
from
school
to
paycheck
is
what
I
hear,
and
so
I
want
to.
B
Thank
you
all
for
for
thinking
that
way
and
try
to
figure
out
how
we
can
and,
in
my
opinion
hearing
what
I
hear
knowing
what
I
know
about
rock
the
block.
Just
don't
doubt
that
for
a
minute,
we've
done
over
a
hundred
houses
with
seniors
fixing
their
porches
with
young
at
risk
or
opportunity.
You
two
you've
graduated
15
of
them
in
a
basic
skills
program.
So
they
could
take
the
weapon
out
of
the
hand
and
put
a
hammer
in
their.
H
B
But
we
have
to
bring
these
kinds
of
points
of
light
to
scale,
so
that
they're
not
just
good
examples,
but
they
are
game
changers
in
areas
that
are
besieged
by
these
opportunities.
So
if
the
city
of
Philadelphia
the
charity,
gas
Commission
knows
that
we
don't
have
enough
skilled
trades
people
to
fill
the
positions
to
deal
with
those
kinds
of
infrastructure
issues,
3,000
miles
of
pipe
you're
right,
I
gotta
go
take
a
visit
to
your
University
to
see
how
you're
actually
doing
that.
B
D
I'll
be
very
brief:
I'm
gonna,
thank
all
the
speakers
on
this
panel.
Now,
a
lot
of
the
focus
for
this
hearing
has
been
really
focused
on
growth
from
growing
small
business
and
entrepreneurship,
but
the
work
that
all
of
you
are
doing
in
reference
to
increasing
this
skill
set
for
those
entrepreneurs
to
hire
more
people,
it's
also
very
important.
So
we
talked
about
neighborhood
growths,
not
just
by
growing
businesses,
but
also
growing
the
skill
set
of
people
in
our
neighborhoods,
and
each
of
you
are
doing
phenomenal
work.
I
also
just
want
to
commend
mr.
D
S
B
Q
Good
morning,
good
afternoon,
I
guess
I'm
Peter,
Hodes
I'm,
the
president
of
vibe,
urgent
care
and
happy
to
be
here.
Thank
you
for
inviting
me
to
participate
in
this
hearing
on
how
to
foster
and
close
to
the
inclusive
growth
in
every
city.
Neighborhood
I
met
I
launched
our
urgent
care
business
about
three
years
ago,
because
I
believe
that
everyone
deserves
great
care
that
has
become
a
shared
belief
of
the
over
100
clinicians
and
employees
who
now
work,
provide
urgent
care
and
our
eight
centers.
Throughout
Philadelphia.
Q
We
partner
closely
with
Medicaid
plans
and
other
community
providers
to
facilitate
access
to
affordable,
convenient
health
care
services.
We
have
locations
in
Center,
City
and
University
city,
very
busy
health
centers
in
Port,
Richmond
and
South
Philadelphia,
and
we're
coming
soon
to
West,
Philadelphia
I'm
here
today,
because
the
issue
of
what
companies
need
to
grow
and
thrive
in
the
city's
neighborhood
is
of
special
importance
to
me.
We've
made
a
conscious
decision
to
locate
our
centers
in
many
neighborhoods
that
lack
health
care
providers.
We
see
firsthand
the
impact.
Q
A
lack
of
opportunity
does
both
to
the
fabric
of
a
community
and
to
the
health
of
its
residents.
We
also
know
how
important
is
strong,
clean
and
safe
neighborhood
is
to
our
ability
to
attract
and
retain
the
highly
skilled
professionals.
We
need
to
provide
care.
We
need
to
be
able
to
operate
safely
and
attract
doctors,
nurses,
x-ray,
techs
and
medical
assistants
in
our
centers
in
order
for
us
to
fulfill
this
mission
and
provide
great
care
and
service
to
all
areas
of
the
city.
Q
Similarly,
businesses
need
to
be
able
to
assure
their
employees
and
customers,
many
of
whom
live
in
the
neighborhoods,
that
they
are
serving
that
it's
safe
for
them
to
commute
to
work
to
go
outside
for
a
lunch
break
to
leave
their
car
in
a
parking
lot.
They
need
to
see
a
neighborhood
where
broken
streetlights
are
fixed
and
the
streets
are
patrolled.
We
also
need
to
assure
them
that
our
police
will
respond
quickly
if
an
incident
occurs
in
one
of
our
health
centers,
they
need
all
of
those
things
before
the
types
of
everyday
services
around
the
workplace.
Q
That
many
of
us
take
for
granted
here
in
Center
City
things
like
dry
cleaners,
convenience
stores
and
restaurants
to
frequent
before
and
after
work
and
during
their
breaks
will
become
available
at
our
urgent
care.
Centers
we've
taken
many
extra
steps
to
ensure
a
safe
working
environment
for
our
teams.
Q
I,
truly
believe
that
all
areas
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
can
thrive
just
as
I
believe
everyone
deserves
great
care,
but
Philadelphia
can
only
thrive
with
equal
attention
is
paid
to
all
areas
of
the
city
and
all
residents
are
given
the
support
necessary
for
growth.
We're
pleased
to
do
our
small
part
by
providing
core
healthcare
services.
We
respectfully
request
that
council
continue
to
ensure
adequate
focus
on
safety
and
resources
for
all
neighborhoods
in
the
city.
Thank
you
now.
B
A
Council
members
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
today
in
this
important
hearing.
My
name
is
hector
allah,
I'm
the
CEO
or
hispanic
community.
Counseling
services
is
an
outpatient
mental
health
organization
that
provides
services
to
close
to
4,500
individuals
in
North,
Philadelphia
I'm.
Also,
the
chair
for
the
Latino
behavior
health
coalition,
which
is
composed
of
seven
Latino
organizations,
and
we
provide
services
to
over
35,000
individuals
and
families
annually.
I'm
encouraged
that
as
part
of
the
discussion
about
how
to
best
increase
Neighborhood
Development,
the
connected
issues
of
health
and
safety
are
being
considered.
A
It
is
our
experience
that
more
intensive
programs
directed
at
family
and
priest,
youth
and
more
likely
to
lower
crime.
There
are
programs
directed
to
people
already
heavily
involve
only
in
illegal
activities.
It
cost
less
than
keep
young
people
in
education
and
training
programs,
then
to
imprison
them,
and
such
programs
are
more
likely
to
produce
productive
and
well-adjusted
adult
the
resultant.
Research
provides
strong
evidence
in
favor
of
model
of
criminal
behaviors
that
emphasizes
the
role
of
economic
variables
and
accounts
for
internal
effects.
Both
economic
growth
and
economic
inequality
are
proposed,
determined
of
violent
crime
rates.
A
We
suggest
that
by
addressing
social
on
social
policy
and
some
criminal
justice
policies,
the
city
can
reduce
violence
and
crime
among
social
policy
efforts
to
provide
meaningful
activities
such
as
jobs,
school
and
education
to
young
males,
particular
minority
males
and
preventive
or
supported
programs.
Particular
programs
directed
to
young
children
and
their
families
can
reduce
crime.
There
is
also
evidence
in
the
structure,
Community,
Oriented
and
value
Center
schools
can
improve
educational
performance
in
lower
levels
of
termina
juvenile
delinquency.
A
In
response
to
the
opioid
crisis,
we
propose
to
focus
efforts
on
the
following:
improving
access
to
treatment
and
recovery
services,
promoting
use
of
over
those
reversing
drugs,
strengthening
our
understanding
of
the
epidemic
through
better
public
health
surveillance
and
providing
support
for
cutting-edge
practices
and
research
on
pain
and
addiction.
I
want
to
urge
to
make
funding
to
neighborhood
community-based
agencies
for
community
development
priority.
A
It
is
in
the
interest
of
all
stakeholders,
consumers,
family
members,
service
providers,
County
systems
and
state
government
to
come
together
to
face
these
challenges
and
transform
Philadelphia,
behavioral
educational
and
health
service
system
into
a
recovery
and
resilience
oriented
resource
for
the
next
50
years.
With
your
support
and
vigilance,
we
can
continue
the
utilization
of
best
practices
in
the
continuation
of
expansion,
most
needed
socio
economic
services.
Thank
you
all,
and
those
2%,
the
leadership
for
those
opportunities
to
be
spent
in
this
testimony
and
I
will
be
more
than
glad
to
answer
your
questions.
Thank.
T
To
thank
chair
drones
and
members
of
the
commerce
and
economic
development
committee
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
all
today.
My
name
is
Alonzo
South
and
West
I
serve
as
the
senior
director
of
community
engagement
at
the
Shoals
house
with
Philadelphia.
Machop
is
very
pleased
that
the
chamber
is
phl.
Neighborhood
growth
projects
addressed
his
safe
and
healthy
neighborhoods,
since
1855
chop
has
provided
health
care
for
Philadelphia's
children.
However,
we
all
recognize
that
health
is
limited
to
the
hospital
or
primary
care
site.
T
Health
starts
in
the
home
and
our
schools,
in
our
neighborhoods
and
in
our
communities.
The
Chamber's
phl
neighborhood
growth
project
strategy
recognizes
this
reality
and
we
at
chop
or
happy
to
join
forces
with
the
chamber
on
this
effort.
In
fact,
this
year
chop
launched
a
program
called
healthy
together
to
significantly
increase
our
commitment
to
making
the
neighborhoods
around
our
Hospital
safer
and
healthier
I'm
healthy
together
the
five
year.
T
Twenty
five
million
dollar
program
to
improve
the
health
of
children
in
west
and
southwest
Philadelphia
air
is
a
focus
or
housing
trauma,
hunger
and
poverty
which
reflect
the
prioritized
health
needs
identified
by
the
community.
Our
vision
is
to
give
every
child
a
fair
chance
at
a
healthy
future
as
part
of
healthier
togethers
housing
initiatives.
Chop
is
investing
in
home
repairs
to
improve
child
asthma
outcomes.
T
We
know
the
child
asthma
rate
in
West
Philadelphia
at
twenty
five
percent
is
nearly
triple
the
national
rate
tops
community
asthma,
Prevention
Program
or
cap
has
made
significant
progress
in
improving
child
asthma
outcomes.
Over
the
past
twenty
years,
however,
asthma
triggers
in
a
child's
home
such
as
moisture
mold
dust
and
pests
limit
that
impact.
T
As
a
result,
too
many
asthmatic
children
come
to
chop
for
disruptive
and
avoidable
emergency
department
visits
and
inpatient
hospitalizations
in
response
to
choppers
partnering
with
the
Philadelphia
Housing
Development
Corporation
PhD
C,
because
this
organization
has
the
unique
skills
and
relationship
to
address
these
asthma
triggers
PhD
C
will
remediated
the
triggers
in
the
home,
such
as
moisture
and
mold,
caused
by
plumbing
leaks,
copper
removal
and
pest
infestations
to
improve
air
quality.
This
work
is
already
underway,
chopped
aims
to
repair
100
homes,
and
we
are
actively
exploring
opportunities
to
expand.
The
program.
T
Further
next
year,
chopped
will
begin
rolling
out
new
services
to
address
the
remaining
healthy
together
focus
areas
for
trauma.
We
want
to
reduce
the
impact
and
incidence
of
traumatic
events
for
hunger.
Our
aim
is
to
decrease
the
number
of
food,
insecure
families
and
lessen
the
severity
of
food
insecurity,
and
finally,
is
one
of
the
largest
employers
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania.
The
chop
will
adjust
poverty
by
facilitating
economic
mobility
and
inclusion
for
families
and
businesses,
for
example.
The
goal
the
cap
plus
home
repairs
program
is
to
use
100%
local
minority
and
women-owned
business
enterprise.
T
Chops
commitment
to
supporting
local
diverse
entrepreneurs
will
have
a
tangible
impact
on
growing
local
businesses,
who
often
hire
locally
ultimately,
making
Philadelphia
neighborhoods,
safer
and
healthier
will
require
a
team
effort
chops,
healthy
together
program
in
the
Chamber's
phl
neighborhood
growth
project
of
both
joint
efforts
that
involves
residents,
businesses,
nonprofits
and
governments.
This
collaboration
is
critical
and
is
critical
to
improving
our
community's
well-being.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
attention.
Thank.
R
Good
afternoon
Thank,
You
Council
and
the
chamber
for
this
opportunity
to
share
with
you.
My
name
is
Michael
Bryan
and
I.
Am
the
director
of
learning
at
the
village
of
Arts
and
Humanities
in
North
Philadelphia,
the
village
of
Arts
and
Humanities
has
a
50
plus
year
history
in
the
Fairholme
neighborhood
beginning
as
the
Ile
AEP
black
humanitarian
centre
and
the
1960s,
founded
by
the
amazing
arthur
hall.
The
village
as
an
institution
sits
at
the
intersection
of
community
economic
development
and
arts
and
culture.
R
Second,
I
am
also
an
innovation
fellow
at
The
Linde
Institute
for
urban
innovation
at
Drexel
University,
where
I
am
developing
a
research
and
practice
framework
called
designing
for
humanity,
a
framework
for
human
and
market
resilience
and
in
both
roles
my
work
is
ideated
devised
and
executed
through
a
lens
of
human
centered
growth
and
development.
This
lens
is
built
on
the
science
of
trauma
and
adversity,
but
also
the
science
of
human
well-being
and
the
science
of
human
flourishing.
R
So
before
workforce
investments
for
returning
citizens,
people
in
recovery
and
individuals,
navigating
housing
and
security
were
really
popular
topics.
The
village
was
responding
to
those
needs
as
early
as
1967
again
has
the
LA
EPA.
Humanity.
Excuse
me,
black
humanitarian
center,
so
through
my
work
at
Lindy,
I
also
have
focused
on
the
shared
skill,
sets
and
character,
virtues
and
leadership,
domains
that
are
important
for
resilience
in
the
market.
Ironically
enough,
early
analysis
has
shown
that
these
same
skill
sets
are
just
as
viable
for
individuals
as
they
are
for
organizations.
R
I
will
submit
for
the
record,
and
it's
not
in
my
notes,
that
we
employ
lots
of
young
people
between
the
ages
of
14
and
21
at
the
village
of
Arts
and
Humanities,
and
when
I
have
young
people
come
in
with
a
face
tattoo,
they
can
get
work
through
py
and
work
ready,
but
the
moment
they're
18
nobody
wants
to
hire
them.
So
as
much
as
we
are
trying
to
skill
up
the
individuals
from
the
neighborhood,
we
have
to
focus
on
organizational
culture
to
the
point
of
my
colleague
Jordan,
the
old
Bros
Network.
R
B
The
cultural
aspect
of
employment
and
whether
or
not
I
feel
comfortable
with
who
you
are
is
an
important
factor
in
bridging
unemployment
to
employment.
So
so,
and
it's
probably
at
the
heart
of
daresay
discrimination,
so
it
took
a
while
I
had
to
tell
my
colleague
thing.
You
know
said
it
really
eloquently,
but
he
had
to
break
it
down
for
me
and
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
B
T
B
T
B
It's
not
rocket
science
for
a
hospital,
but
before
an
elected
officials,
sometimes
you
know
well.
Why
does
this
person
keep
it
once
at
a
hospital?
Well,
you
might
want
to
remediate
them
the
mole
in
their
house
and
we're
finding
that
out.
So
again,
what
my
challenge
is
is
to
take
these
little
different,
brilliant
points
of
light
and
bring
them
into
scale
so
that
you're
not
helping
100,
there's,
probably
five
thousand
houses.
B
We
need
to
do
just
like
that
in
my
district,
so
we
want
to
figure
out
how
we
can
you
two
need
to
exchange
cards
since
you'll
want
a
border
trade
for
a
difference
to
see
if
we
can
kind
of
incorporate
that
into
the
skill
sets
of
the
young
people,
we're
hiring
training
to
be
able
to
identify
that
a
contamination
and
be
able
to
remediate
it
through
their
work
process.
Peanut
butter
meets
jelly
right
next
sitting
right
next
to
each
other.
So
with
no
further
questions,
do
we
have
the
next
group
to
testify
mr.
John.
B
P
Sir,
my
name
is
Pat
Christmas
I'm,
the
policy
director
for
the
committee
of
70.
It
is
good
to
be
back
in
this
chamber
speaking
officially,
it's
a
much
shorter
trip
than
it
is
to
a
state
capitol.
So
look
forward
to
coming
back
a
bit
more
so
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here
this
afternoon.
Speaking
to
the
Chamber's
neighborhood
group,
a
project
and
specifically
it's
a
good
government
pillar,
putting
people
first
in
City,
Hall
and
I
just
want
to
have
two
quick
messages,
as
we
close
things
out
with
this
was
hearing.
P
It
was
a
good
piece
of
legislation,
a
complicated
piece
of
legislation
for
a
very
complicated
system
which
which
definitely
supported
our
take
those
that
we
suspect
there
will
be
more
adjustments
to
be
made.
This
is
you
know,
especially
given
what
we're
talking
about
today,
as
the
city
grows,
that
growth
can
be
in
some
ways
a
double-edged
sword,
and
we
have
to
be
very,
very
careful
about
how
we're
dealing
with
our
publicly
owned
land.
P
So,
while
you
know
the
reform,
this
body
passed
was
good,
we
suspect
there
will
be
more
to
do
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
keep
all
of
us
keep
that
on
our
droid.
Our
next
is
that
there
have
been
historic
levels
of
advocacy
around
redistricting
reform
at
the
state
level.
It's
it's
I
think.
Unlike
anything,
the
state
has
ever
seen.
I
think
there's
still
a
chance
that
we
have
reformed
our
congressional
redistricting
process.
P
In
particular,
the
state
legislative
boundaries
will
be
kind
of
tougher
to
get
at,
but
with
all
this
attention
on
the
redistricting
process
and
gerrymandering
at
the
state
level,
there's
actually
been
very
little
conversation
yet
about
our
10
council
districts.
As
you
folks
know,
you
all
will
be
redrawn,
those
and
2021
as
soon
as
the
census
date
is
available.
So
you
know
we
would
just
like
to
flag
the
fact
that
you
know
whether
there
is
new
process
and
try
it
in
the
Charter.
P
You
know
and
or
you
know,
some
sort
of
citywide
civic
engagement
project
that
brings
people
directly
into
that
process.
That's
gonna
be
a
really
pivotal
thing
for
the
city
and
for
our
City
residents,
especially
again
as
we
are
growing
and
people
are
moving
around
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
The
last
thing
is:
is
this
the
last
thing
is
this
and
and
I'm
raising
an
issue
that
actually
this
this
this
body
doesn't
have
direct
control
over
and
that's
the
way
our
elections
work.
P
So
there
was
as
also
I'm
sure
we
are
aware
of
a
very,
very
significant
reform
package.
Passed
in
Harrisburg
makes
changes
to
the
tor
election
code
that
we
haven't
seen
since
the
30s
when
that
code
is
written,
but
you
know
the
voting
procedures.
We
have
are
just
one
part
of
this:
the
rules
by
which
we
actually
run
elections
and
determine
winners,
and
then
what
people
public
office
is
another
piece,
and
so
you
know
78,
for
some
time
has
been
pushing
open
primaries
at
the
state
level.
P
But
there's
there's
a
little
bit
more
conversation
around
now
around
non
partisan
municipal
election
and
ranked
choice,
voting
New,
York
City,
that's
another
huge
thing
that
didn't
really
get
that
much
attention.
New
York
City
will
have
just
that
nonpartisan
elections
and
rank-choice
voting
for
their
City
elections
going
forward.
So
you
know
I
flagged
this,
not
that
the
you
know
this
reform
is
coming
at
us
quickly
and
fast
at
this
at
the
state
level,
but
I
think
it's
gonna
be
growing
conversation.
Of
course
you
know
you
folks,
who
you
know.
P
Who
may
well
be
a
part
of
this.
These
changes
that
they
come
to
fruition
and
years
down
the
Rhine
down
the
line
I.
You
should
absolutely
be
part
of
the
conversation,
so
that's
all
I
wanted
to
highlight
today.
You
know
at
70,
as,
as
you
know,
has
been
around
for
a
long
time,
and
you
know
representative,
ethical
and
effective
government.
We
don't
push
just
for
the
sake
of
those
characteristics.
P
We
think
it's
it's
essential
for
trust
in
government
to
maintain
and
create
a
space
for
our
vibrant,
growing
local
economy,
which
ultimately
is
all
about
making
sure
the
quality
of
life
of
our
Philadelphians
as
high
as
possible.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
this
afternoon
and
look
forward
working
with
this
body
good
more
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
B
B
H
Name
is
Joan
waters
and
I
am
CEO
and
primary
owner
of
kako,
where
commercial
furniture
dealer
located
at
2200,
North
American
Street,
so
we
are
in.
We
are
a
successful
business
that
is
73
years
old,
founded
here
in
Philadelphia
and
been
a
long-standing
Philadelphia
organization.
I
also
am
a
am
excited
and
proud
to
be
here
to
support
the
neighborhood
growth
project.
I
think
when
we
think
about
the
city
and
I
think
about
the
job
that
you,
gentlemen,
have
you
are
faced
with
dealing
with
so
many
important
issues.
H
H
But
what
I
do
deal
with
on
a
daily
basis
is
the
difficulty
it
is
to
compete
with
other
office
furniture
companies
outside
of
this
region
outside
of
the
city.
When
we,
when
I,
compete
on
large
jobs,
which
are
which
is
a
common
occurrence
and
multi-million
dollar
jobs,
we
deal
with
a
disadvantage
when
it
comes
to
the
tax
code.
We
have
to
church
eight
where
our
competitors
in
the
burbs
charge
six
I
understand
that
that
when
I've
discussed
this
in
the
past,
I'm
told
it's
a
state
issue
but
in
the
end
I'm
a
city
business.
H
So
in
my
mind
it
is
something
that
you
have
to
deal
with
and
help
us
with
when
I
look
at
our
our
the
cost
that
we
pay
for
water,
it
has
gone
up.
400%
and
I
have
the
documentation
to
prove
that
in
the
last
five
years,
four
hundred
percent,
our
real
estate
tax,
has
gone
up
a
hundred
percent,
it's
doubled
in
the
last
three
years.
H
These
are
all
real
costs
that
it
takes
us
to
run
our
business
when
it
comes
time
to
be
competitive
against
other
other,
like
companies
that
aren't
city
based,
it's
making
it
very
difficult.
It
makes
it
difficult
to
stay
here
in
the
city
we're
in
North
Philadelphia.
We
are
in
the
poorest
ZIP
code
in
the
city
we
I
I
have
96
employees
a
large
percentage
of
them
help
run
my
warehouse
deliver
the
furniture
install
the
furniture.
Those
are
good,
important
jobs
for
people
that
live
in
that
community.
H
Without
your
help,
we
are
going
to
be
forced
to
look
to
leave
the
city
to
remain
competitive.
As
I
said,
I
think
you
have
a
lot
of
important
issues
to
deal
with,
but
helping
businesses
that
are
trying
to
compete
on
a
daily
basis
with
organizations
that
are
outside
of
the
city
limit
I
think
remain
as
important
as
any
others.
Without
your
help,
we
can't
continue
to
grow,
we
can't
add
jobs
and
in
with
what,
where
we're
located,
and
what
we're
trying
to
do.
B
Me
start
by
thanking
you
and
telling
you
that
you
pay
our
salaries.
Your
your
job
is
harder
than
ours.
Our
job
is
made
easier
by
you
for
those
90
plus
people
that
you
employ.
Those
are
90
people
that
aren't
in
a
homeless,
shelter
on
public
assistance.
So
we
appreciate
what
you
do
and
thank
you
for
choosing
Philadelphia,
because
you
could
have
gone
anywhere:
High
Point,
North
Carolina
to
importing
furniture
from
overseas
in
in
China.
B
So
we
recognize
the
commitment
you've
also
made
to
the
city,
and
we
want
to
work
with
you
and
that's
why
the
councilperson
green
actually
had
these
hearings
for
people
and
hear
from
people
like
you
who
meet
those
challenges.
We
sit
here
in
City
Hall,
not
knowing
often
the
direct
impact
of
what
we
do
on
you.
B
B
Having
said
that,
before
I
turn
it
over
I
remember
working
with
Fred's
weight
when
I
was
a
young
man,
I
might
have
been
21
years
old.
We
did
a
study
of
the
election
process
along
with
a
young
district
attorney
named
ed
Rendell
and
at
the
time,
and
we
work
to
talk
about
reform
from
a
different
lens
from
a
community
lens
for
me
lens
that
felt
as
though
the
venn
elections
had
been
taken
from
us.
B
So
as
I
see
you
sitting
here,
it's
like
full
circle
and
appreciate
what
the
committee
of
70
has
done
and
continues
to
do,
but
as
I
read
as
you
raise
some
of
these
priorities
for
reform
I
want
to
give
equal
balance
and
context
to
that,
because
every
time
you
talk
about
redrawing
the
lines
here,
we
want
to
do
that.
It's
important
to
the
ten
District
Council
people
here
in
my
last
census,
I
lost
5,000
residents.
I
had
to
figure
out
how
to
pick
them
up
and
took
some
of
them,
probably
from
Councilwoman
bass
over
there.
B
That
2014
we
are.
She
may
be
asking
me
to
give
them
back
in
the
near
future,
but
I
want
you
to
be
as
jealous
as
advocating
for
fair
count
in
the
census,
because
often
poor
people
in
those
same
neighborhoods
are
not
fairly
counted.
So,
as
we
are
asked
to
draw
the
lines
fairly,
we
want
you
to
fight
for
resources
to
be
counted
fairly,
so
that
there
was
an
article
today
in
today's
paper.
I
believe
they
talked
about
all
of
the
resources,
programs
and
dollars
that
are
at
risk.
P
Absolute,
the
the
count
that
we're
gonna
have
and
then
in
the
coming
months
is
a
is
an
enormous
deal
as
you
as
you
well
know,
and
the
prison
gerrymandering
that
you
just
noted
is
is
highly
problematic.
Unfair,
unjust
and
I
think
we're
hopeful
that
there
there
will
be
a
change
on
that
sometimes
I
know
some
of
our
delegation.
Members
are
the
tip
of
the
spear
on
that.
P
Of
course,
Harrisburg
is
a
very
tough
place
to
get
things
done,
especially
when
I
mean
the
the
risk
to
the
undercount
or
the
folks
who
have
been
missed
were
being
counted
in
places
where
they,
where
they
should
not.
Are
you
know
coming
here
from
Philly,
so
those
those
are
absolutely
very
critical
issues
that
we'll
be
paying
attention
to
appreciate
ya,
councilperson.
D
You
mr.
chair
first
I
want
to
thank
all
the
various
stakeholders
who
were
here
today
who
testified
regarding
the
phot
neighbor
group
project.
I
want
to
thank
Rob
Wendling
and
his
staff
and
you've
been
in
down
well
Carter
for
helping
to
pull
together
this
conversation,
I
want
to
thank
Frank
I
knew
through
my
staff
and
Samantha
Williams
from
a
chair
staff
to
helping
to
put
together
this
conversation.
Thing
is
very
important,
as
well
as
our
commerce,
director
and
Libby
Peters
and
Sylvie
Diane
Howard
I,
think
was
a
very
important
conversation.
D
I
want
to
thank
the
last
accounts
for
being
here
when
I
think
about
naval
growth.
You
don't
think
about
organization
they're,
not
it's
not
necessarily
business
related,
but
it's
somebody.
That's
important
to
all
organizations
in
the
city
to
me.
I
believe
poverty
is
our
number
one
issue
in
our
city.
Through
the
lens
of
poverty,
all
issues
are
impacted
from
Public
Safety,
Public,
Health,
Education,
behavioral
health
homelessness.
D
All
those
things
are
impacted
to
the
lens
of
poverty,
so
Pat,
thank
you
for
being
your
own
band
committee,
Stephanie
and
Miss
were
thank
you
for
your
ongoing
involvement
with
the
chamber.
A
member
we
met
a
few
years
ago
and
I
first
learned
about
your
company
and
in
the
decades
are
coming
in
city
of
Adelphia
and
your
location
on
North,
American,
Street
and
the
challenges
you
were
having
competing
with
businesses
outside
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
D
But
you
demonstrates
that
your
passion
and
your
testimony
today
about
your
conscientious
nature
and
the
focus
you
have
as
the
executive
and
also
focus
your
company
has
on
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
not
for
your
own
growth,
but
for
the
growth
of
the
city
of
Adelphia.
So
thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
energy
and
for
being
here
and
I
wanna.
Thank
all
the
people
for
being
here
for
this
hearing
and
they
continued
to
have
this
conversation
and
pushed
in
the
other
port.
D
B
Thank
You
council
person
grant
for
raising
this
issue
and
thank
you
for
your
testimony
in
it
one
thing
for
sure
and
two
for
certain
we
actually
listen
and
as
we
deliberate
policies
that
impact
your
business,
your
echo
will
be
in
our
our
minds
and
thank
you
for
that.
Without
are
there
any
others
to
testify
miss
Williams
then.
This
concludes
the
business
of
the
committee
along
commerce
and
economic
development
for
today,
and
thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
attendance.