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From YouTube: Committee on Commerce and Economic Development 10-6-2020
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The Committee on Commerce & Economic Development of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at 2:30 PM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following items:
200446 Resolution authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold a hearing that examine recent research released by Pew Charitable Trusts (“Pew”) and Center City District (“CCD”) on the state of our local business economy, the role our Black owned and minority owned businesses play in the City’s economy, and the impact of COVID-19 on these businesses.
A
B
C
I
also
want
to
thank
all
the
co-sponsors
council,
member
gilmore,
richardson
councilmember
jones
councilmember,
green
council
member
in
council
member,
brooks
council
member
johnson
council
member
thomas
and
council
member
parker.
I
think
it's
important
that
we
recognize
we're
at
a
crossroads
in
philadelphia
right
now,
and
this
crisis
for
us
is
a
tremendous
opportunity
to
try
to
provide
to
the
city
the
right
policies
and
practices,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
in
doing
that.
C
C
It's
time
we
make
good
on
our
statements,
calling
for
change
by
listening,
studying
and
taking
the
right
actions.
Philippines,
fortunate,
to
have
two
great
resources
in
our
city
to
help
advance
this
body's
legislative
agenda,
the
pew
charitable
trust
and
the
center
city
district.
Both
of
these
organizations
issued
reports
with
very
interesting
perspectives
and
research
on
where
things
stand
now
and
how
we
can
potentially
move
forward
and
get
this
city
back
on
track
in
the
right
way.
C
My
takeaway
from
what
I've
read
is
that
philadelphia
in
general
has
to
start
investing
in
our
tax
structure
and
grow
the
pie,
so
to
speak
as
quickly
as
possible,
because
slicing
it
up
doesn't
really
help
and
has
not
made
a
difference
in
the
past
relative
to
other
major
cities.
You
will
see
philadelphia
overall,
has
fallen
behind
in
job
growth,
and
now
is
the
time
for
us
to
act.
I
appreciate
my
colleagues
in
council
being
here
today
and
I'm
grateful
to
the
panels
we've
lined
up.
C
B
B
Thank
you,
mr
mcnaughton.
A
quorum
of
the
committee
is
present
and
the
hearing
is
now
called
to
order.
This
is
the
public
hearing
of
the
committee
on
commerce
and
economic
development
regarding
resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero.
Four
four
six,
mr
mcconnell,
will
please
read
the
title
of
the
resolution.
B
B
B
Business
economy,
the
role
our
black
owned
and
the
mario,
this
is
play
in
the
city's
economy
and
the
impact
of
connecting
on
these
businesses.
Okay,
that
was
better.
Thank
you
very
much
before
we
get
into
hearing
testimony
on
the
witnesses
we
have
for
today,
everyone
who
has
been
invited
to
the
meetings
justified
should
be
aware
that
the
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
because
the
hearing
is
public.
Participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
B
By
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
for
the
questions
or
comments
they
have
for
witnesses.
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
they
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft
teams
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act,
and
the
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
purpose.
B
B
G
E
E
E
We
focused
on
small
and
mid-sized
businesses
up
to
499
employees
compared
to
those
in
other
major
cities
in
a
pre-pandemic
growth
period.
These
periods-
these
excuse
me
these
businesses
comprise
an
indispensable
but
often
overlooked,
part
of
the
local
economy.
Collectively
they
are
a
major
source
of
jobs,
but
that
actually
understates
their
importance.
E
This
business
cohort
is
where
a
majority
of
people
get
their
first
paying
jobs.
They
are
providers
of
goods,
services,
amenities
and
atmosphere.
They
are
neighborhood
and
community
institutions.
They
build
wealth
and
put
assets
into
the
hands
of
local
residents,
families
and
communities.
They
are
more
likely
than
big
companies
to
be
owned
and
run
by
people
of
color.
E
They
form
the
ecosystem
from
which
the
next
comcast
may
emerge
and
they
tend
to
be
affected
by
local
policies
and
conditions.
More
than
big
companies
are
making
it
important
for
local
policy
makers
to
understand
them.
Our
research
found
that
small
and
mid-sized
businesses
I'll
sometimes
slip
into
calling
them
smbs
just
so.
You
know
in
philadelphia
at
last
count
before
the
pandemic
we're
operating
around
23
000
establishments.
That
was
the
highest
number
we
saw
since
at
least
1990
establishments
were
multiplying
in
commercial
zones
outside
center
city.
E
Their
job
growth
relative
to
other
cities
was
especially
strong
in
food
and
hospitality
and
health
care,
child
and
elder
care
services.
That's
the
meds
part
of
the
eds
and
med
economy
here,
which
I'll
get
to
a
little
bit
more
later.
At
the
same
time,
we
found
that
pre-covered
philadelphia
had
been
underperforming,
12
other
cities.
We
studied
on
a
variety
of
measurements
of
small
business
activity
at
last,
count
in
2017.,
smb's,
share
of
the
city
labor
force
in
2017
was
around
39
below
4
in
10
jobs
and
had
been
fallen.
E
E
E
Compared
with
those
cities,
pre-covered
philadelphia
consistently
had
a
low
business
birth
rate,
meaning
its
ecosystem
was
somewhat
less
fruitful
in
creating
and
opening
business
establishments,
including
high
paying
sectors
such
as
professional
and
technical
services.
This
chart
here
shows
the
birth
rate
minus
the
death
rate.
This
is
the
net
formation
rate
over
a
decade,
the
higher
line,
the
higher
the
line,
the
more
growth
of
mostly
smaller
businesses.
E
E
We
also
looked
at
excuse
me
finances
financially
our
small
and
mid-sized
businesses,
as
a
group
were
relatively
tenuous,
as
indicated
by
average
gross
receipts
and
the
ratings
of
their
business
health.
This
chart
shows
how
punctual
or
timely
businesses
in
philadelphia
were
in
paying
their
own
suppliers
their
rent
or
their
other
business
bills.
That's
an
indicator
of
their
cash
flow
and
their
ability
to
handle
financial
shocks.
The
higher
this
line,
the
more
punctual
businesses
were
in
paying
those
bills.
E
Smaller
businesses
reflect
in
areas,
demographic
and
economic
makeup.
We
see
that
in
something
called
business
density.
That's
the
simply
the
number
of
businesses
per
resident.
We
found
that
philadelphia
consistently
had
the
one
of
the
lowest
densities
among
the
cities
we
studied.
This
chart
is
a
snapshot
of
2016
when
the
density
was
about
18
establishments
per
thousand
residents.
16
and
older
poverty
was
a
factor
here.
The
other
cities
with
high
poverty,
like
baltimore,
also
had
lower
density
in
comparison
cities
with
less
poverty
like
philadelphia
and
denver.
They
had
almost
twice
as
many
small
businesses
per
capita.
E
E
We
also
looked
at
characteristics
of
small
business
owners.
In
fact,
you
know
of
all
business
owners
in
philadelphia
and
in
most
places
the
smaller
businesses
were
much
more
likely
than
larger
businesses
to
have
black
hispanic
and
women
owners.
The
types
of
these
businesses
where
they
are
concentrated,
such
as
food
and
consumer
services,
tend
to
be
smaller.
Businesses,
the
data
illustrates
this
difference
pretty
starkly
for
businesses
that
had
employees
versus
those
that
had
zero
employees
such
as
independent
contracting
businesses,
sometimes
includes
gig
workers,
for
example.
E
This
distinction
is
called
employer
businesses
versus
non-employer
businesses.
The
chart
on
the
left
here
shows
employer
businesses
in
philadelphia.
75
percent
of
them
were
owned
by
white
people.
Six
percent
by
black
people,
for
example,
the
chart
on
the
right
shows
non-employer
businesses.
Only
54
of
those
were
white
owned
versus
30
percent
black
owned
this
stark
pattern,
which
was
similar
for
hispanics
and
women.
I'd
I'll
add
there.
There
was
important
also
because
most
of
these
smaller
and
non-employer
businesses
generated
lower
revenue
and
had
less
economic
impact
in
the
city
than
the
employer.
E
Businesses
among
employer
businesses,
just
among
those
minority-owned
companies,
were
concentrated,
like
I
said,
in
lower
grossing
sectors
in
the
latest
pre-covet
data
that
we
had
philadelphia's
black-owned
businesses
had
an
average
854
thousand
dollars
in
annual
sales.
Hispanic
owned
had
on
average
1.2
million
in
average
sales.
E
E
Our
report
has
said:
a
number
has
another
set
of
numbers,
looking
at
people
identifying
themselves
as
self-employed
owners
of
small
businesses,
that's
with
or
without
employees.
A
lot
of
these
are
mom-and-pop
corridor
businesses,
and
sometimes
these
are
considered
an
indicator
of
entrepreneurism
in
the
population.
E
This
matters,
because
serving
a
wider
or
higher
value
market
outside
of
the
home
area
can
enable
a
business
to
grow
and
bring
money
back
here
that
otherwise
wouldn't
have
been
here.
We
found
a
relatively
large
share
of
small
businesses.
81
in
philadelphia
were
locally
focused,
such
as
restaurants
and
doctors,
offices
and
19
were
national
or
globally
traded.
That
includes
engineers,
financial
firms,
things
things
like,
such
as
that
in
high
growth
places
like
denver
or
san
francisco.
E
One
big
reason
for
our
businesses:
local
focus,
was
that
a
really
large
proportion
was
in
the
health
care
and
social
assistance
sector
which
is
locally
focused.
That's
the
meds
part
of
the
meds
at
a
con
meds
and
meds
economy
about
23
of
all
workers
at
smbs
were
in
this
sector
more
than
any
more
than
the
median
city.
E
These
folks
were
not
at
big
hospitals.
These
are.
They
were
working
at
thousands
of
small
doctors,
offices,
rehab,
centers
clinics,
assisted
living
centers,
child
care,
centers,
medical
labs
and
so
on.
This
meds
cluster
extends
wide
and
deep
in
philadelphia.
It's
a
big
reason
that
other
cities
had
more
industry
diversity
among
their
smbs.
E
E
As
a
result,
they
went
from
shouldering
about
58
of
the
total
burton
npt
liability
to
about
50
percent
effectively
philadelphia
had
shifted
its
business
tax
liability
from
smaller
to
larger
companies
and
because
the
number
of
smaller
businesses
and
smaller
establishments
also
had
been
increasing.
Like
I
mentioned,
the
average
small
company's
bird
or
mpt
liability
went
down
from
about
3
400
a
year
to
about
2200
a
year.
Our
report
contains
many
other
raw
numbers
from
the
tax
from
the
tax
debt
that
we
collected
for
policy
makers
and
others
to
consider
wrapping
up.
E
Our
our
high
poverty
was
likely
one
of
the
reasons
for
this,
but
we
also
found
that
small
and
mid-sized
establishments
had
reached
their
highest
number
here
in
decades,
and
many
indicators
at
that
point
were
still
pointing
positive
before
the
covet
19
crash.
Thank
you
for
your
for
this
opportunity.
I'm
happy
to
take.
B
E
Yeah,
well
I
I
that
that's
a
very
that
that
is
a
good
question.
Unfortunately,
we
don't
have
the
data
on
what's
happening
at
this
moment.
It's
not
it
wasn't
part
of
this
research.
We
do
see
things
that
are
happening
with,
for
example,
restaurant
reopening
in
since
restaurants
and
as
just
one
small
part
of
the
puzzle,
but
it
was
a
big
part
of
our
economy
before
any
any
movement
that
could
be
made
to
get
them
back
open
would
help
get
that
number
growing
again.
E
B
C
Thank
you,
chairman
squilla.
Yes,
I
have
a
question
for
a
couple
questions,
quick
ones
from
mr
ginsberg.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
It
was
excellent
and
you
noted
that
there
were
23
000
businesses
in
philadelphia.
I
think
pre-pandemic,
and
I
guess
you
don't
have
any
idea
where
we
are
right
now,
as
as
far
as
that
number
is
concerned,.
E
Now,
that's
that's
a
hard
one
to
to
get
we're
working
on
it
in
various
ways
and
but
that's
hard.
I
mean
there
have
been
some
national
surveys.
A
lot
of
that
sort
of
tracking
can
be
done
with
national
surveys,
and
then
you
can
try
to
extrapolate
back
to
what's
happening
here.
We
can't
get
that
kind
of
survey
at
the
philadelphia
level.
This
isn't
the
numbers.
C
E
Yeah
for
sure,
well,
the
economy
absolutely
is
regional,
extends
over
city
borders.
Our
report
has
some
measures
about
the
region,
but
our
team
was
our
team
at
pew
is
expressly
set
up
to
study
issues
affecting
the
city.
That's
what
that's!
What
I've
been
instructed
to?
Do
that?
That's
what
we're
told
to
focus
on,
so
that's
why
we
focus
on
it
on
this
particular
topic.
I
would
also
add
that
smaller
local
businesses
tend
to
be
affected
by
local
conditions
and
policies
more
than
larger
ones.
G
C
C
E
Well,
I,
as
as
much
as
ever,
it's
really
important
to
understand
how
and
which
smaller
businesses
start
and
grow
and
die.
This
is
a
regular
process,
it
and
business
all
the
time,
there's
a
churn
that
happens
and
understanding
how
and
why
that
happens,
and
particularly
what
kinds
of
businesses
that's
happening
to
now
will
be
really
important.
It's
happening
at
a
higher
scale.
Now
we're
pretty
sure.
Even
if
we
don't
have
the
exact
numbers,
we
think
that
our
research
can
help
show
which
industries
pre-covered
tended
to
have
high
and
low
rates
opening
rates
closure
rates.
E
That
sort
of
thing
already
that's
an
important
context
for
understanding
what
happens
now
and
it
helps
what
would
help,
I
would
think,
know
what
we're
trying
to
recover
to
and
what
what
constitutes
normal
or
not,
this
the
industry,
data
that
we
have
some
of
it
and
some
of
that
others
have
will
indicate
based
on
those
sectors
the
level
of
pay,
the
the
equity
of
ownership
in
those
sectors
generally
and
their
contribution
to
the
general
ac
to
the
economy
of
the
city
overall.
So
that
will
help
you
that
will
help.
C
E
Well,
the
the
research,
the
the
research
and
it's
our
research
too.
It's
not
even
an
opinion
that
the
research
has
worn
out
what
happens
with
cities
that
have
high
percentage
or
or
a
high
concentration
in
traded
sectors.
Their
economies
operate
a
little
differently,
they
have
more,
and
maybe
their
economy
may
be
more
connected
to
the
to
the
national
or
even
global
economy.
G
E
Reach
outside
the
city,
that's
one
of
the
ways
this
happens,
and
our
data
really
clearly
showed
and
actually
other
data
that
looks
at
this
also
shows
that
some
of
the
high-flying
cities
again
up
until
the
pandemic
were
those
that
had
very
that
had
much
higher
traded
share
of
their
economy.
That
was
nationally
global
oriented.
E
An
example
of
a
traded
business
would
be
a
professional,
firm
financial
firms,
architects,
those
that
have
skills
that
services
that
they
could,
that
aren't,
aren't
place
locked
unnecessarily.
Universities
are
big
exporters,
they're
traded
industries;
they
bring
people
from
other
places
here.
They
also
then
bring
their
tuition
here
that
might
have
gone
somewhere
else.
Hotels,
that's
probably
understandable.
People
coming
from
other
places
come
here
and
spend
their
dollars
here.
Other
things:
information
technology,
app
makers,.
E
The
media
technologies
in
general
are
sold
beyond
their
borders
of
their
cities,
wholesalers,
obviously
they're
selling
outside
the
area.
Museums
are
classified
as
traded,
they're,
bringing
people
from
somewhere
else
here
who
wouldn't
otherwise
have
been
here.
What's
on
the
opposite?
What's
local,
you
could
probably
imagine
restaurants
bars.
These
are
all
very
locally
focused.
Their
customers
are
mostly
local.
E
Health
care
is
the
one
that
puts
us
over
the
down
to
down
or
down
to
19
healthcare
and
social
care
are
generally
categorized
as
local
facing
most
of
the
of
the
people
they
serve
come
from
the
community
and
obviously,
when
you
get
to
the
scale
that
philadelphia
is
with
its
globally
known
health
care,
centers
hospitals,
they
do
draw
people
from
all
over
the
world
for
relatively
speaking,
most
of
their
most
of
their
business.
In
that
sense
comes
local.
C
One
last
question:
you
had
a
chart
that
was
depressing
to
me
to
see
it
had
to
do
with
black
owned
businesses.
I
think
there
was
two
circles.
One
said
six
percent
when
they
had
more
than
I
guess
one
employee
and
was
thirty
percent
for
like
zero
employees
and
that
that
looked
really.
Could
you
give
that
a
little
more
explanation?
And
what
can
we
do
to
change
that.
E
C
E
It
was,
I
think
I
went
past
it.
Was
it
this
one
yeah?
Yes,
so
this
chart
is
a
measure
of
businesses.
This
simply
this
is.
This
is
very
simply
the
total
number
of
businesses
and
what
percentage
of
them
are
owned
by
people
of
a
particular
race
group.
This
does
not.
This
is
this:
by
the
way
is
hispanic
or
hispanic
it
mixes
that
in
we
don't
have
a
way
to
separate
those
we
in
this
chart
I
have.
E
I
could
show
you
different
charts,
it's
just
hispanic
this
one,
so
this
is
white,
hispanic
or
non-hispanic,
black
hispanic
or
non-hispanic.
This
and
again,
this
is
just
the
city.
It
doesn't
include
the
metro.
This
reflects
partly
that
six
percent,
for
example,
on
the
the
left
hand
pi,
that
is
that
reflects
in
fact
that's
actually
slightly
higher
than
it
was
in
the
median
city,
but
that's
actually
reflecting
the
fact
that
we
have
a
large
african-american
community
in
philadelphia.
E
E
E
The
pie
on
the
right
is
is
very
telling
in
that
it
really
matters
also
the
kind
of
business
you're
talking
about
and
the
kind
of
the
sector
you're
in
and
the
scale
and
the
employees
you
have
or
not,
and
we
see
and
we've
seen
this
number
the
number
without
employees,
the
the
so-called
non-employer
businesses,
those
were
growing
all
over
the
country
for
a
couple
of
decades.
This
number
has
been
ramping
up
and
it
really
grew
here
too.
E
It
grew
significantly
in
philadelphia
as
much
as
it
did
anywhere
else
and
and-
and
this
shows-
and
we
say
in
the
report-
that
this
kind
of
business
has
become
somewhat
the
locus
of
entrepreneurship
for
the
for
the
black
and
hispanic
community
to
some
extent,
with
these
kinds
of
businesses.
There's
a
lot
of
question
as
to
how
you
move
someone
from
being
a
non-employer
and
essentially
graduating
to
be
an
employee
start
hiring
business
people
start
putting
down
roots,
start
building
greater
wealth.
That
is
a
big
leap
for
companies.
E
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Thank
you,
mr
ginsburg,
for
your
research.
This
is
a
important
conversation.
This
discussion
in
particular
this
week,
is
the
36th
annual
minority
enterprise
development
week
or
midweek.
So
this
conversation
is
very
timely
beyond
just
the
reporting
of
numbers
in
the
data
in
your
work.
D
In
doing
this
research
did
you
find
and
then
additional
resources
that
other
cities
that
had
higher
levels
of
successful
businesses
of
color
had
that
the
city
of
philadelphia
does
not
have
in
reference
to
technical
assistance,
access
to
credit
or
other
types
of
investments
or
opportunities
that
were
provided
by
either
the
public
or
the
private
sector
and
there's
other
jurisdictions
that
are
lacking
or
not
at
the
same
level.
Here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,.
E
We
unfortunately
didn't
spend
much
time
looking
at
that
kind
of
thing
in
the
other
cities.
That
is
the
right
question
to
be
asking
to
see
who
has
found
ways
to
essentially
make
up
for
in
some
sense,
market
failures
is
the
segment
of
where,
where
the
public
sector
can
step
in
and
provide
capital
where
it
otherwise
might
not,
might
not
be
there
different
forms
of
capital,
we
we
intend
to
look
at
that
some
more
going
ahead,
but
this
report
didn't
have
it
so.
Unfortunately,
I
don't
have
a
good
good
answer
for
you.
D
Are
you
able
to
opine,
although
you
did
not
do
that
research,
but
based
on
the
data
that
you
saw
and
look
into
some
of
the
trends,
could
were
you
able
to
apply
other
types
of
perspectives
and
reference,
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
the
changes
that
have
occurred
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
especially
for
smbs
that
are
in
communities
of
color?
You
made
reference
to
us
a
slide
that
showed
the
percentage.
D
E
E
They
have,
you
know,
posted
a
year's
worth
of
of
sales
or
profit,
and-
and
this
is
what
they're
reporting
to
the
city
on
what
they
will
own
taxes,
so
any
tax
data
you
should
you
look
at
you
have
to
understand
that
the
businesses
are
incentivized
to
report
lower
numbers
or
you
know,
to
pay
less
time,
even
so.
The
changes
over
the
period
we
looked
at
here.
This
was
2000
the
period
2007
five
to
seven,
which
is
an
average
of
those
years
up
to
2015-17
again
an
average
of
those
years.
E
The
total
tax
that
they
were
told
they
owed
went
down
as
a
percentage
of
the
total,
the
other,
the
other,
the
other
companies.
The
larger
ones
picked
up
more
of
it.
This
was
from
what,
from
what
we
could
tell
is
was
a
direct
result
of
a
few
things
happening.
The
tax
code
changed
city
government
city
council
changed
the
code.
E
Absolutely
that's
absolutely
one
of
the
factors
I
can't
say
how
much
of
a
factor
was,
but
it
absolutely
was
one
of
them.
The
city
also
changed
the
way
businesses
should
calculate
their
taxes
called
single
sales
factor.
It
changed
the
formula
that
they're
supposed
to
use.
There
were
a
few
other,
smaller
changes
that
were
made
and,
at
the
same
time
we
did,
we
did
see
a
slight
actually
only
a
relatively
modest
growth
in
what
they
reported
to
be
their
net,
their
gross
sales
over
time.
E
This
was
before
those
exemptions
took
effect,
so
some
of
that
it
was
an
underlying
change
in
their
in
their
own
financial
and
their
business
condition
their
business
their
business
owned.
The
result
was
that
the
total
liability,
the
total
pot
that
philadelphia
takes
from
small
businesses,
decreased
down
to
50
percent.
That's,
and
that
again,
is
just
burning.
Mpt
does
not
include
commercial
property
tax.
They
may
have
paid
uno
that
they
might
have
paid
sales
tax
that
they
made
at
the
state.
You
know
remit
things
like
that.
E
A
lot
of
other
things
happening
here,
this
number
you
could
slice
this
number
a
lot
of
different
ways.
They
did
report
changes
in
their
gross
receipts
that
you
see
were
like.
I
said
they
were
sort
of
modestly
growing
compared
to
what
large
companies
reported,
their
gross
receipts
more
than
doubled
over
that
period
reported
gross
receipt.
D
E
E
D
But
the
reason
I
would
like
to
press
upon
pew
to
do
that.
Additional
follow-up.
You
may
be
familiar
that
the
greater
philadelphia
chamber
of
commerce
is
doing
a
recharge,
a
recovery
task
force.
The
administration
has
a
a
4r
initiative
coming
out
of
the
impact
of
covet
from
an
economic
perspective,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
will
be
very
helpful.
D
Is
that
looking
at
this
data
and
the
fact
that
this
is
the
information
that
many
of
us
are
familiar
with?
Maybe
not
a
specific
detail,
but
are
knowledgeable
of
this
issue
providing
some
information
and
research,
especially
what
has
happened
in
other
jurisdictions
that,
if
additional
investment
is
made
both
on
the
public
or
private
sector,
how
that
can
provide
the
opportunities
for
growth
in
smbs,
especially
those
that
are
they're
owned
by
african-american
constituents,
as
well
as
latin
constituents
in
the
city
of
philadelphia?
D
D
In
order
for
that
type
of
statement
to
be
realistic,
there's
going
to
be
certain
action
steps
taken
both
in
the
public
sector
and
the
private
sector
to
help
that
growth
and
to
the
extent
that
your
research
can
identify
what
other
jurisdictions
have
done
to
help
make
that
feasible.
I
think,
be
very
helpful
to
go
be
on
the
offensive
and
really
use
and
grow
our
local
economy,
especially
people
of
color
in
our
city,
to
grow
and
also
attract
entrepreneurs
to
the
city
of
philadelphia.
D
If
you
go
back
30
years,
they
really
had
no
type
of
industry
in
that
regard,
but
over
a
period
of
time,
cooperation
at
the
local
level
from
mayor
shirley,
franklin
to
mayor
kasim,
reed
to
now
mayor
keisha,
ladies
bottoms,
as
well
as
past
governors
working
together
to
create
some
of
the
tax
and
regulatory
incentives
to
grow
that
industry,
which
now
you
can't
see
any
film
or
tv,
show
especially
tv.
We
don't
see
made
in
atlanta,
so
they
were
able
to
create
that
through
policy,
and
now
people
go
to
that
city.
D
Looking
for
opportunities
in
reference
to
film
and
music
similar
to
you,
have
new
york
in
la
so
for
the
chamber
to
be
successful
in
doing
what
it's
trying
to
do
that
type
of
information
data.
What
other
jurisdictions
have
been
able
to
do
growing
and
attracting
businesses
to
help
them
grow
will
be
helpful
for
the
city.
A
So
we
have
put
an
important
focus
on
growing
local
contracting
lately,
particularly
around
some
of
the
procurement
efforts
that
we've
had
in
response
to
covet
19.
But
if
the
vast
majority
of
our
businesses
are
direct
to
consumer,
are
there
other
programs?
We
need
to
create
more
growth
in
this
particular
category.
A
E
The
the
strategies
for
growing
supply
chain,
part
of
the
economy
are
are
varied
and
they
depend
really
much
on
the
type
of
industry
you're
in
you
know,
if
you're,
if,
if
you
run
a
restaurant,
what
are
what
are
your
possibilities
for
serving
not
just
retail
customers
but
perhaps
taking
your
best
dish
and
turning
around
and
making
it
you
resell
it
to
a
grocery
store,
who
then
packages
it
and
resells?
I
mean
that
that
would
be
supply
chain,
yeah.
Think
of
a
hair
stylist.
E
There
are
her
her
stories
actually
fairly
recently
of
someone
inventing
a
new
comb.
It
was
somebody
ran
a
barber
shop
and
they
invented
a
new
kind
of
comb
and
they
wanted
to
produce
it
and
market
it
to
other
hairstylists
that's
supply
chain.
So
there
are
ways
to,
in
a
sense,
pivot,
from
a
current
b
to
c
focus
to
a
b
to
b
focus.
Those
are
hard
they're
hard
to
do.
They
take
they
take
technology,
they
take
knowledge,
a
lot
of
expanded.
E
You
know
a
lot
of
learning
curve
for
folks
who
may
not
have
done
that.
The
the
other
way
that
and
probably
for
the
cities
that
that
have
a
lot
of
a
higher
share
of
supply,
chain
economy,
businesses.
They
start
out
that
way
and
they
end
up
having
strength
already
in
those
types
of
things
and
so
think
of.
Like
silicon
valley,
we
think
of
silicon
valley.
What
is
that?
Those
are
a
lot
of
businesses
that
started
right
off
as
supply
chain
businesses.
The
whole
business
model
was
supply
chain
from
the
beginning.
E
That's
a
different
challenge
that
that's
a
matter
of
of
education.
That's
a
matter
of
training
from
the
beginning,
that's
a
matter
of
equity
capital
to
invest
in
those
kinds
of
businesses
on
the
first
way,
pivoting
from
a
b
to
from
b,
to
c,
to
b,
to
b,
I'm
sorry
using
these
acronyms
it
from
this
from
business
to
consumer
switching
to
business,
to
business
which,
by
the
way,
includes
business
to
government,
the
that
is
a
way
to
expand,
become
more
resilient
than
an
economy.
E
If
one,
if
you
lose
a
customer
one
place,
you
might
have
them
somewhere
else
that
expands
your
world
of
customers
in
a
sense,
so
those
require
just
very
different,
very
specific
things.
Our
study
didn't
look
at
that.
Specifically,
this
study
didn't
there's
quite
a
bit
of
material
on
it.
I
can
certainly
try
to
get
some
and
follow
up
with
you.
If
you
want
more.
A
Yes,
that
would
be
most
helpful
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
on
the
record
that
I
appreciate
the
commerce
department
for
offering
programming
to
businesses
during
this
time
that
address
how
to
pivot
in
better
utilize
technology,
to
help
market
your
business.
So
I
think
that
will
be
an
important
part
of
some
of
the
work
that
we
can
do
and
also
offer
to
small
and
medium-sized
businesses
in
our
city,
but
really
quickly.
A
I
have
one
additional
question
related
to
our
lagging
and
entrepreneurship,
so
your
report
also
noted
that
capital
access
and
the
high
rate
of
poverty
are
reasons
that
we're
lagging
in
entrepreneurship
and
the
commerce
department
was
preparing
an
entrepreneurship
ecosystem
study
to
determine
the
current
support
systems
for
entrepreneurs,
especially
entrepreneurs
of
color.
So
have
you
all
been
connected
to
that
work
and
what
are
the
main
systems
or
policies
that
you
think
would
most
impact
entrepreneurship,
growth
in
our
city.
E
Yes,
we
are
connected.
I'm
aware,
I
think,
of
the
of
the
work
that
you
you
referred
to.
I
think
that
united
way
is
involved
with
with
some
of
that,
if
that's
the
one
and
yes
we've
connected
with
them,
I
think
that's
all
it
seems
very
promising,
and
what
they've
set
out
to
do
should
help
a
lot
again
since
we
didn't
study
this,
and
we
actually
made
a
decision
not
to
go
into
the
the
startup
entrepreneurial
side
in
depth.
That
is
a
that's
actually
very
specific
and
and
required.
E
E
When
it
comes
to
startup
rates
is
very
simply
the
level
level
of
education
and
the
amount
of
people
in
the
population
who
have
higher
education
of
any
kind
that
that
that
is
the
biggest
correlating
thing,
in
fact,
some
cases
more
than
availability
of
capital.
It
is,
it
is
how
much
how
much
education
you
have
in
the
in
in
the
population,
and
that
is
that
means
that
of
the
implication
there
is
what
you're
doing
is
you're
building
from
what
you
have
you're,
not
attracting
businesses
from
other
other
places.
E
I
I
don't
know
the
exact
answer
to
that.
It's
an
interesting
point:
israel
is
a
small
country
and
they
operate
at
a
whole
different
scale
than
you
know
than
then
differently
than
a
city
does
the
the
the
healthcare
our
dominant
our
dominant
sector,
and
as
we
learn
the
dominant
sector
vertically
too,
that
that
the
small
companies
are
also
dominated
in
the
health
care
and
social
service
sector
is,
is
notable
in
in
that
it
it
reaches
it
reaches
pretty
far
in
philadelphia.
E
We
even
did
a
geographic
map
of
it
and
it's
spread
in
a
lot
of
corners
of
the
city,
and
that
is
the
smbs
working
in
healthcare
and
social
social
assistance,
the
extent
to
which
they
actually
integrate
and
and
co-strategize
with
with
local
government,
with
local
policy
makers
with
other
sectors.
We
didn't
investigate
that.
It's
probably
worth
investigating.
E
F
F
Is
there
a
should
there
be
a
strategy
so
that
that
never
happens
again
and
that
we
locally
source
some
of
those
kinds
of
opportunities
to
distribute
and
have
supplied
those
types
of
essential
post
covet
19,
because
the
way
mother
nature
plays
there'll
be
a
coved,
20
and
21
that
we
need
to
be
braced?
For
so
are?
Are
there
lessons
learned
on
how
to
generate
local
opportunities
for
post,
coveted
businesses,
and-
and
what
do
I
mean
not
just
by
ppes,
but
the
whole
idea
of
how
we
do
microbial
treatment?
F
Cleaning
maintenance
has
changed
drastically.
Septa
alone,
I
went
from
one
cleaning
of
their
trains
to
three
a
day
and
that
janitor
that
used
to
clean
it
with
a
mop
and
a
bucket
and
a
and
a
rag
in
their
back
pocket.
No
longer
does
that
and
are
they
are
we
looking
at
companies
that
can
take
advantage
of
of
you
know
the
the
evolution
of
businesses
since
covet.
E
All
right,
it's
it's
an
interesting
idea
that
every
every
crisis,
among,
among
other
things,
creates
opportunities
for
sure
and
and
for
businesses
that
can
capitalize
that
on
that
and
and
and
and
higher-
and
that's
that's,
certainly
a
possibility.
We
didn't
look
at
in
any
detail
like
that.
We
didn't
look
at
what's
happening
in
the
covet
period.
Well,
we
one
of
the
things
we
do
find
in
the
data
coming
up
to
up
to
up
to
2017
was
philadelphia's.
Manufacturing
capacity
had
really
deteriorated
a
lot.
It
was.
E
E
I
don't
know
I
I
we
also
found
in
our
in
our
report
that
philadelphia
is-
and
this
is
also
no
surprise
we
are-
we
are
a
leader
in
biotechnology
and
in
other
forms,
it's
a
higher
at
the
other
end
of
the
of
the
healthcare
spectrum
of
the
of
that
part
of
the
obviously,
that
serves
a
different
worker
base
that
doesn't
provide
jobs.
The
same
way
to
businesses.
E
F
E
Well,
we
see
in
the
data
that
that
that
those
patterns
have
been
from
one
perspective.
It's
pretty
solid
center
city
has
been
the
dominant
central
business
district
for
a
long
time
and
there's
no
risk
that
that's
going
to
change
what
we're
talking
about
is
really
at
the
margins,
and
some
places
have
have
have
absolutely
come
up
and
grabbed
a
bigger
share
in
that
sense,
and
that
was
again
pre-pademic
and
so
we'll
see
what
happens
now.
D
Yeah
councilmember
jones
talked
about
cleaning
and
other
type
of
sanitation
initiatives
that
have
created
some
opportunities
for
businesses,
especially
african-american-owned
businesses.
This
is
the
point
of
information.
I've
been
part
of
a
small
and
small,
diverse
business
community
task
force
that
got
started.
I
believe
it
was
in
late
april,
I've
been
meeting
weekly
that
is
chaired
by
mike
brown,
an
entrepreneur
who's
been
working
on
fema
activity
based
in
philadelphia,
but
exhausted
a
lot
of
human
work
in
florida,
along
with
kerry,
kerry
kirkland
as
part
of
governor
wolf
staff.
D
Some
of
you
may
be
familiar
with
the
demonstration
that
was
on
septa
buses.
Sometime
this
summer,
that
was
part
of
the
task
force's
work.
They've
also
been
doing
sanitation
in
pittsburgh,
as
well
as
harrisburg,
so
they're,
focusing
on
pittsburgh,
harrisburg
and
philadelphia
to
provide
opportunities
for
african-american
owned
businesses
to
have
this
licensing
to
be
able
to
get
some
of
that
federal
work
that
they
may
not
have
been
able
to
get
access
to
and,
as
a
result,
have
been
able
to
hire
people
based
on
that
access.
F
F
They
were
kept
literally
captive
audiences,
in
both
cases
that
were
hit
hard,
and
one
of
the
things
that
the
prisons
have
evolved
to
is
a
quick
chill
process
which
the
chain
of
custody
of
people's
food
has
to
be
documented
because
bio
organisms
and
pandemics,
post
coved.
You
have
to
be
able
to
trace
that
so
that
you
minimize
the
exposure
to
your
people
that
you
are
to
care
for
whether
it's
a
senior
citizen
or
in
me.
So
as
we
look
at
these
licenses
that
you
mentioned,
remember
green
and
we
we
need
to.
F
B
I
I've
tried
to
have
I've
shared
my
screen.
Do
you
see
it
at
this
point?
Yes,
yes,
we
did.
Okay,
my
name
is
paul
levy,
president
of
the
center
city
district,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity
and
and
councilman
green.
I
hope
to
answer
a
couple
of
questions
and
also
the
ones
that
you
raised.
I
Councilman
squilla
I'll,
do
this
very
quickly
because
we've
looked
at
very
similar
data,
but
we
looked
at
it
from
a
different
perspective
from
the
pew
work,
and
so
we
looked
at
business
density,
particularly
in
the
city
and
compared
it
to
several
other
cities.
We
analyzed
the
total
number
of
firms
in
philadelphia
plus
the
number
of
black
hispanic
asian
and
white
firms
and
then
compared
it
to
four
other
cities,
including
atlanta.
I
So,
in
the
simple
messages:
more
businesses,
equal,
more
job
opportunities,
more
black,
owned
businesses,
equal
more
jobs
for
african
americans
and
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
really
bad
news
which
our
report
highlighted
across
the
country.
There
are
obvious
and
well-known
disparities
between
the
total
number
of
white-owned
and
majority-owned
businesses
and
black-owned
businesses
in
all
five
cities,
but
the
disparities
are
greater
in
philadelphia.
That
is
worse
in
philadelphia
we
have
the
lowest
number
of
black
businesses
per
black
resident
of
the
cities
that
we
looked
at
atlanta,
new
york,
boston
and
washington.
I
Atlanta's
already
been
cited:
the
business
density
among
black
businesses.
There
is
two
and
a
half
times
the
density
as
in
philadelphia,
but
more
significantly.
At
the
same
time,
we
have
the
lowest
density
of
all
businesses
of
all
five
cities,
so
for
all
businesses,
the
business
density
in
atlanta
is
two
times
the
density
in
philadelphia.
I
Boston
is
one
half
times.
This
corresponds
exactly
just
to
show
that
pew
chart
again
the
lowest
density
of
small
and
medium-sized
businesses,
the
slowest
rate
of
business
formation,
but
the
work
that
we
did
was
looking
at
it
separately
by
ethnic
and
racial
group,
and
this
chart
from
our
study
is
incredibly
disturbing
because
it
shows
among
white
businesses.
We
have
the
lowest
density
among
the
five
cities
among
black
businesses.
We
have
the
lowest
density
among
asian
businesses.
Our
number
of
asian
businesses
is
slightly
ahead
of
boston,
as
you
can
see,
but
behind
the
three
other
cities.
I
Similarly,
hispanic
businesses
trail.
This,
then
translates
into
the
fact
that
all
of
our
businesses
lag
in
average
revenues.
That
means
they
make
less
money
than
comparable
businesses
in
other
cities.
They
trail
a
number
of
employees,
which
means
they
create
fewer
jobs.
We
have
less
business
density
in
the
city
as
compared
to
the
suburbs.
I
Atlanta
has
140
percent
the
density
of
businesses
in
the
sub
city
versus
the
supper,
we're
almost
reversed
143
business.
The
density
of
businesses
in
the
suburbs
versus
the
city
in
philadelphia,
fewer
jobs
per
resident
in
the
city
versus
the
region
is
a
particular
challenge,
as
we
all
know,
for
residents
without
cars.
I
Now
our
suburbs
have
also
grown
more
family,
sustaining
jobs,
only
26
of
the
jobs
we
grew
between
2009
and
2018,
paid
between
35
and
100
62
of
the
jobs
in
the
suburbs
were
in
that
range.
This
is
not
a
city
versus
suburbs.
The
25
largest
cities
also
grew
a
far
larger
share
of
families.
Sustaining
jobs
then
did
philadelphia.
I
I
So
if
we
have
one
simple
recommendation
which
we'll
elaborate
on
is
that
if
we
want
to
reduce
unemployment
in
poverty
as
this
health
crisis
ends,
we
need
to
get
back
to
much
more
than
the
status
quo,
we're
going
to
need
a
significantly
larger
number
of
black
owned
businesses
and
far
more
robust
job
growth
across
the
entire
city.
This
was
just
briefly
talked
about.
If
you
look
at
this,
only
five
of
philadelphia's,
20
largest
employers,
are
in
the
private
sector.
We
do
have
a
very
strong
strength
in
health
care.
I
It's
something
we
should
be
proud
of,
but
what
low
business
density
also
means
is.
We
lack
a
lot
of
other
private
sector
businesses
and
if
you
look
at
a
comcast,
that's
a
traded
industry.
They
are
selling
nationally.
If
you
look
at
some
of
these
other
firms,
they
are
trading
nationally
low
business
density
across
the
board.
If
you
look
back
to
the
pew
report,
the
strength
among
minority
businesses
and
small
businesses
exactly
reflects
the
strength
of
our
overall
community.
I
I
Clearly,
those
retailers
and
service
firms
are
selling
into
their
local
communities,
but
when
expanding
small
and
medium-sized
businesses
succeed
they're
succeeding
because
they
contract
with
providing
services
to
larger
businesses
in
the
city
and
region
and
ultimately
selling
outside
so
philadelphia's,
slow
growth
and
low
density
firms
of
all
kinds
creates
a
problem
for
black
and
minority-owned
businesses,
but
that's
a
similar
problem
across
the
entire
city.
So
I'm
suggesting
we
rise
and
fall
together
on
this
issue.
I
We
hosted
a
meeting
last
week
or
a
week
and
a
half
ago
in
which
we
invited
in
the
president
of
the
u.s
black
chambers.
We
had
several
other
speakers,
you
know
well
and
stephen
scott
bradley
della
clark
and
jerry
sweeney
and
the
core
recommendations
that
came
out
of
that
were
no
surprise
number
one.
Two
and
three
said
our
speaker
from
washington
was
greater
access
to
affordable
capital
for
startup
prep
and
for
the
expansion
of
black
and
minority
businesses.
I
The
second
recommendation
was
greater
emphasis
on
the
public
sector
and
on
business
development
and
entrepreneurial
capacity,
building
less
emphasis
just
on
job
training
and
social
services.
Councilman
green.
You
asked
this
question.
In
fiscal
year,
2021
washington
dc
will
spend
6.60
per
capita
on
small
and
minority
business
development.
I
I
Equally,
an
important
effort
in
the
last
20
years
we
are
spending
on
social
service,
police
courts
and
employee
benefits,
while
we
have
reduced
economic
development,
culture
and
recreation.
So
we're
not
investing
sufficiently
in
my
judgment
in
the
economic
development
functions.
No
surprise,
I
think,
there's
a
role
for
tax
policy
here
as
well.
This
is
showing
all
the
way
back
to
1996
suggested
for
full
how
much
money
was
set
aside
in
each
year's
budget
to
lower
wage
and
business
taxes,
which
was
done
very
successfully
from
1996
all
the
way
to
2010..
I
I
Our
wage
tax
is
four
times
what
is
going
on
in
the
suburbs,
our
business
income
and
receipts
tax,
which
you
have
exempted
small
businesses,
but
note
that
it
has
actually
increased
the
burden
on
larger
businesses.
That's
not
a
gain
if
our
larger
businesses
aren't
growing
it
if
they're
not
also
contracting
with
smaller
businesses.
So
I
think
tax
policy
has
a
role
here
as
well.
I
So
a
simple
recommendation,
you
know,
as
we
come
out
of
this
pandemic,
is
to
place
a
greater
emphasis
on
both
economic
development,
fully
recognizing
our
social
service
issues
and
a
greater
focus
on
tax
competitiveness.
For
all
the
other
points,
I
simply
want
to
make
really
go
to.
What
do
I
mean
that
we
have
to
do
more
than
just
rebound
philadelphia
suffered?
As
you
know,
a
very,
very
long
decline.
We
lost
286
000
jobs
from
1970
to
2010
as
we
lost
those
jobs.
I
We
added
100
000
people
in
poverty,
but
the
poverty
rate
went
up
so
dramatically
as
well,
because
we
lost
a
half
a
million
middle
income
and
working
class
residents.
People
who
used
to
live
in
our
neighborhoods,
who
moved
to
where
the
jobs
are,
which
is
the
rebound
we
were
in
before
this
pandemic,
almost
got
us
back
up
to
1990
job
level.
So
it's
been
a
lot
of
positive
development,
but
we're
still
22
below
our
job
levels
of
1970.,
boston
and
new
york
also
lost
about
the
same
amount
of
manufacturing
jobs.
I
We
did
boston
today,
just
before
the
pandemic
was
27
above
their
1970
job
levels.
New
york,
17
above
their
1970
job
levels,
philadelphia
down
22.
This
ought
to
be
a
reason
for
extraordinary
impatience
on
all
of
our
parts,
because
we
failed
to
replace
those
manufacturing
jobs.
That,
to
me,
is
one
of
the
primary
reasons
why
we
have
this
dubious
distinction
of
the
highest
poverty
rate
of
the
10
largest
american
cities.
I
don't
have
to
tell
each
of
you
that
in
some
of
your
districts,
the
poverty
rate
rises
above
40
percent.
I
Quite
simply,
poverty
is
not
a
failing
of
people
in
poverty.
It's
an
educational
issue,
but
it's
also
a
failure
of
philadelphia
to
produce
enough
jobs
and
to
create
enough
new
firms.
Small
business
development,
medium-sized
business
development
is
a
poverty
reduction
strategy.
We
did
it
really
well
coming
out
of
the
recession.
I
I
In
march
we
were
entering
our
11th
straight
year
of
job
growth.
We
had
added
84
000,
almost
85
000
jobs,
and
we
started
very
strongly
and
then
came
the
pandemic.
The
answer
councilman
schulich.
Your
question
is:
we
lost
thirty,
six
thousand
four
hundred
jobs
in
food
service
up
through
august
and
up
through
up
june,
that
was
a
65
percent
loss.
I
We've
gained
back
13
700.,
so
we
are,
as
you
can
see,
in
the
blue
line,
slowly
gaining
back
jobs
citywide,
but
we
have
not
gotten
back
up
to
where
we
were
in
march
and
we
can't
simply
rest
there.
We
obviously
need
much
greater
small
business
development
and
large
business
development
so
I'll
end
here
that
just
as
black
businesses
face
a
double
challenge,
so
does
philadelphia
recovery
we
need
to
rebound,
but
we
need
to
grow
faster
and
more
inclusively
than
we
did
in
the
last
decade.
I
B
Thank
you
paul
for
that
presentation
and
thank
you
for
answering
my
questions.
Obviously,
we
see
the
gain
and,
but
again
I
think
how
that
gain
will
continue.
Will
it
subside,
depending
on
how
the
fall
and
winter
goes,
whether
the
virus
or
flu
season
comes
back
stronger?
I
think
the
challenges
are
still
will
still
remain,
so
we're
still
in
doubt,
but.
A
Ew,
thank
you
so
much,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
paul
so
much
for
that
very
compelling
testimony.
I
just
wanted
to
go
back
to
something
you
noted
in
your
presentation
around
philadelphia
having
the
lowest
percentage
of
residents
who
work
full-time,
as
well
as
the
largest
percentage
of
people
who
do
not
work
and
then
also
compare
that
to
number
two
of
your
recommendations
list.
A
I
I
think
again
the
emphasis
that
came
clearly
from
all
three
speakers
was
access
to
capital
was
number
one
that
has
happened
and,
as
I
said,
ron
busby
from
washington
said
that
was
number
one.
Two
and
three
I
mean
clearly.
That
is
the
paramount
issue
at
this
moment,
but
not
only
for
startups
but
for
businesses
to
expand
that
that
second
point,
as
you
may
recognize,
was
one
that
della
clark
makes
very
frequently
she
wasn't
necessarily
criticizing
job
training.
I
But
I
think
what
she
was
saying
is
that
we
only
look
at
this
at
job
training
and
don't
have
a
growing
basis
of
jobs.
We're
preparing
people
for
jobs
that
aren't
here.
So
I
don't
want
to
suggest
it's
an
either
or
but
to
say
when
you
saw
those
numbers
of
how
much
more
now
washington
has
in
its
own
way
the
advantage
of
having
both
minority
contracting
at
the
city
level
and
at
the
national
level.
I
What
atlanta
has
that
we
don't
have
is
a
much
more
robust
private
sector.
That's
made
a
stronger
commitment
to
minority
contracting
as
well,
but
my
basic
point-
and
I
think
this
point
of
those
speakers
was
not
that
job
training
doesn't
matter,
but
if
you
only
focus
on
job
training
without
a
parallel
or
frankly,
greater
emphasis
on
business
development.
I
You
know
we're
preparing
people
to
take
jobs
in
the
suburbs.
At
this
point
right
and
that's
going
to
be,
each
of
your
constituents
is
moving
away
to
those
opportunities,
so
it
was
really
a
call
for
exactly
what
this
hearing
is
about,
which
is
how
do
we
grow
more
black
brown
minority
on
businesses
in
this
city.
A
I
You
know
I'll
I'll,
let
silvia
answer
the
question
exactly
how
the
city
is
looking
at
that,
but
clearly
there
is
a
you
know,
there's
several
different
ways
to
look
at
this.
You
can
train
for
the
jobs
that
we
know
we
have
in
this
city
or
you
can
also
say
what
are
those
industries
we
want
to
attract
that
pay
family,
sustaining
jobs
that
are
in
the
region
that
we
want
to
get
here.
I
think
we
need
to
do
both.
I
mean
I
think
we
need
to
be
attracting
businesses
and
training
for
them.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
and
just
one
last
question,
because
you
mentioned
also
in
those
recommendations
that
capital
access
and
local
support
for
minority
firms
will
be
crucial
right.
So
you
know
that
we've
been
working
really
hard
to
ensure
a
strong
access
to
capital
and
opportunities
throughout
the
emergency
business
relief
programs
in
the
city,
but
have
you
seen
any
or
any
preliminary
data
on
the
effectiveness
of
these
programs
and
keeping
minority
owned
businesses
open
and
really
with
our
limited
ability
to
invest
in
new
programs?
A
I
Sure,
well,
the
first
answer
is
the
only
local
data
is
available
up
through
august.
We
don't
yet
know
september,
and
you
know
I
think
the
the
numbers
across
the
board
are
suggesting.
You
know
that
I
would
say
we're
halfway
through
recovery.
You
know
just
on
to
take
restaurant
food
services.
You
know
we
were
down
65
percent-
we're
maybe
now
back
up
at
probably
60
to
70
percent
capacity
before
so
we're
on
a
rebound,
but
it's
a
fragile
rebound.
As
we
said
in
the
report
we
put
out
there.
I
I
I
think
on
the
issue
I
mean,
let
me
get
back
to
you
in
terms
of
looking,
because
we've
been
starting
to
look
at
what
other
cities
are
doing
well,
and
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
ron.
Busby
was
very
helpful
from
the
black
chambers.
To
say
here
are
examples
of
cities
that
philadelphia
can
learn
from.
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
paul
for
your
presentation,
a
couple,
quick
questions
for
you.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
really
clear
in
your
study.
You
looked
at
five
different
cities.
I
guess
right
and
some
of
these
the
numbers
are
just
shocking
to
me
that
you
know
there's
a
chart
you
have,
I
guess,
shows
the
disparities
in
the
business
density
number
of
businesses
per
resident-
and
I
think
atlanta
has
black
owned
businesses
at
4.7.
C
Is
that
per
thousand
that's
correct,
yeah
and
we're
at
1.8.
I
mean
we're
like
two
and
a
half
times
it's
really
low
compared
to
these
other
cities,
but
then
we're
also
compared
to
overall
businesses
they're
at
24.6
and
we're
at
12.1.
So
I
guess
this
chart,
which
is
what
you've
been
saying,
is
the
messaging
is
we're
really
bad
in
the
minority
business,
but
we're
really
bad
across
the
board.
This
is
just
across
the
board
problem.
I
Yeah,
I
I
look.
I
think
we
went
into
this
study
clearly
knowing
there
was
a
national
problem
of
disparity
of
the
volume
of
black
and
brown
owned
businesses
compared
to
the
overall
number
of
businesses
in
any
city.
We
were
startled
to
find
how
philadelphia
we
picked.
You
know
five
east
coast
cities
and
it
was
boston,
new
york,
washington
and
atlanta.
I
I
To
any
startup
business
they're,
not
simply
apart
from
a
restaurant
they're,
going
to
get
their
next
customer
from
the
next
bigger
business
or
somebody
they
make
a
contract
with
in
the
downtown.
If
our
center
city
economy
is
not
growing
as
vibrantly.
If
our
university
city
economy
is
not
growing
vibrantly,
there
are
not
as
many
contracting
opportunities,
and
so
I
think
you
know
part
of
this.
To
me
said
we
have.
As
I
said,
we
have
a
dual
problem.
C
I
I
mean
we
think
about
ourselves
as
a
dense
city
and
we
are,
but
when
you
realize
that
number
I
quote,
all
the
time
is
that
53
of
all
jobs
in
philadelphia
are
either
in
center
city,
with
42
percent
or
university
city
with
10.
That's
at
the
center
of
the
transit
system.
That's
a
great
center
of
opportunity.
I
But
that
means
there
are
most
other
neighborhoods
in
the
city
without
much
job
density.
So
those
disparities
are
huge
here.
So
we
have
high
density
in
the
core,
but
then
we
really
thin
out
in
terms
of
job
opportunities,
which
is
why
we
have
such
high
unemployment
and
poverty
rate
in
our
neighborhoods.
So
we
need
business
development
citywide
and
it's
not
a
matter
of
one
or
the
other.
We
need
both.
C
So
paul
advice
to
myself
and
my
colleagues
on
how
we
can
help
this
situation.
I
know
you
mentioned
investing
in
our
tax
structure
and
you
showed
a
chart
going
back
to.
I
think
it
was
1996
if
I
recorded
it
and
showed
how
much
money
we
have
invested
before,
and
you
know
I
look
at
that
and
saying
that's
investing
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
because
you're
investing
in
the
taxes
for
long-term
growth,
of
building
your
base
and
we've
kind
of
gotten
away
from
that.
C
I
Yeah
the
report
that
we
released
just
before
the
pandemic,
which
was
called
investing
the
proceeds
of
growth,
basically
said.
Look
you
as
legislators,
the
mayor.
Broadly
speaking,
there
are
three
priorities:
we've
got
to
address,
need
and
poverty
and
deterioration
in
the
city.
We
call
that
strategy
one,
but
two
we
need
to
address
quality
of
life
would
keep
residents
and
business
here,
that's
sanitation,
that's
parks,
that's
education
and
then
three
we
need
to
address
the
competitiveness
of
the
city.
I
All
three
of
those
are
important
priorities
and
no
one
would
say
that
one
is
more
important
than
the
other,
but
what
we
found
is-
and
I
fully
understand-
I
mean
you're
in
a
position
where
each
of
you
in
districts,
neighborhood
districts
are
are
confronting
profound
poverty,
and
you
obviously
need
to
address
that
through
services.
But
this
report
was
basically
saying:
if
we
only
we're
spending
50
percent
on
services
23
on
pensions,
they
only
have
13
percent
less
free
development.
I
It
was
increase
that
share.
That
goes
to
economic
development,
recreation
that
goes
to
cleaning
streets
and
increase
that
share.
That
goes
to
tax
reduction.
You
need
to
do
all
three.
It
was
essentially
slightly
altered
the
balance,
not
that
we
don't
have
compelling
need,
but
if
you
only
try
to
meet
the
need
without
also
stimulating
growth,
we're
not
going
to
get
out
of
the
body.
I
I
Yeah,
I
I
think
well,
the
the
bigger
point
was
that
you
know
new
york
had
a
huge
garden
industry.
New
york
had
a
huge
waterfront
of
employment.
It
had
a
printing
industry,
boston
had
huge
food
manufacturing,
shoes
boots,
etc.
My
point
was,
though,
that
boston,
new
york
and
philadelphia
as
traditional
rust
belt
cities
all
lost
between
85
and
90
percent
of
the
manufacturing
jobs
they
had
in
1970.
I
That's
been
the
fate
of
all
of
these
cities.
We've
suffered
from
that
hugely,
but
what
those
cities
have
done
is
grow
post
industrial
jobs
at
a
much
faster
rate.
My
point
was
that
we
can't
use
the
excuse,
if
you
will
that
oh,
we
lost
a
lot
of
manufacturing
jobs.
So
did
those
other
cities
they
did
a
better
job
of
growing
other
industries
and
other
jobs.
That
was
the
point
that
we've
got
to
be
able
to
look
forward
now
and
say:
how
do
we
grow
in
a
more
robust
fashion?.
I
You
know
I've
had
the
honor
serving
on
the
philadelphia
convention
for
visitors
bureau
for
a
long
time,
and
that's
an
industry
that
very
intentionally
said.
We
want
to
create
opportunity
for
minority
firms
for
black
firms
and
we've
done
a
very
good
job.
There.
We've
got
a
whole
council
that
is
focused
on
creating
opportunities.
So
my
point
is:
when
we're
intentional
about
this:
we
can
succeed
but
we're
succeeding
in
sectors
that
are
also
growing.
Similarly,
in
health
care
and
education,
that's
a
great
strength.
I
I
don't
want
to
minimize
that
and
clearly
what
the
economy
league
is
is
doing
is
a
very
good
model.
You
want
to
capitalize
on
your
strengths.
I
had
no
means
did
not
mean
to
in
any
way
minimize
that
my
point
was
that
we
lack
so
many
other
private
sector
firms,
which
is
why
we
have
such
lagging
small
businesses
in
those
sectors
too.
That
was
my
statement.
We
rise
and
fall
together.
We
can't
solve
minority
and
black
owned
business
development
without
a
more
robust
economy.
I
We
can't
have
a
robust
economy
only
among
white
people
and
have
huge
disparities
in
the
city.
We've
got
to
solve
both
at
the
same
time,
so
what
we've
done
in
hospitality
is
a
model.
What
is
being
proposed
in
healthcare
as
a
model.
My
point
was
that,
where
are
all
the
other
private
sector
industries
that
are
not
in
health
care,
that's
where
we're
weak.
D
However,
the
challenge
is
that
you
have
a
good
section
of
our
local
economy
from
a
public
policy
debate
would
argue
that
doing
that
type
of
cut
or
investment
in
reducing
taxes
does
not
benefit
the
city
as
a
whole,
especially
those
in
poverty.
What
would
you
say
to
those
who
would
say
that
if
you
do
any
type
of
tax
cutting
that's
only
going
to
benefit
those
who
already
are
benefiting
from
our
economy
and
not
really
help
those
who
are
impoverished
and
it
won't
really
create
jobs
in
the
city
of
philadelphia?.
I
Let's
just
focus
on
the
wage
tax:
that's
a
regressive
tax
right,
that's
not
a
progressive
tax,
so
a
working
poor
person
is
paying
a
wage
tax
unless
they're
able
to
take
advantage
of
some
of
the
federal
programs
there.
So
you
know
to
me
the
wage
tax
is
a
barrier
to
putting
pocket
money
in
the
pockets
of
poor
people
of
middle
class
people,
let
alone
of
rich
people.
So
I
don't
think
it's
a
redistributive
tax
by
lowering
wage
tax.
I
think
you're
helping
everyone
in
this
economy.
I
I
So
I
really
want
to
avoid
I'm
not
criticizing
doing
exemptions
for
small
businesses.
What
we
did
from
1996
to
2008
is
lower
the
tax
burden
on
businesses
of
all
kinds,
and
we've
got
the
most
dynamic
job
growth,
the
city
we
ever
saw
before
coping,
so
I
mean
you've
done
a
great
job
with
that
and
it's
like
you
know,
when
you
get
a
windfall
right,
you
spend
it
all
on
pizza
and
the
television
or
do
you
also
improve
your
house
right?
So
I
mean
all
I'm
saying
is
take
some
of
the
ripping.
I
That
was
our
recommendation
pre-co,
but
the
world
has
changed
now,
but
when
you're
allocating
a
scarce
pie
definitely
need
to
focus
on
need
social
services
absolutely,
but
we
also
need
to
set
aside
some
for
economic
development
and
investment
in
minority
business
financing,
but
we
also
need
to
set
aside
some
to
make
a
more
competitive
environment
because
that
will
grow
the
pie
bigger
for
everyone.
All
three
are
important.
D
And-
and
I
agree
all
three
are
important-
the
challenge
that
I've
seen
historically
from
this
city,
because
we
have
a
finite
amount
of
resources
and
a
significant
amount
of
need,
especially
when
we
have
such
a
high
poverty
rate
from
a
positive
perspective.
You
know
we
put
the
vast
majority
of
those
resources,
even
in
times
of
better
economic
fortune
on
those
public.
D
Assistance
type
of
initiatives
and
less
on
the
economic
efforts,
as
well
as
the
tax
cutting
that
you've
talked
about
and
even
economic
stimulus,
and
that's
part
of
been
one
of
the
major
challenges.
I
think
with
this
policy
debate.
Is
that
because
it
recalls,
we
have
such
a
high
level
of
poverty,
there's
a
additional
focus
on
those
dollars
going
there,
which
yes
does
help,
but
the
areas
of
economic
growth
and
tax
policy.
D
I
Part
of
the
challenge-
no,
I
I
think
you're
defining
it
well,
I
know
you
know.
The
need
is
compelling
and
it's
understandable,
but
we
have
to
get
out
of
these
either
or
choices.
I
mean
we're
all
suffering
from
this
insanely
polarized
political
environment
on
all
levels:
it's
not
either
or
we
need
to
help
people.
We
need
to
educate
people,
we
need
to
train
people
and
we
need
to
grow
the
economy
and
grow
black
businesses
and
minority
businesses,
and
the
sooner
we
can
get
out
of
this
either
or
conversation
into
saying.
I
B
I
B
I
J
All
right,
I
can
kick
us
off
good
afternoon,
everyone.
My
name
is
sylvie
galley
howard,
I'm
acting
commerce
director.
You
have
my
testimony
in
writing,
so
I'm
gonna
just
skip
down
past,
where
I
sort
of
repeat
some
of
what
pew
and
center
state
district
pollington
went
over.
This
is,
you
know,
a
really
really
important
topic
and
clearly
we
have
so
much
work
to
do.
Commerce
has
always
been
committed
to
supporting
and
investing
in
small
and
minority-owned
businesses.
J
We're
doubling
down
on
this
commitment
to
our
small
and
minority-owned
businesses.
Here
are
some
of
the
recent
investments
we've
made
to
support
small
and
minority-owned
businesses
and
help
them
through
this
challenging
time.
The
city
committed
20
million
dollars
of
cares,
funding
to
the
pa,
statewide
small
business
relief
program
to
help
small
businesses
in
philadelphia,
whether
the
continuing
effects
of
the
pandemic.
J
The
city's
cares
money
out
of
a
total
of
more
than
13
million
went
to
the
small
business
relief
fund
launched
in
partnership
with
pidc
over
2000,
businesses
were
supported
with
a
combination
of
grants
between
2500
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
and
zero
interest
loans
up
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Sixty
six
percent
of
these
businesses
were
minority
owned.
Thirty
two
percent
were
women
owned,
and
fifty
eight
percent
were
located
in
low
to
moderate
income
areas.
J
We
also
committed
over
1.3
million
to
restore
and
reopen
a
grant
program
launched
in
partnership
with
the
merchants
fund
in
june
to
help
businesses
in
low-income
areas
that
were
damaged
by
the
civil
unrest.
In
the
wake
of
george
floyd's
tragic
death,
thanks
to
a
contribution
from
the
merchants
fund
and
additional
fundraising,
this
program
deployed
a
total
of
over
1.5
million
to
186
businesses,
91
of
which
are
minority
owned
and
75
percent
of
which
are
immigrant
owned.
J
Partnering.
With
north
broad
renaissance,
we
launched
a
campaign
and
provided
guidance
and
resources
to
help
businesses
reopen
with
care
while
providing
and
distributing
industry-specific
guidance
to
ensure
businesses
could
reopen
safely.
Our
investment
of
over
300
000
was
possible
because
of
the
support
of
city
council.
So
thank
you
and
allowed
us
to
assemble
10,
000
ppe
kits
that
were
distributed
to
businesses,
mainly
on
neighborhood
commercial
corridors.
Throughout
the
city,
nearly
all
the
supplies
were
manufactured
and
purchased
locally
by
minority
or
women-owned
businesses.
J
In
addition
to
these
recent
investments,
we
also
have
ongoing
annual
commitments
and
programs
that
are
targeted
to
support
small
businesses
such
as
our
corridor
management,
cdc
tax
credit
program
and
cdc
economic
development
support
grants.
Investments
have
remained
steady
with
48,
cdc's
and
community
organizations
supported
and
that
that
48
number
is
for
the
cdc
tax
credit
and
economic
development
support
grants.
J
J
Our
biz
coach
program
is
continuing
to
contract
for
one-on-one
support
for
businesses
seeking
to
access
city
programs
like
sip
or
in-store.
Our
commercial
real
estate
acquisition
fund
is
new.
This
year,
approximately
1
million
to
be
contracted
with
two
local
cdfis
to
create
to
create,
as
it's
for
existing
business
owners
to
purchase
their
storefront
building
the
taking
care
of
business
is
our
expanded
commercial
corridor
cleaning
program
with
workforce
and
local
business
contracting
goals
and
we're
investing
seven
million
dollars
in
fy21.
J
The
work
that
we
do
with
pidc
our
partner
economic
development
agency
is
also
critical.
Here
are
some
of
the
recent
investments
we've
made
in
small
minority
owned
businesses
through
pidc.
In
the
last
year,
we
made
a
one
million
dollar
equity
investment
in
minority
entrepreneurship,
to
help
establish
a
loan
fund
for
minority
businesses,
along
with
funding
for
ongoing
evaluation
of
this
program
with
additional
cdbg
dollars.
J
Various
efforts
have
been
undertaken
to
increase
the
participation
of
minority
women
and
disabled
owned
firms,
including
the
early
success
of
the
emerging
vendor
program
evp
with
rebuild
and
oversight
committees,
as
well
as
continued
growth
of
the
oeo
registry.
The
ebp
program
places
owners
on
the
path
to
becoming
a
certified
minority
or
women-owned
business
by
allowing
participants
to
count
towards
diversity
goals
on
rebuild
contracts,
while
providing
the
business
with
technical
assistance
to
work
towards
their
permanent
certification.
J
To
date,
there
are
33
emerging
vendors,
including
seven,
with
executed
contracts
and
five
that
have
become
certified.
In
addition,
oeo
recently
launched
a
new
mentor
protege
program.
This
is
in
construction,
which
aims
to
connect
large
majority
firms
with
smaller
minority-owned
firms,
for
mentoring
and
guidance
to
scale.
The
program
will
allow
small
firms
to
hone
skills,
strengthen
their
back
end,
secure
introductions
to
key
people
in
their
industry
and
potentially
even
work
with
their
mentor
on
a
contract.
J
Small
businesses
are
critical
to
our
communities
and
that's
why
we'll
always
be
here
to
make
sure
they
are
set
up
for
success.
We
are
in
the
final
stages
of
an
assessment
of
on
our
entrepreneurial
ecosystem
being
funded
by
united
way,
which
will
provide
recommendations
for
the
city
to
support
a
continuum
of
services
aimed
at
supporting
the
creation
and
growth
of
minority-owned
firms
in
philadelphia.
J
The
investments
outlined
above
totaling,
more
than
46
million,
are
critical
to
ensuring
the
future
prosperity
of
minority-owned
businesses
and
inclusive
growth
in
historically
disadvantaged
communities.
Inclusive
economic
growth
plays
a
critical
role
in
poverty
alleviation
and
economic
mobility
for
our
residents.
However,
we
certainly
took
note
that
the
ccd
study
shows
that
philadelphia
far
underspends
in
small
business
development
as
compared
to
our
peer
cities,
and
this
leads
to
fewer
business
startups,
especially
in
our
minority
communities.
J
Given
the
strain
on
the
city's
finances
due
to
cover
19,
we
must
leverage
private
sector
and
philanthropic
resources
to
increase
our
investment
in
small
business
growth
and
even
as
we
recover
economically
from
the
pandemic,
the
city
of
philadelphia
must
ensure
that
small
business
development
is
an
ongoing
priority.
We
must
also
be
thinking
about
and
planning
for
what
the
world
will
look
like.
On
the
other
side
of
this
crisis
and
the
type
of
tax
structure,
our
city
will
need
to
prosper
in
that
world.
J
We
should
be
prepared
to
challenge
the
state,
the
state's
uniformity
clause
and
work
together
to
build
a
simpler,
more
progressive
tax
structure
that
lays
the
groundwork
for
growth,
while
also
funding
the
services
our
residents
expect
and
deserve
from
their
local
government.
Our
guiding
vision
for
economic
recovery
is
to
emerge
into
a
post-covered
world
with
a
more
inclusive,
robust
economy
that
will
help
ensure
long-term
prosperity
for
all
and
to
make
that
a
reality
we'll
all
need
to
be
incredibly
committed
to
the
challenging
work
ahead.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
sylvie.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
we
know
this
has
been
a
challenge
and
I
do
want
to
commend
you
and
your
team
for
all
the
work
you've
done
to
try
to
get
whatever
subsidies.
We
have
to
the
small
businesses
that
are
out
there
and
it's
been
a
challenge,
but
I
want
to
thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work
and
I
know
we
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do,
but
we
appreciate
it
thanks.
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
questions
for
sylvia
before
we
go
to
jennifer.
B
A
C
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
sylvie
and
thank
you
to
the
commerce
department.
Couple
quick
questions.
Sylvie
the
chamber
of
commerce
has
a
mckinsey-led
report.
Do
you
have
any
idea,
or
are
you
involved
in
this,
and
can
you
speak
to
what
they're
suggesting
and
what
the
recommendations
might
be
from
that
report?.
J
Yeah
absolutely
sure
I've
been
very
involved
in
that
process.
I
was
sort
of
part
of
the
forming
of
that
task,
force
and
and
working
with
mckinsey
in
terms
of
how
we
structured
the
whole
process
and-
and
I
participated
in
the
majority
of
the
meetings
that
took
place
for
those
subcommittees.
You
know
a
lot
of
times
just
sitting
in
and
and
so
I'm
very
familiar
that
about
there's
six
kind
of
primary
objectives.
J
Three
of
them
are
more
health
related
and
then
the
other
three
are
related,
really
to
hiring
sort
of
skills
based
not
just
based
on
credentials
or
experience
and
and
also
buying
black
brown
and
local.
So
I'm
encouraged
by
what
you
know.
What
came
out
of
that
and
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
do
there
too,
but
we
need
the
private
sector
to
make
those
commitments
and
to
to
invest
and
hire
and
contract
with
minority
firms
in
order
to
move
the
needle.
C
J
They
certainly
so
I
I
I've,
read
a
few
different
mckinsey
studies.
They've
certainly
done
studies
on
the
the
fact
that
minority-owned
firms
have
recovered
more
slowly
in
past
recessions
and
are
currently
much
more
heavily
impacted
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
So
I
know
I
know
that
that
is
research
that
they
did.
I
think
for
for
this,
but
also
prior
to
the
chambers.
J
You
know
hiring
them
as
well
and
and
in
terms
of
specifically
some
of
the
things
that
came
out
in
the
center
city
district
and
the
pew
report.
I
don't
think
all
of
those
things
were
necessarily
in
the
mckinsey
report,
but
you
know
some
definitely
the
disparities,
the
disparities
between
black
and
latinx
businesses
and
white
businesses
is
sort
of
coming
up
in
every
single,
every
single
report
out
there,
and
you
know
so
it's
just
constantly
reinforced
and
something
that
we
have
to
be
really
really
focused
on.
C
One
last
question
or
comment:
I
was
on
a
panel
last
night.
I
was
listening
to
a
forum,
I
guess
last
week
and
they
were
talking
about
minority-based
contracting
with
the
city
and
a
few
people,
and
I've
heard
this
before
and
I'm
sure
you've
heard
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
solve
it.
A
lot
of
small
businesses
are
having
difficulty
dealing
with
the
city
because
the
rate
of
our
paying
their
bills
is
so
slow.
C
J
Yeah,
I
know
that
we
actually
have
an
initiative
in
place
that
the
cao
is
leading
with
the
procurement
department
around
vendor
pay
and
how
to
speed
up
vendor
pay.
So
I
mean,
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
different
steps
in
that
process,
but
I
know
that
we
that
there
has
been
progress
made
on
that
and
that
there
is
initiative
that
I've
heard
is
pretty
promising
around
that.
B
K
Sure
my
name
is
jennifer
rodriguez,
I'm
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
greater
philadelphia
hispanic
chamber
of
commerce.
Testimony
has
been
provided
in
writing,
so
I
will
just
really
just
go
through
some
highlights.
I
know
that
we've
been
here
already
for
a
long
time.
So
for
the
past
three
decades,
the
greater
philadelphia
hispanic
chamber
of
commerce
has
been
the
leading
voice,
promoting
and
developing,
promoting
and
advocating
for
hispanic
businesses
in
the
greater
philadelphia
region.
K
You
know
as
a
result
of
the
effects
of
cover
19
in
our
economy
and
in
particularly
our
minority
owned
businesses.
We
at
the
greater
philadelphia
hispanic
chamber
have
developed
a
response
strategy,
titled
recalibrate,
retool,
restart.
Under
this
initiative.
We
have
realigned
our
current
programs
and
have
created
new
ones
to
help
latino-owned
businesses
recovered
from
the
impact
of
government.
19
was
positioning
them
for
the
successful
reintegration
into
the
economy.
K
On
the
new
normal
this
past
week
we
just
undertook
dai,
latino
restaurant
week,
a
promotional
campaign
for
his
hispanic-owned
business,
restaurants,
that
we,
coupled
with
marketing
and
operations
technical
assistance
participating.
Restaurants
will
also
be
invited
to
apply
for
micro
grant
program
from
our
latinx
small
business
relief
fund
at
gphcc.
K
We
firmly
believe
that
entrepreneurship
is
one
of
the
keys
to
solving
the
inequity
that
hampers
the
growth
and
development
of
poor
and
underrepresented
communities.
It
is
a
fact
that
small
businesses
are
the
greatest
source
of
employment
growth.
It
is
also
true
that
most
new
jobs
are
not
created
by
large
corporations.
K
K
Our
research
shows
that
only
700
out
of
a
total
of
12
500
businesses
are
employer
firms.
So
by
not
scaling,
we
miss
the
opportunity
to
create
jobs
and
wealth.
It
costs
our
communities
when
minority-owned
businesses
do
not
scale
up
to
successfully
scale.
Businesses
need
a
favorable
business
environment,
business
management,
know-how,
access
to
financing
options
and
good
quality
networks
for
business
development
and
problem
solving
at
gphcc.
K
We
are
uniquely
uniquely
positioned
to
cultivate
an
ecosystem
that
will
help
businesses
grow.
We
advocate
for
police
as
a
chamber
of
commerce.
We
advocate
for
policies
that
support
that
growth.
We
curate
networks
and
build
social
capital
centered
on
the
needs
of
entrepreneurs,
and
we
match
businesses
with
procurement
leads
with
resources
and
capital
providers.
K
K
I
am
pleased
to
say
that
we
graduated
15
out
of
18
participants
and
that
these
businesses
are
prepared
to
recalibrate
their
plans
to
meet
the
challenges
of
the
pandemic.
In
fact,
three
of
the
graduates
are
scaling
much
faster
today
than
they
had
projected,
and
the
others
have
been
able
to
steady
their
operations
and
have
a
positive
six-month
outlook
on
their
enterprises.
K
Programs
like
accelerate
latinx
are
costly
and
we
are
looking
to
fundraise
to
be
able
to
raise
the
hundred
thousand
dollars
necessary
to
run
a
second
cohort,
but
we
have
learned
that
this
type
of
intensive
peer-based
learning
is
what
many
of
entrepreneurs
need
in
order
to
take
their
businesses
to
the
next
level.
This
program
is
not
only
about
this:
their
business
assessment
or
about
learning
how
to
analyze
the
organization's
financials
or
about
refining
the
businesses
marketing
strategy.
K
It
is
about
building
a
strong
entrepreneur
network
and
an
ecosystem
in
our
community,
so
at
gpacc
we
are
committed
to
nurturing
and
strengthening
this
ecosystem
through
partnerships
that
will
help
us
turn
self-employed
entrepreneurs
into
our
employer
firms
and
to
scale
up
latino-owned
businesses
in
order
to
build
wealth
in
the
latino
community.
Thank
you.
B
K
K
We
talk
a
lot
about
businesses
that
want
to
do
want
to
move
from
this
business
to
consumer
that
we're
talking
about
to
a
business
to
business
relationship
with
is
which
tends
to
be
more
profitable.
I
talk
in
moving
up
the
hierarchy
of
the
supply
chain
right,
but
they're
having
trouble
doing
so
because
to
do
that,
they
need
to
be
able
to
prepare
marketing
materials.
K
K
It
is
very
difficult
for
businesses
that
are
starting
up
or
scaling
up
to
pay
full
price
for
a
web
designer
for
a
branding
marketing
agency
for
for
legal
services
for
accounting
services,
so
we're
we're
seeing
that
is
the
operations
and
really
helping
them
with
that.
That
is
a
foundation
for
that
business
to
grow
and
intensive
programs
like
goldman
sachs
10
000
like
accelerate
latinx,
build
the
social
capital
and
make
sure
that
businesses
can
do
business
with
one
another.
K
K
Not
every
industry
sector
has
the
same
barriers
to
entry
or
business
models,
and
we
really
need
to
think
about
what
industry
sectors
are
black
and
brown
and
other
diverse
businesses
strong
in
and
how
can
we
help
them
scale
up,
and
we
need
to
think
about
what
are
those
industry
sectors
where
we
should
have
more
presence
of
black
and
brown
and
disadvantaged
businesses
and
figure
out
how
to
increase
the
density
of
business
there?
And
so
I
look.
I
can
go
on
forever,
some
of
the
things
that
I
think
about
often.
C
K
I
you
know,
I
think
gross
receipts
tax,
probably,
but
really
businesses
do
not
complain
that
much
about
taxes.
They
complain
about
the
process
of
doing
business
with
the
city
for
every
day
that
somebody
complains
about
a
tax.
I
have
three
more
businesses
are
complaining
about
how
difficult
it
is
to
do
business
with
the
city
to
get
paperwork
through
the
city
to
get
feedback
on
the
status
of
requests
from
the
city.
So
I
think
what
businesses
are
looking
for
is
fair
value
for
the
taxes
that
they
pay.
C
K
What
we're
hearing
is
that,
as
businesses
are
looking
to
pivot
and
think
about
a
grocer
that
wants
to
start
selling,
you
know
prepared
foods
in
order
to
increase
their
margins
and
they're.
Looking
for
approvals
that
there
seems
to
be
a
backlog
of
of
permits
and
approvers
and
licensing,
you
know
back
in
the
city
and
they're
really
desperately
looking
to
open
new
sources
of
revenue
right
and
so
getting
approvals
is
becoming
a
bit
difficult.
K
We're
hearing
that,
as
was
reported
earlier,
that
outdoor
outdoor
seating
for
restaurants
and
the
expedited
service
and
the
and
the
elimination
of
the
fee
to
do
outdoor
dining
is
something
that
we
want
to
see
expanded.
The
the
application
process
was
significantly
simplified,
and
I
think
that
that
was
a
very
good
move,
something
that
we
would
like
to
see
permanently.
C
Okay,
I
mean
right
now.
You
know,
I
always
thought
I
thought
we're
gonna
look
at
doing
this.
We
should
have
like
people
who
work
in
the
city,
who
can
be
like
almost
I'm
gonna
call
an
ambassador
of
a
small
business
where
they
call
this
one
person
and
they
take
them
through
all
the
processes
until
the
business
opens
up
and
that's
their
ambassador
to
the
whole
process-
and
I
know
commerce
department
probably
is,
I
think,
working
on
that
or
has
a
plan
for
that.
K
Well,
I
mean,
I
think
what
happens
is
we
are
forcing
small
businesses
to
hire
accountants
at
a
hundred
dollars
an
hour
to
do
that.
Work
right,
and
it
takes
a
long
time
to
do
the
work
and
the
accountant
needs
to
build
back,
and
so
the
idea
that
so
much
of
that
interface
between
business
and
city
has
to
it
invariably
requires
somebody
that
you
need
to
pay
a
middleman
fee.
J
If
I've
been
councilmember,
I
just
wanna-
I
do
wanna
highlight
just
for
people's
knowledge
that
we've
just
created
a
business
response
team.
So
I
think
everyone
here
is
a
office
of
business
services
which
answers
sort
of
like
the
3-1-1
for
businesses,
and
we
have
nine
people
that
work
in
that
unit
and
to
answer
calls
and
emails.
K
So
process
improvement
is,
is
something
that
I
think
should
be
a
priority
in
order
to
ensure
that
there's
a
friendly
business
environment
and
while
an
ambassador
program
would
be
great.
The
fact
is
that
there's
12
500
latino
owned
businesses,
if
only
a
fraction.
That's
the
only
latino
owned
businesses,
if
only
a
fraction
of
them
needed
an
ambassador.
B
G
G
Starting
and
running
a
business
is
hard
enough
and
it
should
not
be
made
harder
by
unnecessary
regulations
and
burdensome
red
tapes.
A
few
charitable
trust
and
center
city
report
are
not
very
encouraging
for
minority
business.
Community
city
of
philadelphia
has
underperformed
in
startup
and
growth
of
small
and
minority
businesses.
G
G
G
G
B
G
I
think
the
commerce
department
doing
a
lot
of
it
again.
It's
never
enough,
but
I
think
the
building
the
confidence
level,
especially
with
the
asian
community,
who
you
know
the
the
immigrant,
came
from
different
countries
with
a
different
level
of
administration,
and
most
of
them
did
not
come
from
a
democratic
process,
so
they're
kind
of
not
very
supportive
of
the
authorities
so
to
speak
and
their
fear
they
have
a
fear
of
authorities.
So
that
is
something
as
our
community.
We
need
to
overcome
that
that
period.
G
So
I
think
the
creating
a
friendly
environment
is
very
crucial.
That
should
be
a
key
even
jennifer.
I
mentioned
that
the
same
issue
again
money
always
helps
the
ground.
You
know,
especially
for
the
asian
community.
We
have
different
different
ethnic
groups,
so
we,
you
know,
we
don't
have
a
one.
If
it's
all
thing,
we
have
to
have
seven
or
eight
fists
through
one
thing,
so
additional
resources
will
help,
which
is
we
are
working
on
and
also
the
community
does
not.
The
businesses
do
not
come
to
you.
G
B
How
do
we
make
sure
that
they
know
what
the
rules
are
and
especially
during
this
covid,
with
the
rules
constantly
changing?
Sometimes
we
get
a
lot
of
concerns
from
the
community
saying
that
we
didn't
know
this
and
now
you
know
we're
here,
but
we
want
to
comply.
You
know,
I
think,
that's
you
know
it's
something.
G
Yes,
sir,
and
also
the
cultural
background,
you
know
these
people
come
from
the
countries
where
they're
not
used
to
these
kind
of
business
procedures.
You
know
I
come
from
india
and,
if
you're
a
small
business,
you
know
you
just
don't
have
any
regulations,
you
know
just
do
the
business
cash
business
and
done
with
so
when,
when,
when
you
come
to
this
country,
you
expect
the
same
thing.
So
there
is
an
educational
process.
You
know
needs
to
be
done.
G
B
All
right:
well,
I
I
appreciate
that
and
then
we
we
know
we
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do.
We
appreciate
your
partnership
and
working
with
all
the
chambers
to
help
us
get
the
word
out
and
especially
during
when
we
had
the
subsidies
available.
How
do
we
disseminate
that
information
to
everybody
in
so
many
languages
and
the
chambers
were
a
big
help
and
a
part
of
that?
So
thank
you.
So
much
is
there
any
any
other
questions
seeing
none.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
testimony,
kendra.
H
H
We
also
submitted
some
lengthy
testimony
that
contains
our
analysis
of
that
data,
so
I'll
skip
that
for
everyone's
time
management
purposes
here
and
just
kind
of
get
into
it.
So
we've
had
a
number
of
conversations
with
our
members
almost
on
a
weekly
basis
throughout
the
pandemic,
and
have
really
heard
that,
in
order
to
foster
the
economic
resilience
and
growth
that
stem
from
a
robust
and
diverse
independent
business
community,
it's
really
critical
that
government
prioritize
and
incentivize
local
independent
businesses
to
start
grow
and
thrive.
H
As
we
chart
this
recovery
and
as
part
of
this
effort,
we
must
intentionally
support
black
and
other
minority-owned
businesses
which
really
serve
as
anchors
for
more
equitable
and
inclusive
wealth
creation,
certainly
healthier
communities
and
a
greener
city
and
sbn.
Our
membership
and
partners
support,
and
we
advocate
for
strategies
and
policies
at
both
the
local
and
the
state
levels
to
achieve
these
goals.
H
A
previous
pew
report
highlighted
that
philly's
business
tax
structure
is
frequently
cited
as
one
reason
for
the
city's
relatively
weak
job
creation
record
over
the
past
few
decades.
I
mean
I,
I
think
we
we
spoke
about
this
today.
You
know
only
11
of
the
30
largest
u.s
cities,
tax,
corporate
profits
or
revenue,
and
only
philadelphia
taxes
both.
H
So
we
would
really
do
well
to
look
at
best
practices
in
cities
with
high
rates
of
local
businesses
per
capita
high
rates
of
business
ownership
in
historically
marginalized
communities
and
low
rates
of
poverty
and
bring
those
policies
to
philadelphia.
That's
a
a
no-brainer,
I
think
everyone's
on
the
same
page,
with
trying
to
do
right
by
that.
H
In
addition,
our
members
also
call
out
the
inequitable
nature
of
other
tax
policies.
I
know
it's
certainly
controversial
and
not
an
easy
thing
to
tackle,
but
you
know
we're
hearing
tax
abatement,
other
local
tax
credits
and
incentives
that
disproportionately
favor
large
multinational
enterprises
or
anchor
institutions
over
local
businesses
continue
to
be
on
the
minds
of
folks
struggling
to
keep
their
businesses
open,
particularly
in
business
corridors
and,
as
you
probably
have
noticed,
because
of
increasing
financial
pressures
on
local
governments.
H
Many
municipalities
are
considering
changing
the
voluntary
nature
of
the
payments
in
lieu
of
taxes
or
pilot
programs
to
be
able
to
draw
in
new
sources
of
revenue.
Perhaps
I'll
just
add
a
few
more.
You
know,
recommendations,
solutions
that
that
certainly
you've
heard
of
from
us
and
and
others
over
the
coming
or
the
past
months,
continued
need
for
financial
support
through
grants
and
low
interest
loans.
H
I
want
to
also
point
out,
however,
though,
that
our
members
see
see
access
to
credit
as
and
workforce
development
as
pieces
of
a
larger
puzzle
to
solve
the
larger
puzzle
here.
They're
they're,
not
saying
you
know,
just
access
to
credit
alone
is
going
to
get
us
there
they're
seeing
it.
As
you
know,
one
component
or
one
element
in
a
broader
holistic
set
of
solutions
to
bring
about
a
supportive
economic
ecosystem.
H
B
Thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
thank
you
also
for
summarizing
it.
You
did
have
a
lot
of
data
in
your
and
your
written
testimony,
so
we
appreciate
that
that
will
be
displayed
for
the
record
so
and
then
we're
talking
about.
I
mean
I
think,
council
member
donald,
asked
a
question.
Do
you
see
any
of
the
burdens
beside
the
process
of
doing
this?
Is
there
burdens,
as
far
as
taxes
on
any
of
these
businesses.
H
So
it's
I
would
say
that
it's,
it's
kind
of
a
range
of
of
tax,
related
issues
that
folks
are
facing
also
depending
on
where
they
are
in
the
city.
You
know,
if
they're,
if
they're
in
uni,
like
close
to
universities,
you
know
they
may
have
a
very
different
perspective
on
pilot
than
than
others
that
aren't
right
there
in
that
neighborhood
and
seeing
you
know
seeing
it
every
day.
So
it's
a
it's
a
tough
tough
area
to
tackle
reform.
B
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chair,
thank
you
kendra
for
your
testimony
and
for
the
work
of
the
sustainable
business
network.
It's
been
my
pleasure
to
work
with
you
all
over
the
years
really
quickly.
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
our
green
economy
and
recovery,
as
we
think
about
how
we
recover
from
covet
19
and
for
me
growing.
The
number
of
business
owners
of
color
in
green
industries
is
something
I
would
like
to
see.
So
are
you
offering
specific
supports
to
business
owners
of
color
in
green
industries?
A
H
Thank
you
for
that
question,
council
member.
It's
a
great
question,
and
certainly
with
the
last
six
months
of
civil
unrest
and
the
pandemic
upon
us,
sbn
has
looked
to
reform
its
membership
model
to
make
it
more
inclusive.
We
have
changed
to
a
sliding
scale
model
based
on
businesses,
revenue,
including
the
last
12
months,
so
that
would
be
inclusive
of
pandemic
losses
and
are
strategically
doing
outreach
to
businesses
that
normally
would
not
have
had
kind
of
a
seat
at
the
table,
but
had
been
you
know,
always
practicing.
You
know
sustainability.
H
They
just
may
be
calling
it
something
else.
So
so
that
said,
we're
kicking
off
a
rebuild
series:
an
annual
one-year
rebuild
series
on
how
to
rebuild
with
equity
and
inclusion,
targeting
local
businesses
and
sharing
practices
and
learning
from
them
on
how
to
rebuild,
with
the
tenants
of
equity
and
sustainability
and
inclusion
for
the
green
economy.
H
There
was
a
recent
report
that
just
came
out
from
e-2
and
they
are
looking
at.
You
know
some
pretty
impressive
growth
rates
for
clean
energy
across
the
state.
Far
and
above
you
know
your
traditional
gray
sources
of
infrastructure,
so
that
is
an
area
where
I
think
we
could
invest
more
in
especially
in
these
training
programs
and
folks,
who
already
have
been
doing
it
and
have
that
knowledge
and
bring
them
into
that
conversation.
A
No
thank
you
so
much
for
that
response
and
as
a
follow-up,
I
wanted
to
ask
you
what
you
think
we
should
be
doing
from
a
city
government
perspective
to
ensure
that
we
are
supporting
that
type
of
growth,
because
that's
an
industry
where
we
typically
don't
have
a
lot
of
minorities,
but
particularly
african
americans
in
that
field.
How
do
we
try
to
center
them
in
this
process
so
that
you
know
when
it's
all
said
and
done
we're
not
looking
at
the
same
percentages
that
we're
faced
with
now.
H
H
It
could
also
be
through
this
protege
program
and
other
sort
of
entrepreneurial
partnership
programs
through
perhaps
the
office
of
sustainability
or
water.
There
are
these
projects
and
some
shovel
ready
that
are
that
are
out
there
of
course,
dependent
on
revenues
that
could
involve
local
contractors
from
black
and
brown
communities.
I
think
it's
a
matter
of
intentionally
going
after
those
and
having
those
conversations
and
reaching
out
to
corridor
managers
who's
involved
in
this
and
and
we're
trying
to
do
the
exact
same
thing.
It's.
H
It
certainly
isn't
an
overnight
thing,
but
we
also
want
to
be
mindful-
and
this
is
something
our
partners
have
have
expressed-
it's
it's
not
just
about
training
and
protege
partnerships.
Those
things
are
very
important.
That's
one
piece
of
it,
but
there
are
folks
who
who
have
the
expertise
and
can
contribute,
and
perhaps
they
were
just
left
out
of
the
conversation
or
having
trouble
like
networking
and
getting
into
it.
So
it's
a
holistic
thing.
A
lot
of
things
need
to
be
done.
A
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
response.
I
want
to
explore
that
further
with
you
offline
at
another
time,
because
I
was
recently
reading
an
article
about
the
expansion
of
the
landscaping
industry
and
thinking
about
contractors
in
that
particular
industry
and
how
we
can
try
to
help
them
pivot,
to
working
on
green
infrastructure
projects,
things
of
that
nature
and
how
we
can
kind
of
help
give
individuals.
The
tools
to
you
know
have
a
different
model
within
their
business.
A
C
Thank
you,
chairman,
squilla
and
kendra.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony
on
behalf
of
sbn,
and
I
wanted
to
just
bring
up
this
issue
of
taxation
because
I
do
think
it
plays
it's
one
of
the
the
problems
with
developing
economy.
I
mean
clearly
we
heard
testimony
today
that
said
of
the
top
five
cities
on
the
east
coast
were
the
lowest
in
entrepreneurial
business
creation
in
all
categories.
Black
and
brown
in
every
category
were
the
lowest
pretty
much
and
across
the
board,
but
here's
an.
C
So
if
you're
thinking
about
business
here,
that's
a
big
disincentive
and
you
know
we
heard
the
story
of
investing
in
our
tax
structure.
I
guess
from
paul
levy.
We
need
to
do
that
because
right
now
we're
not
competitive.
I
mean
boston's
at
eight,
we're
at
16.19
chicago's
at
9.5
baltimore's
at
8.25,
we're
really
out
of
the
ballpark
here.
So
we
want
to
get
your
thoughts
on
that
and
see
if
we're
on
the
right
track
or
not.
H
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
question.
Councilmember
as
you,
as
you
heard
from
from
my
testimony
and
folks
that
we've
talked
to
in
our
in
our
membership.
Certainly
taxes
are.
It
comes
up
again
and
again
and
looking
back
and
at
former
testimony
that
sbn
has
given
in
preparation
for
today.
Certainly
it
has
been
an
issue
for
a
long
time,
and
I
guess
for
for
us
it's
it's
not.
H
You
know
it's
not
necessarily
about
increasing
taxes
on
one
side
and
you
know
decreasing
it
for
small
and
mid-sized
businesses,
but
it's
a
matter
of
looking
at
the
parity.
You
know
where:
where
could
we
we
build
up
the
revenue
base?
Maybe
it
is
through
expansion
and
providing
other
ways
for
businesses
to
vote
to
develop
so
that
you
know
the
burden
can
be
decreased
or
at
least
dispersed
across
a
larger
segment.
H
I'm
not
going
to
say
that
that
the
businesses
in
our
network
are,
you
know,
are
particularly
happy
that
they
they
have
to
pay
both
the
the
mpt
and
bert.
I
mean.
Certainly
that's
that's
they're
against
that.
They
think
that
it's
it's
excessive
but
realize
that
you
know
revenue
has
to
come
from
somewhere.
So
happy
to
explore
what
those
options
might
look
like
you
know.
Obviously
large
corporations
and
other
multinationals
in
in
the
in
the
city
have
you
know,
resources
that
small
and
medium-sized
businesses
don't
have,
as
jennifer
mentioned.
H
This
includes
like
accountants
and
lawyers,
who
can
identify
loopholes
and
take
advantage
of
tax
credits
that
the
the
smaller
shops
just
aren't
going
to
be
able
to
do
for
lack
of
time
resources,
energy
education.
So
it
may
be
a
matter
of
just
kind
of
looking
at
how
they
can
improve
those
areas
of
expertise
so
that
they
can
take
advantage
more
advantage
of
the
tax
credits
that
are
available
to
them.
B
L
Sure
so,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
jabari
jones
good
afternoon,
mr
chairman,
and
all
the
members
of
city
council
on
this
call.
My
name
is
jabari
jones
and
I
serve
as
the
president
of
the
west
philadelphia
corridor,
collaborative
which
is
the
largest
coalition
of
small
businesses
in
west
philly,
we're
comprised
of
14
member
business
organizations
that
have
a
combined
a
membership
of
over
2
000
small
businesses
that
lie
along
many
of
our
main
street
commercial
corridors.
L
Also
in
our
district,
the
decision
of
universities
and
academic
institutions
that
switched
to
virtual
learning
has
removed
over
55
000
college
students,
faculty
and
professional
staff
from
our
community,
these
individuals
and
the
spend
that
they
would
normally
contribute
to
our
economy,
which
is
normally
so
integral
for
so
many
small
businesses,
specifically
along
our
lancaster
baltimore
and
woodland
avenue.
Commercial
corridors
has
caused
significant
harm
to
our
local
economy
as
well.
L
So
with
so
many
small
businesses
on
the
fences
table
of
either
stabilizing
or
permanently
going
out
of
business.
The
work
of
this
committee
and
and
my
colleague,
business
associations
and
chambers
of
commerce
is
more
important
now
than
it's
ever
been.
So
as
we
navigate
these
times
and
and
talk
about
how
the
city
can
further
help
these
businesses.
L
L
I
want
to
thank
councilman
dom's
office
for
his
help,
as
he
is
currently
working
to
with
us
to
resolve
this
issue.
But
I
think
that
this
is
a
prime
example
of
how
some
of
the
city's
operating
apparatus
as
it
affects.
Small
businesses
works
for
the
detriment
of
a
lot
of
businesses
that
are
currently
struggling
to
recover.
L
I
urge
the
city
to
review
some
of
its
operations
from
the
perspective
of
some
of
these
business
owners,
and
now
more
than
ever,
when
businesses
need
to
generate
that
revenue
to
be
able
to
stabilize
look
at
how
the
city
can
make
some
changes.
That
makes
it
easier
for
these
companies
to
operate
here
in
our
city.
L
L
The
city
has
also
established
additional
restrictions
on
the
operating
times
of
these
restaurants,
requiring
most
of
them
to
close
by
10
pm.
Since
these
restaurants
are
already
under
occupancy
restrictions.
I
would
urge
the
members
of
city,
council
and
city
leaders
to
immediately
reduce
these
restrictions
to
allow
restaurants
to
be
open
until
at
least
11
pm
and
develop
a
long-term
plan
to
further
reduce
these
time.
L
B
It's
not
true
and
we
often
are
trying
to
help
them
navigate
that,
but
he
better
be
coming
coming
from
the
individual
departments
and
it's
a
challenge.
It
really
is,
and
especially
during
covid
and
some
of
the
challenges,
as
you
have
mentioned,
really,
there
should
be
better
ways
to
handle
that
and
I
think
we
need
to
do
a
better
job.
So,
thank
you.
I
know
council
member
dom
did
you
have
a
question.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
just
a
quick
one
and
thank
you
jabari
for
your
testimony
today,
and
I
know
I
speak
on
behalf
of
the
chairman
and
I
and
all
my
colleagues
on
council,
and
that
is
that
you
know
thank
thank
god,
that
your
organization
and
all
the
businesses
are
operating
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Thank
god.
We
want
you
here.
We
want
you
to
succeed.
Your
success
is
our
success.
We
need
to
do
everything
we
can
to
help
you.
We
want
you
to
get
through
this
pandemic.
We
don't
want
to
lose
one
business.
C
We
want
to
make
sure
you
all
survive,
and
you
know
job
creation
and
employment
is
so
crucial
to
the
economic
base
of
this
city,
and
I
speak
for
all
of
us
when
I
say
this
to
you,
thank
god,
thank
god,
you're
in
philadelphia
and
you're
operating,
and
we
want
more
people
to
come
to
our
city.
So
I
just
really
appreciate
every
business
owner
I
know
so.
C
Does
the
chairman
all
my
colleagues
that
you
have
all
business
owners
have
choices,
but
those
that
are
open
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
really
appreciate
them
functioning
here
and
operating
here
and
supporting
our
city?
So
thank
you,
jabarian.
Whatever
we
can
do
to
help
any
of
your
business,
I
will
tell
you
any
of
my
colleagues
will
go
on
a
limb
and
help
because
we
want
those
businesses
to
do
well,
that's
just
in
your
district,
but
in
any
district
in
the
city.
We
want
those
businesses
to
survive
through
this
pandemic.
So
thank
you
very
much.
B
Thank
you
is
there
any
other
questions
for
jabari,
and
I
just
want
to
add
one
last
thing:
is
that,
as
you
bring
up
these
examples,
I
think
it's
good
for
us
to
see
as
a
as
a
council
as
we
work
with
our
individual
departments,
because
you
know
a
lot
of
times.
People
out
there
in
in
the
field
think
that
when
a
department
comes
to
them,
they're
only
coming
there
for
a
problem.
B
I
think
we
have
to
change
the
mindset
and
we
have
to
have
a
better
way
of
approaching
us
and
say
you
know
what
we're
coming
here.
Oh
we
see
these
couple
things
wrong.
This
is
what
you
need
to
do
to
comply.
Do
this
I'll
be
back
tomorrow,
so
forth
and
so
on,
and
then
we'll
be
able
to
to
get
you
back
up
and
running
or
to
do
it
right
there.
Have
you
correct
the
things
that
you
can
right
away?
I
mean
there
are
some
things
that
you
know
may
need
to
be
fixed.
B
That
may
have
taken
a
longer
time,
but
we
need
we
need
to
actually
work
with
you,
so
you
can
tell
us
what
those
problems
are
and
then
we
need
to
work
with
our
departments
to
make
sure
they
they
address
them
the
same
way
and
we're
working
to
help
people
comply
instead
of
working
to
help
them
close
down.
So
I
do.
I
do
appreciate
that,
and
I
see
that
we
do
have
a
quick
question
from
that
council
member
gilmore
richardson.
A
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
It's
just
a
very
quick
comment.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
jabari
for
all
of
his
work
just
being
on
the
ground
and
always
being
accessible
to
the
small
business
owners
on
a
number
of
the
corridors,
particularly
in
west
philadelphia
and
just
for
all
of
your
work.
After
the
civil
unrest,
where
we
all
worked
together
very
diligently
to
ensure
that
we
could
quickly
clean
up
those
corridors,
so
we
could
notate
for
those
communities
that
they
are
open
for
business.
A
B
D
Yes,
thank
you,
council
member
squirrel,
chair
in
the
economic
development
committee.
I
want
to
thank
councilmember
dom
for
this
hearing
a
lot
of
great
information,
especially
not
only
from
the
various
chambers
that
were
represented,
as
well
as
jabari
jones
and
nick
chenoy
and
jennifer
rodriguez
and
all
of
the
witnesses
silva
guy
howard,
but
also
the
information
from
thomas
ginsberg
at
pew
and
paul
levy
center
city
district.
D
So
look
forward
to
having
additional
conversations
on
how
we
deal
with
this
economic
crisis,
especially
as
we're
talking
about
the
issue
of
minority
enterprise
development
and
this
week
is
med
week.
So
I
encourage
everyone
who
is
able
to
participate
in
med
week.
This
is
the
36th
annual
mid-week
and
provides
opportunities
to
do
the
very
same
things
that
we've
been
talking
about
on
this
afternoon.
So
thank
you,
mr
chair.
B
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
other
comments
or
questions,
seeing
none
that
again,
I
want
to
reiterate
that
what
council
member
green
had
said
about
our
panel
and
you
know
we
need
to
work
together
to
make
this
happen.
It
can't
happen.
We
can't
do
this
on
the
silo
council,
can't
do
it
by
themselves
and
the
chambers
can't.
So
we
appreciate
your
input
and
looking
forward
to
continue
working
with
you
to
resolve
these
issues
and
concerns.