Drexel has honored Jeremy Nowak's legacy by creating the Nowak Metro Finance Lab, an initiative he was working to launch to explore ways of financing what he called the inclusive city.The lab’s founding director is Bruce Katz, Jeremy’s friend, co-author of their recent book, The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism, and a renowned urban expert who brings more than 30 years’ experience and expertise in urban governance and finance with the Brookings Institution, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Through the Lindy Institute, the Civic Design Studio tackles pressing civic design infrastructure challenges in Philadelphia and the surrounding region while advocating for robust civic design policies. Initiatives include developing plans, crafting research white papers, convening design charrettes, hosting community forums, and facilitating stakeholder working groups.
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Development … For Good is a speaker series co-produced by the Lindy Institute in collaboration with The Philadelphia Citizen. This engaging series brings together influential civic and business leaders to delve into crucial intersections between private development and the public good.
The partnership is supported by a generous grant from the Lindy Family Charitable Foundation. Launched in 2021, the series takes place at the Fitler Club.
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Urban Strategy in the Present Tense is a conversation series featuring notable urbanists discussing their frontline work in urban resilience, as well as sharing their insights about public policymaking, urban problem solving, and life in Philadelphia.
The series is produced by the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University in partnership with the Urban Strategy Masters Program in Drexel's Westphal College of Media, Arts & Design.
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Lindy Institute Distinguished Resident Fellow Michael O’Bryan launched the Wealth + Work Futures Lab in 2023 to address long-standing challenges in community access to economic security through employment, education, and asset-building opportunities, leading to differences in wealth, income, and well-being.
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Urban Affairs Review (UAR) has been a leading scholarly journal focused on urban politics, policy, and governance for over fifty years. UAR is a peer-reviewed, bi-monthly journal focused on questions of politics, governance, and public policy specifically as they relate to cities and/or their regions.
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Each quarter, Kevin Gillen, PhD produces reports on the current state of the region's housing market. Currently, he produces three separate reports each quarter, covering Philadelphia county, the Philadelphia Region and the Jersey Shore, respectively.
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