Events

  • At the Center of the City: Governing a Big City Now

    Tuesday, May 20, 2025

    4:00 PM-5:00 PM

    Zoom Webinar: https://drexel.zoom.us/webinar/register/8317428404213/WN_gCkP2Uh6QBS_mTa9Xzo1qQ

    • Everyone
    Citizens and urban planners unite in "Urban Strategy in the Present Tense," a year-long speaker series dedicated to the local roots of civic innovation.
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  • Development…for Good: Building a 15-Minute Neighborhood

    Tuesday, May 20, 2025

    6:00 PM-7:30 PM

    Fitler Club Ballroom, 1 South 24th Street

    • Everyone

    Join us for another installment of The Citizen’s Real Estate Development… for Good, powered by Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and Fitler Club, on — literally — building a better, more inclusive, and prosperous Philadelphia featuring …

    Charles Lomax, Lomax Real Estate Partners CEO
    Kelvin Jeremiah, Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO

    Learn about two mixed-use developments making the 15-minute neighborhood a reality: Village Square, built by Lomax Real Estate Partners, will feature a grocery store, health clinic, and radio station intended to combat university-adjacent displacement and encourage pathways to Black homeownership. PHA’s Sharswood Choice Neighborhood is the vision for 40 revitalized blocks in North Philly including mixed-income housing, the first grocery store in 50 years, a school, parks, and more.

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