Bruce Katz
Writer at The Philadelphia Citizen
Inter-disciplinary urbanist | Director of Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University I Co-author of The #NewLocalism
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2 weeks ago |
thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Bruce Katz
And so, it begins. Amidst the daily noise and chaos, the U.S. has begun a grand experiment, the radical defederalization of roles and responsibilities in the nation. We have seen versions of this movie before of course, particularly during the 1980s when the Reagan presidency drove state innovations around healthcare and welfare reform.
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1 month ago |
thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Malcolm Burnley |Bruce Katz
In 2017, my two best friends moved to Phoenix. We had all moved to Philadelphia about the same time, four years earlier. We struck up close friendships, explored the city together, and came to love the word jawn. I doubt I’d call this jawn home today if I’d never met them. Oddly enough, 2017 was also the same year that Phoenix leapfrogged Philly in population. (Do I blame my friends? Absolutely.) It turns out they were a harbinger for migration patterns that have emerged since then.
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1 month ago |
thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Bruce Katz
The Philadelphia Citizen practices solutions-based journalism. We don’t just report on the challenges our city faces, we report the potential solutions to those challenges. In this story: Actions taken by the Administration have already eliminated fair housing protections and scaled back the HUD workforce.
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1 month ago |
thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Bruce Katz
Mar. 04, 2025 The past five weeks have been painful to observe and experience. The Trump administration has, in rapid-fire fashion, moved to pause and condition federal funding, reduce the federal workforce, impose tariffs on trading partners, and defy judicial orders.
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1 month ago |
yieldpro.com | Bruce Katz |Ross Baird |Michael Saadine
Opportunity Zones (OZs) have emerged as a significant tool in driving investment into underdeveloped areas, offering a compelling case for their continuation and expansion. Since their inception in 2017, OZs have attracted nearly $100 billion in private capital, according to the Economic Innovation Group (EIG). These investments have catalyzed the creation of more than 500,000 jobs, demonstrating their efficacy as a tool for economic development.
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