Great to be back on Philadelphia’s 52nd Street and witness the momentum underway in rejuvenating this commercial corridor; state gov’t announces key investment in renovation of anchor properties ⁦Rick Siger⁩ ⁦Senator Hughes⁩ ⁦The Enterprise Center⁩ ⁦Drexel Nowak Metro Finance Lab⁩

Check out the latest newsletter where Bruce Katz, Milena Dovali, Victoria Orozco 🇦🇷 and I discuss how the "manufacturing renaissance" is spatially manifesting, implicating metro economies, supply chains, workforce, and opportunities for Black and Latino firms thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/the…

“For decades, cities were told to plan the post industrial city, driven by service economies. Now, almost overnight, they are being challenged to deliver the industrial metropolis” My latest Financial Times on how cities leverage the manufacturing moment ft.com/content/3de303…

“That pool of money will definitely be a game changer, not only for businesses like myself,” Worrell-Benjamin said, “but other small minority businesses that will have the opportunity to access those funds.” inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

Great to join for Drexel Nowak Metro Finance Lab yesterday w/ Archana Sahgal, Next Street , JumpStart Inc. , Founders1stCapital, and many more

Tremendous appetite among CDFIs for product innovation to serve a broader swath of firms Opportunity Finance Network #sbff23. Revenue based finance can be part of the toolkit. Great shoutout for innovative.finance. Drexel Nowak Metro Finance Lab Accelerator For America

AFA's Director of Economic Development, Anne Bovaird Nevins, spoke this morning at Opportunity Finance Network #SBFF23 panel on Innovate for Impact: Using Revenue-Based Financing to Drive Equitable Small Business Growth. #CDFIs #InvestinChange

Can Cities Play in the Industrial Transition? The Cincinnati Jobs Bond — my latest piece w ⁦Laura N. Brunner⁩ ⁦Cincinnati Port⁩, Eric Letsinger ⁦Quantified Ventures⁩ and ⁦Bryan Fike⁩ ⁦Drexel Nowak Metro Finance Lab⁩ thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/can…

Back from vacation:) Some updated numbers we're tracking for Kauffman Foundation. Since 3/1/22, 180 loans/grants (55%) to women and minority businesses totaling more than $8.9M with leveraged capital of $32.06M (53%); thanks to our NetWork Kansas & E-Community Partnership partners! Kansas Department of Commerce

Advancing Neighborhood Commercial Corridors: my latest with ⁦elijah e. davis⁩ and Anne Nevins ⁦Accelerator For America⁩ describe scaled investment models bubbling up around the country — big shout out to ⁦Invest Detroit⁩ and ⁦City of Detroit⁩ thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/adv…

Philly Shipyard becomes a player in offshore wind, boosted by an old, obscure federal law Bruce Katz inquirer.com/science/climat… via The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will 2024 be a Year of Financial Innovation? My latest with ⁦Bryan Fike⁩ describes 3 challenges (remedying product deficiencies, filling capital gaps, practicing ecosystem coordination) that need focus by govt’s, institutions and intermediaries thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/wil…

Will 2024 be a year of financial innovation? Read the latest newsletter from Bruce Katz and Bryan Fike that explores that question: drexel.edu/nowak-lab/publ…

Don’t let ample federal $$$ fool you: from housing to downtowns to small business to manufacturing to clean energy, this period is marked by an urgent need for financial innovation around products, capital stacks and ecosystems: my latest w Bryan Fike thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/wil…

Revenue Based Financing is on the rise and shows the innovations in small business finance underway — my latest with Michael Belles and ⁦Bryan Fike showcasing ⁦Grow America - formerly NDC⁩ and other CDFIs thenewlocalism.com/newsletter/inn…

How Cities Can Thrive in the New Industrial Era: my first in a series for GOVERNING posits the rise of a new kind of urban and metropolitan governance that knits together 10 critical elements of re-industrialization Milena Dovali governing.com/management-and…

Maybe you thought US learned its lesson about ramming highways thru cities. Maybe you thought we were starting to get serious about climate change. Then you haven’t looked at PennDot’s study for rebuilding I-95 in Philly. I did & here’s my column: bit.ly/47KwHHH

Senior Research Fellow Karen Black released "Kensington Corridor Trust: The First Four Years," a city case with Drexel Nowak Metro Finance Lab on neighborhood empowerment and affordability preservation in the Kensington area of Philadelphia. Read the report here: drexel.edu/nowak-lab/publ…