@StopShopStores, self check out tech needs LOTS of work. Harwich store. Error rate is inexcusable. Self check out took twice as long as line with cashier. Staff who helped should be sainted.
@KYWNewsradio need to update traffic report. Vine Street Expressway ramp onto 95 south is still stopped completely. Other 95 south lanes open and flowing.
PIDC’s Board of Directors is proud to announce that, after a robust regional and national search, Jodie Harris—an industry leader with 3 decades of experience in the public, private, & nonprofit sectors—has been selected to become the next president of PIDC. ⬇️
The Diverse Chambers joined the Greater Chamber of Philadelphia in the Inclusive Growth Coalition (ICG) campaign & the collective action worked! City Council and the Mayor have agreed to business tax relief that include reductions to Wage Taxes and BIRT.
https://t.co/kldOuzNGPg
(Cont'd) Along with the Greater PHL Chamber of Commerce, we were able to engage with nearly every single councilmember and advocate for change.
•Business Relief: lowering of the net income tax reduced to 5.99% (the first time it's been below 6% since 1988)
Will these murders finally spur @PhiladelphiaGov to take the actions they have been dragging their feet on for years? Or will it be more of the same after today’s headlines are replaced with something else in a few days? https://t.co/piVj6yubls
Last week, Trustee Bret Perkins and Mayor of Waterloo, IA Quentin Hart and Mayor of Columbia, SC Daniel Rickenmann (all alums of Egypt 2009) reconnected at the @usmayors conference.
DM us if you want to connect with members of your delegation!
Check out this fascinating op-ed by ACYPL Trustee Bret Perkins (@phillyperk) about efforts to close the digital divide in Philadelphia.
“It’s working in Philadelphia, and it can work across America, too.”
https://t.co/85W2xZXN7Z
.@PhiladelphiaGov, @PHLInnovation, schools, philanthropy & @comcast launched #PHLConnectED in 2020 to make internet available to all Phila K-12 students and families. 84% of Phila households now have a home broadband connection. Read more from @phillyperk: https://t.co/brbz9pcl0k
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
@Commish_Schmidt has been named the next President and CEO of the Committee of Seventy.
Schmidt will step down as a PHL City Commissioner and officially begin his new role at Seventy in January 2022. Full announcement here ➡️ https://t.co/GrsWMaDmc5
Comcast is partnering with @GoalsetterCo to empower the next generation of investors! Check out the organization’s “One Stock. One Future.” movement and the organization’s mission to turn America’s youth into savvy shareholders: https://t.co/JMojBnddN5
The first in our Generation Change Philly is @Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend, president/CEO of @PYNinc, which prepares our city’s young people for lives beyond poverty. https://t.co/CshaRte8Sl