PhillyNext

Here's a lovely salute to our fair city and a promotion of the city to the world...even if the city depicted is "tourist" Philadelphia, not "neighborhood" Philadelphia.

PHL: Modern Renaissance City This inspiring video celebrates the people and places of Philadelphia and shares a new narrative of the city with the world. Discover Philadelphia. Discover ...

Can it be that Philadelphia is the 9th richest city IN THE WORLD?

The 9 Richest Cities In The World (By GDP) - Refined Guy Every city on the planet has something to offer, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to have lots and lots of money on hand. Take these cities, the nine richest in the world according to their GDPs. What’s a GDP? It stands for “Gross Domestic Product,” the sum total of the value of all the goods and servi...

Philadelphia thinks Philadelphia sucks less!

Philadelphians Think Philly Sucks Less Than It Used To And more things we can learn from Travel & Leisure's "America's Favorite Cities" survey

Here are some tools to improve PhillyNext...including some that are already doing so!

Your City Needs These 7 Open Data Apps From legislative information to reporting potholes, bus arrivals to health violations, mobile and web apps are improving city living. Check out these innovative apps.

PhillyNext is changing...for the better!

http://www.phillymag.com/articles/whole-new-philadelphia-innovation/

8 Trends That Prove Philly Is Changing for the Better | Philadelphia magazine New people. New attitudes. New ideas. New neighborhoods. Philly is transforming faster than it has in half a century. And thanks to these trends, it's only just begun..

Can we see PhillyNext in a new light?

Philly in a New Light Resurgent Philadelphia is cinched with light. Walking, you'll find the sun smacked up against the Drake, and the eyebrow of the moon hooking the Schuylkill during its ascent to higher sky. You'll find a pinker dawn behind the lonesome hawks and a fringe of gold on the window-box flowers, hung like s...

PhillyNext needs to be hearth healthier!

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/mens-health/photos/10-worst-us-cities-heart-health #10

The 10 Worst U.S. Cities for Heart Health | Yahoo! Health We looked at death rates for heart disease and then factored in big clues to cardiac woes: the number of people who smoke, don't exercise, or are overweight or obese, along with the number who have type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol (all from the CDC).

Downtowns are boom, boom, booming -- PhillyNext, too!

It's Official: Downtowns Are Booming Neighborhoods within 2 miles of city hall saw huge jumps in population between 2000 and 2010, according to new numbers from the Census.

Is it possible to shake off the "Quaker Philadelphia" shackles and create PhillyNext?

Puritan Boston, Quaker Philadelphia: notes on 1979 research from E. Digby Baltzell « Christopher Wi Boston was built by Puritans, who celebrated civic power and class authority. Philadelphia was built by Quakers, who championed equality and deference.

So can new Philadelphians remake PhillyNext?

What Will It Take for New Philadelphians to Clean Up City Hall? | Philadelphia Magazine Articles With the influx of newbies to the city increasing every year, what will it take for new Philadelphians to clean up City Hall's corridors of power? Click here to learn more.

Downtowns are booming...can PhillyNext?

Census: Downtowns become boomtowns, including Philly The downtowns of many of the nations biggest urban areas - including Philadelphia - saw double-digit population growth from 2000 to 2010, according to a new Census report.