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University City: The not-so-secret sauce for business-community partnerships
In 1997, West Philadelphia’s anchor institution leaders, real estate developers and community members came together to begin a new organization. They endeavored to address an urgent crisis of neighborhood disinvestment, while endowing the nascent group with ample flexibility to someday steward the hoped-for consequences of growth.
Spoiler alert: It worked.
As University City District (UCD) celebrates its twentieth anniversary this month, the area it serves bursts with activity that not even…
Source: Arizona Business Journal
