Featured Stories

Bike-Sharing 101: Come Ride for Yourself

Joe Petrucci Thursday, October 28, 2010

Sharing is caring, right? The good people at Bike Share Philadelphia care an awful lot about what they do, and they're hosting two bike-sharing demonstrations in Center City.

Entrepreneurship, Moving Here, Sustainability, Transportation

Center City

Happy Independents Day: Inside the Inspiring Walls of Indy Hall

John Steele Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Co-working isn't for everyone, but for those among Philadelphia's legion of free-flyers, there is no place they'd rather be. We spent the day with them to find out why Independents Hall has become a hub for tech and creative entrepreneurs.

Design, Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, Moving Here, Sustainability

Center City, Old City / Society Hill

Q&A: Scott Nissenbaum, Finite Carbon

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The still-developing carbon trading market is not unlike the Wild West. Focused exclusively on forest carbon projects, a Wayne startup is writing the rules of the game and has become the country's leading player in that niche.

Entrepreneurship, Financial Services, Sustainability, Venture Capital

Wayne

THIS WEEK: 10 Years Boosting Biotech

Keystone Edge staff Tuesday, October 26, 2010

We live in one of the most important bioscience clusters in the world. This year's edition of Biotech 2010 will put it all on display Wednesday and Thursday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, Life Sciences, Regionalism, Venture Capital

Center City, Market East, Wayne

Higher Education is Apparently Recession-Proof Here

Keystone Edge staff Thursday, October 21, 2010

Earlier this week, Select Greater Philadelphia released its 2010 Higher Education Impact report, an updated version of its 2007 study, and the findings were largely encouraging

Higher Education, Regionalism

Our Very Own Sweet Spot: Dreams Drenched in Chocolate

Caroline Tiger Tuesday, October 19, 2010

They are the music makers. They are the dreamers of dreams. Modern day chocolatiers are mixing nostalgia with innovation and creating a new batch of creamy, sugary ventures all over Philadelphia.

Entrepreneurship, Food, Sustainability

Ambler, Center City, Merchantville, NJ, North Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, Washington Square West

FLYING PHOTO: Urban Foraging with The Wild Foodies of Philly

Jeff Fusco Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Within Greater Philadelphia's considerable foodie community is a sub-genre known as Wild Foodies who are spreading the seed of wild edibles, both plants and small critters, that are found just outside our doors.

Food, Moving Here, Sustainability

EDITOR'S PICK: Jazz Masters to Play Like an Egyptian

Flying Kite staff Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Renowned jazz composer and Temple U. doctoral candidate Andy Laster is giving life to century-old songs performed with zithers, fiddles and frame drums with the Sounds of Cairo at The Rotunda in West Philly on Thursday.

Arts and Culture, Diversity

University City, West Philadelphia

Going Against the Migraine:The Rapid Rise of NuPathe

John Steele Tuesday, October 12, 2010

With its newest product, a migraine headache patch that cures pain and reduces side effects, Conshohocken's NuPathe Pharmaceuticals and its serial entrepreneur co-founder Jane Hollingsworth have hit the big time.

Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, Life Sciences, Venture Capital

Wayne

The Inside Pitch at Switch: Tech Startups Go Deep

John Steele Tuesday, October 12, 2010

While Roy Halladay was responsible for seventh heaven on one end of Broad Street, Switch Philadelphia provided seven minutes in techie heaven for some of the region's most promising startups on the other. The pitches there were almost as amazing.

Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Center City, South Philadelphia, Wayne

Innovate or Die: DesignPhiladelphia Pumps Up Creatives

Caroline Tiger Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Led by festival founder and design guru Hilary Jay, DesignPhiladelphia has established itself as an organic, comprehensive and cutting-edge festival that is the envy of other cities and the pride of ours. It's on Oct. 7-17 all over Philly.

Arts and Culture, Design, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Sustainability

Center City, Fishtown, Kensington/Port Richmond, Manayunk, Market East, Mt. Airy, North Philadelphia, Northern Liberties, Northwest, Old City / Society Hill, Overbrook / Overbrook Farms, Passyunk Square / East Passyunk, Queen Village / Pennsport, Rittenhouse Square, South Philadelphia, University City, Washington Square West, West Philadelphia

Q&A: Matt Bergheiser, University City District

Joe Petrucci Tuesday, October 05, 2010

University City is already a hub of sustainability. Off the Grid, a sustainability program created by the neighborhood's community development organization, is poised to bring together all of University City's assets in even more meaningful ways.

Design, Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, Food, Higher Education, Neighborhood Innovation, Sustainability, Transportation

University City, West Philadelphia

MOVING PICTURE: Manayunk EcoArts Festival

Walking Whale Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Suburban twenty-somethings, competitive bicyclists and arts/crafts makers move over. Manayunk is also a place for the green. The two-day Manayunk EcoArts Festival brings together the most innovative green businesses, artists and ideas.

Arts and Culture, Classic Towns, Design, Neighborhood Innovation, Sustainability, Transportation

Manayunk, Northwest

I Want To Ride My Bicycle

John Steele Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Increased funding, determined advocacy and strategic partnerships are taking the training wheels off the region's bicycle scene and making Greater Philadelphia more easily connected, particularly along the Delaware River.

Design, Moving Here, Regionalism, Sustainability, Transportation

Center City, Collingswood, NJ, Merchantville, NJ, Queen Village / Pennsport, South Philadelphia

FLYING PHOTO: Your Fringe Fest Fix

Michael Persico Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The grotesque and gorgeous have never come to life in quite as compelling a way as Daniele Strawmyre's Kaidan, part of a homegrown dance performance featured in the Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe earlier this month. Our Managing Photographer Mike Persico shares the beauty of fright in this slideshow.

Arts and Culture