The City should support the development and retention of strong neighborhood businesses that employ residents, that provide goods and services to residents and that make productive use of land.
Neighborhoods are places of growing economic activity as well as residential neighborhoods.
Neighborhoods require healthy business activity as well as housing, blight removal, and quality of life aspects for decent living. Leadership of City NED agencies and Department of Commerce must view neighborhoods as dynamic sources of economic opportunities, not areas of inevitable decline. The Committee adopted the charge of making recommendations to enhance the role of the City of Philadelphia in the economic development of Philadelphia neighborhoods. The Committee held five meetings beginning on 20 December 1999 and ending on 1 February 2000. The Committee Lead Co Chair also held meetings with the Neighborhood Revitalization Committee and co chairs of the housing, blight and quality of life subcommittee co chairs.