urban planning
As we head into summer, ESI welcomes two new teammates who will serve as ESI Center for the Future of Cities fellows. Samriddhi Khare currently attends the University of Pennsylvania and will be graduating in 2024. Samriddhi will receive her Master’s in City Planning and concentrations in smart cities and Technology. Patrick Darcy is a […]
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Philadelphia Design District: Where Design, Real Estate, and Economics Make for Healthy Partnerships
Coalitions and collaborations are built to facilitate positive business transformations and blossoming creative opportunities. That’s the theory behind the Philadelphia Design District (PDD), Philadelphia’s newly formed design coalition. PDD began taking shape this past spring in the heart of Old City, from 2nd and 3rd Streets and Market to Race, with ten founding businesses, primarily […]
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Corporate, government, and academic experts join forces to build a road map and business case for urban transformation PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 16, 2018 ESI ThoughtLab announces the launch of Smarter Cities 2025: Building a Sustainable Business and Financing Plan, a ground-breaking research program that will provide city leaders with a road map to becoming a successful […]
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The North Broad Renaissance (NBR) has released The State of North Broad, a report detailing the current situation in a number of economic and social areas pertaining to the North Broad corridor and North Broad Census Tracts. The review conducted by ESI provides an in-depth look at the changing landscape of the corridor, and aims at […]
Read MoreIn association with Group Melvin Design and The Riddle Company, Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) produced a sustainable downtown marketing and design strategy for the City of Williamsburg, VA, as commissioned by the Williamsburg Economic Development Office and Planning Department. The purpose of this report was to create a sustainable and vibrate downtown through strengthening downtown’s […]
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For this week’s post I’ve used the 2012-2013 Household Travel Survey which is conducted by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to create maps that visualize travel patterns in the Greater Philadelphia region. DVRPC, in its nine-county planning area, covers the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia in Southeastern Pennsylvania; along with Burlington, […]
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