Philadelphia would minimize enterprise tax charges yearly and start spending lots of of tens of millions of newly allotted {dollars} on housing and drug therapy applications below a proposed 2026 funds Mayor Cherelle Parker introduced Thursday.
In her second annual funds handle earlier than Metropolis Council, Parker celebrated sharp drops in violent crime throughout her first yr in workplace and her efforts to “clear and inexperienced” town, and laid out her plans for subsequent yr and past. Proceed studying …
Billy Penn’ collection of Q&As with Philly’s impartial publishers continues. Right now: New Door E-book’s Doug Gordon, who describes a collection of books about strolling and about how they’re “on the lookout for books that actually should be printed [and] in all probability aren’t ones that might enchantment to a industrial writer.” Proceed studying …
RECAP: What else occurred?
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• Philly well being officers confirmed town’s first measles case of 2025 and warned of attainable exposures at CHOP and a South Philly well being heart. [WHYY]
• New knowledge on Philadelphia’s HIV charges exhibits how far we’ve come and the place we’re heading. [PGN]
• Members of the college and workers at Neighborhood School of Philadelphia are voting this week whether or not to authorize a strike if contract negotiations fail to fulfill their calls for. [Billy Penn]
• Upcoming play, written by playwright who can also be a SEPTA bus driver, explores rebuilt lives, re-imagined households. [Billy Penn]
• Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and spouse make $125 million present to CHOP that might be put towards new affected person tower. [Inq$$]
• Overbrook Elementary third graders are working to show their asphalt schoolyard right into a neighborhood inexperienced area. [WHYY]
• St. Paddy’s Day is that this weekend! Right here’s all it is advisable know to have fun and journey. [Billy Penn]
• The Philadelphia Ballet is nearing completion of its North Broad constructing, which will quadruple the ballet’s dimension and embrace neighborhood areas. [WHYY]
MAYOR WATCH
The Mayor will attend the 2025 Ramadan Iftar Dinner, hosted by the Philadelphia Ramadan & Eid Fund, bringing individuals collectively to share a meal whereas highlighting the spirit of inclusion and connection through the holy month of Ramadan, at Metropolis Corridor. (6:40 p.m.)
ON THE CALENDAR
🥧 Pies for Pi Day on March 14
☘️St. Patrick’s Day weekend
👭🏽 Ladies’s Historical past Month occasions in Philly
🧶 Better Philly Yarn Crawl by way of March 16
🎨 Saturday, March 15: Holi CultureFest! 2025
Penn Museum collaborates with the South Asia Heart at Penn for this celebration with conventional storytelling, colourful art-making, dynamic reside music and fascinating dance performances, culminating in a coloration throw! (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
🖼️ Saturday, March 15: The Intermission Half 2
The Coloured Ladies Museum celebrates the beginning of Ladies’s Historical past Month and their 10-year anniversary with Half Two of the exhibition, “The Intermission.” $10-20 tickets. (12 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and three p.m. on weekends, by way of not less than June)
💐 Saturday, March 15: Late Blooming Lovers Market
This post-Valentine’s Day market celebrates the beginning of Spring, contained in the Love Park saucer at 1600 JFK Blvd. Native wares embrace all the pieces from plushies and spices to classic clothes, desserts and romance novels. (12 to five p.m.)
👟 Saturday, March 15: Ladies’s Historical past Mural Tour
Tour the murals surrounding the Fairhill Burial Floor. Be taught in regards to the Feminine Anti-Slavery Society, the Seneca Falls Conference and the neighbors main the cost towards equality at this time. Rain date March 22. Free with registration. (1 to 2:30 p.m.)
☘️ Sunday, March 16: St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Philly’s parade has been held yearly since 1771, and returns once more this yr. Take a look at the parade route right here. It begins at 11:15 a.m. at sixteenth Road and JFK Blvd.
🚋 Ongoing: A Deeply Rooted Trolley Tour by Harriett’s Bookshop
Kick off this collection of three-hour, hop-on/hop-off Saturday excursions that remember native meals, tradition, historical past, music and deeply rooted custom with visits to new and seasoned areas all through Philadelphia. $50 tickets. (11 a.m. and numerous different occasions)
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