When Mayor Cherelle L. Parker in September unveiled the terms of the agreement she reached with the 76ers to build a new arena in Center City, she vowed to go all out to help promote the project to the public and win City Council approval for it.
It may have been only the first day for lawmakers in Harrisburg, but Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker came to the state Capitol prepared with a binder of talking points and requests for legislators on what the city needs.
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said that the city will “start from scratch” on a new community benefits agreement, canceling the hotly debated plan with the 76ers and making way for a new one now that the arena is planned for South Philadelphia.
The fate of the long-struggling Market East commercial corridor is shaping up to be a defining issue of Parker's tenure.
While winter continues to slam Philadelphia with temperatures below freezing, a small sign spring is less than two months away. The 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show returns to the Pennsylvania Convention Center on March 1, but organizers offered a sneak peek Thursday, unveiling "Gardens of Tomorrow" as this year's show theme.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker went to Washington D.C. on Friday, Jan. 10 to recruit officials working for the Biden Administration as it comes to an end. Parker spoke exclusively with NBC10 about the sales pitch.
The team's deal with Comcast Spectacor in South Philly includes investments on East Market Street, but few details are known.
Philadelphia-based affordable housing developer Pennrose has named Timothy Henkel as its new CEO and elevated Charlie Adams to fill his previous role as president. Former CEO Mark Dambly and Executive Chairman Richard Barnhart have transitioned from day-to-day roles to active members of the Pennrose board.
Mayor Cherelle Parker and the City of Philadelphia have announced the opening of the Riverview Wellness Village, a care and recovery housing property created to help those who are coming out of inpatient substance-use disorder treatment.
The team will stay in South Philadelphia, despite recently scoring City Council approval that paved the way for a Center City development.
The stunning reversal comes as a relief to critics of the plan to put a $1.3 billion arena near City Hall at the edge of Chinatown. Mayor Cherelle Parker on Monday called the proposal “a win, win, win,
The Philadelphia 76ers will partner with Comcast Spectacor, their current landlord, to build a new arena in South Philadelphia and abandon a deal with the city to move