The subject of green jobs in the City of Brotherly Love seems to come up pretty often. Reason being, is that Philadelphia is on the cutting edge of creating them.
Read this article to learn a little more about their significance to the Greater Philadelphia region.
Once you stop to think about it, Philadelphia is still a city that can make things. Industrial land and buildings are cheap, companies are moving back into the city, and we still have a great shipping port.
The problem is that labor in China is just sooo much cheaper, and businesses are always focused on the bottom line.
Even though this is the case, Philadelphia’s older and less developed neighborhoods have a cheap cost of living (e.g. house costs, property taxes, walkable neighborhoods, etc). If the city could find a way to create manufacturing jobs again, put people back to work, and keep costs down for businesses, these types of jobs could thrive again.
Philadelphia is truly a city of firsts for the US (and even the world):
I’ve only scratched the surface; this list literally goes on and on. The funny thing is, almost every one of these “firsts” is still thriving today in most major US cities.
In order to carry on this entrepreneurial tradition, Philly Startup Leaders (PSL) has been helping local businesses get started right here in the City of Brotherly Love.