PHLCVB Campaign has World Class Roots
The Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau has a new name – PHLCVB – and a new campaign derived, in part, from World Class Greater Philadelphia. During the early research stage for World Class, we learned of a widely-used measure of international presence and achievement among global cities called the Anholt City Brand Index. We shared it with PHLCVB, and in 2011, PHLCVB in partnership with us, Select Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center to fund Philadelphia’s inclusion in the Index. The Anholt results underscored Philadelphia’s great potential domestically and internationally as a place to visit, study,…
New RWJF Grant Will Support Education & Talent Development Goals
December 13, 2012 -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded the Economy League and United Way $200,000 to identify standard early childhood quality and kindergarten readiness assessments and develop a campaign for their adoption. The Roadmaps to Health Community Grant came about through the work of the Education and Talent Development Strategy Team convened earlier this year as part of World Class Greater Philadelphia. Read the release.
How does this relate to World Class?
Given the life-long impacts that quality early learning has on education and employment outcomes into adulthood, these investments in early childhood system change will have a major…
Guest opinion in Bucks County Courier asks and answers why you should care about World Class Greater Philadelphia
Why we should care about yet another public policy studyBy L. THOMAS HAERTSCH | Posted: Thursday, April 5, 2012 6:00 amEarly last month, nearly 300 men and women gathered in Philadelphia for an update on an initiative that could result in a better future for all of us. It’s called “World Class Greater Philadelphia.” Two years in the making so far, it is encouraging forward thinking and bringing together people in new ways.What happens with this initiative matters in communities such as Doylestown, Newtown, Churchville, New Hope, Lambertville, Bristol and Burlington. We’re asked to embrace the notion…