Retention efforts in Philadelphia

Saturday, January 24, 2004

There's a good deal of competition among the EDPros in Philadephia, New Jersey and Delaware. Governor Rendell has called on the CEO Council for Growth of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce to work more aggressively to retain some of the region's largest employers.

In a recent conference call, the governor stated, ""We really aren't doing enough to keep companies in southeastern Pennsylvania. There's got to be an earlier warning system to find out when leases expire. We can't just leave it to happenstance."

Read more here and here.

Philadephia's incentive packages are controversial. A recent real allowed two large law firms to claim tax breaks for miving across the city. Learn more.

posted by Ed Morrison |

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