The city of Philadelphia won $1 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies to help the city better partner with entrepreneurs to solve social problems.
Philadelphia was one of five cities announced Wednesday as winners of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors challenge, a sort of civic throw down aimed at encouraging cities to find innovative solutions to urban problems.
You can watch Philadelphia’s presentation, featuring an animated Mayor Nutter, on its winning project here.
The city will be announcing "challenges," basically a call for ideas, and then decide which ones to pursue, said Philadelphia Commerce Director Alan Greenberger.
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