If the Philadelphia technology and entrepreneurship communities want to continue to flex their standing, the collective group needs to take to City Hall.
In November 2015, residents will elect a new mayor of the City of Philadelphia. With Mayor Nutter midway through his second and final term, the conversation about who will succeed him has already begun.
Though Nutter has some lasting combatants and self-inflicted wounds, he has remained fairly popular and, amid one of the worst economic declines in our country’s history, protected some wage tax rollback gains and rolled out the StartupPHL investment-matching program. So the expectation is that if the excitement in Philadelphia should continue, a mayor who can inspire, attract and motivate the city is paramount to many other issues.
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