The Urban Industry Initiative Mission
To create and retain manufacturing jobs in Philadelphia neighborhoods through
a comprehensive strategy that strengthens businesses and builds relationships between
manufacturers and their community.
Legal Standing
The Urban Industry Initiative is an independent, non-profit corporation within
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a 501 (C) (3) IRS designation.
Background
In 1996, the Urban Industry Initiative was created with an idea and a grant from
Pew Charitable Trusts, to find a new and more successful approach to keeping urban
manufacturing companies from leaving the City of Philadelphia. Pew, through the community
development corporations it supports, was successful in fostering housing development
and the delivery of needed social services, but it soon became apparent that without
an adequate supply of good paying jobs, these activities alone would not advance
the cause of stabilizing the City’s declining neighborhoods. UII was given the task
of finding a new and better way of addressing this problem. The result was an innovative
and comprehensive economic development strategy. |
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