Imagine a Philadelphia where a nurse can afford to live near the hospital where she works. Where a young family can put down roots in the neighborhood they chose, not the one they settled for. Where a longtime resident doesn’t have to choose between staying and getting by.
That city is possible. We’re not there yet. But we know what it takes to get there — and it starts with being honest about what we actually have.
Philadelphia has real momentum in life sciences. Eli Lilly opened Gateway Labs in Center City last year, bringing its global biotech incubator model here; Legend Biotech opened a cell therapy research center in the same building. This year, Lilly announced a $3.5 billion manufacturing facility in the Lehigh Valley — the largest life sciences investment in Commonwealth history, chosen from more than 300 competing sites…