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receive $400,000 to advance innovation and create jobs in the transportation equipment field. Fattah has been a fighter in Congress for resources for manufacturing innovation and technology support in Phila- delphia and elsewhere, and has worked closely the DVIRC. “The DVIRC has been an


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City Council unanimously passed a resolution introduced by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown in support of House Resolution 840, urging Pennsylvania State University to fund child advocacy centers throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


Pursuant to the consent decree with the NCAA, Penn State has established a $60 million endowment for the stated purpose of “assisting child victims of sexual abuse and to help prevent such abuse in the future.” Child advocacy centers provide state of the art treatment for victims of child sexual abuse and their families led by professionals with ex- pertise in healing, justice and support services. Currently, Pennsylvania has only 21 child advocacy centers spread across 67 counties. Of those counties


without such a support facil- ity is Centre County, home to Penn State University. Mayor Michael A. Nutter and Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown recently signed Bill # 120428 for Ener- gy Benchmarking of Commer- cial Buildings. The purpose of the new ordinance is to inform organizations about how they use energy, where they use it, and what drives their energy use. Energy Benchmarking is


also a key step in identifying opportunities to increase profit- ability by lowering energy and operating costs. Energy Bench- marking helps establish energy consumption baselines in order to set useful goals.


Philadelphia City Council and industry leaders in the Greater Philadelphia region discussed their vision of a more innovative and vibrant urban economy in a recent economic summit. Council President Darrell L. Clarke praised the business leaders for their com- mitment to an economic en- vironment that would include and benefit


Philadelphians from all walks of life. “It has been exciting to view the progress made in sectors including health care, high-technology and hospital- ity,” Council President Clarke said. “But there is no denying that Philadelphia could become far more competitive, domesti- cally and internationally, than it currently is. Neither the pri- vate sector nor government can ensure that potential is realized on its own. We need to keep talking to each other and work- ing together.”


Council President Clarke sponsored a bill that resulted in the creation of the City’s first Jobs Com- mission last May. The Jobs Commission’s final report with recommendations to City Council is expected in Janu-


ary. As a result of minimal oversight and enforcement by the city at construction projects in North Philadelphia, residents near Temple University were subject to several public health, safety and quality of life con- ditions, as reported in City Controller Alan Butkovitz’ special review.


The Controller’s inspectors found the following on-site conditions: illegal short dump- ing, missing dust screens and filters to prevent pollution, lack of permits, and stairs built beyond code that are encroach- ing pedestrian travel. This was a result of the overall lack of communication among the five city departments charged with construction


site monitoring, which in- cluded Licenses & Inspections, Streets, Public Health, Water and Police.


In order to improve project monitoring and code enforce- ment, the


Controller recommends the city implement the following: a Memorandum of


Understanding to provide all departments with guidance and authority to immediately ad- dress violations, and a mobile application that would allow employees to send pictures, videos and additional informa- tion into a central location for all departments to review. The Controller conducted the special review of construction activity after receiving allega- tions that contractors were not complying with applicable building codes and related regulations. Congressman Chaka


Fattah (D-PA), the senior Democratic Appropriator for the Department of Com- merce and a Congressional leader for federal seed money in job-producing innovation, announced today that the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC) will


economic innovator and jump- starter for manufacturing in the Philadelphia area for almost a quarter century,” Fattah said. “The Center knows how to put federal resources to best use creating jobs across our region. It is the perfect partner for these manufacturing programs I’ve been fighting for.”


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