Product No.: 25108
Date Published: 08/2024
DVRPC’s Downtown Revitalization work highlights and discusses a variety of evolving issues related to downtowns, main streets, and retail districts. In addition to providing information on the mix of uses and retail types within each district, the Retail Districts of Greater Philadelphia web map also explores the subtle ways that these various issues impact and manifest across Greater Philadelphia.
Geographic Area Covered: The nine-county DVRPC region, which covers the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey.
Key Words: Banks, Brewery, Brick-and-Mortar, Circuit Trails, Downtown, E-Commerce, Great Consolidation, Halo Effect, Leakage, Local, Location Analytics, Main Street, Pandemic, Retail, Sales, Social Media, Surplus, Transit-Oriented, Vacancy, Visitors
Staff Contact(s)
- Spencer Gober AICP (sgober@dvrpc.org)
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