Mayor Kenney Believes Investment In Small Business Could Make Neighborhoods Safer
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney held an event on Thursday where he announced a major investment in programs to help the city's small business landscape.
With the new investment, Kenney says the programs will now be able to provide key financing to under-served businesses across Philadelphia.
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Kenney expressed that he is optimistic that more business could mean less crime. "We know that when you have thriving businesses, in a business strip, in a neighborhood, the neighborhood's safer. The neighborhood has a lot less problems and a lot more people are employed."
The new investments are expected to create new jobs and revitalize city neighborhoods.
