Philadelphia Business Lending Network (PBLN) Incentive Grant Program is an initiative to enable undercapitalized business owners to get a loan for business startup, growth, or purchase of commercial property. This program builds on the innovative Philadelphia Business Lending Network to provide additional funds in the form of grants, up to $35,000, up to 50% of loan amount, to qualifying low-to-moderate income small businesses who obtain loans through the members of Philadelphia Business Lending Network.

Commercial Real Estate Acquisition Loan Program (CREAL) is a City of Philadelphia program administered through a CDFI, currently the Women's Opportunities Resource Center (WORC). This program is designed to assist undercapitalized business owners in securing loans to purchase commercial spaces for their operations.

The Opportunity Zones (OZ) program provides tax incentives for equity investments in businesses and commercial projects in designated Census Tracts. The District of Columbia's Opportunity Zone Marketplace is a platform where project sponsors, fund managers, investors, community members, and professional service providers can connect. The Marketplace includes listings of investment opportunities and OZ Community Corps service providers. This platform is managed by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED). DMPED assists the Mayor in the coordination, planning, supervision, and execution of economic development efforts in DC with the goal of creating and preserving affordable housing, increasing tax revenue, and creating jobs.

Pittsburgh Zoning Districts

Historic sites listed on the Philadelphia Register. Data was updated by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission in July 2017. The public should confirm a property’s historic status by contacting the Historical Commission at 215-686-7660. You can also download a dataset of the [Historic districts](https://www.opendataphilly.org/datasets/philadelphia-registered-historic-districts).

Founded as William Penn's "Holy Experiment," Philadelphia has a centuries-long history of fostering and constructing prominent houses of worship throughout the city. In recent decades, as congregations face declining membership and shifting neighborhood demographics, these historically- and architecturally-significant properties have often suffered from deferred maintenance, insensitive alterations, and partial or complete demolition. Advocacy organizations like the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia and Partners for Sacred Places have focused on this issue for years, highlighting the threats to Philadelphia's neighborhoods and communities if these structures continue to be abandoned or lost. Over the summer of 2011, in order to more fully understand and address the issue, the Preservation Alliance partnered with Philadelphia Historical Commission and Partners for Sacred Places to develop a comprehensive index of historic churches covering the entire city. Compiling, verifying, and updating data from a number of different sources, University of Pennsylvania graduate student Molly Lester assembled a database which includes every purpose-built house of worship constructed in the city before 1960. Data elements include: current congregation, original congregation, address, year of construction, original architect and whether or not the build is on the Philadelphia or National Historic Registers.