View Full Article: http://www.philasun.com/local/north-broad-renaissance-release-2017-state-north-broad-report-2/ The North Broad Renaissance (NBR), in partnership with Econsult Solutions, released the 2017 State of North Broad report, during the annual State of North Broad fundraiser. “The 2017 State of North Broad report provides a detailed look at the changing landscape of North Broad Street and adjacent areas,” said Shalimar Thomas, [...]

View Full Article: https://temple-news.com/report-jobs-education-increase-on-north-broad/ In 2017, there was an increase in jobs, educational attainment and population along North Broad Street between City Hall and Germantown Avenue, according to a report by the community revitalization group North Broad Renaissance. North Broad Renaissance is a nonprofit community organization that incentivizes development along the North Broad corridor, coordinating [...]

View Full Article: http://planphilly.com/articles/2018/02/28/going-beyond-hip-with-a-vision-for-inclusive-prosperity-on-north-broad “This is a moment to forge an inclusive path to prosperity.” No, Drexel University President John Fry was not talking about North Broad when he voiced this idea at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s recent mayoral luncheon, but we shared his sentiments just the same. Fry brought up inclusive prosperity [...]

For its last stakeholder meeting of the fiscal year, North Broad Renaissance (NBR) wanted to do something a bit more engaging than a PowerPoint presentation on the progress being made with its five-year plan to revitalize North Broad Street’s commercial corridor. So instead, Shalimar Thomas, executive director of the city-funded nonprofit acting as a Special Service District, rented a bus [...]

On August 25, the North Broad Renaissance Fellows finished the NBR Fellowship Program, which aimed to combine a student’s community engagement with their academic and career goals. NBR Fellows were committed to working in a sustained, intentional, and intensive way that works to address issues in one of our four focus areas: Clean and Safe [...]

Shalimar Thomas credits a lot of where she is now to the people who would constantly encourage her when she was growing up in North Philly. As a teenage mom who had her first and second sons at the ages of 15 and 16 and dropped out of high school, Thomas felt how many others [...]