Philadelphia chooses 10 finalists in rec center entrepreneur contest

By the end of this year, you could walk into a Philly rec center and find a barber school, a comic book store, a community seafood program, or one of seven other small businesses from a Philadelphia entrepreneur. More than 600 people applied to the city’s new “Making Space” initiative, […]



By the end of this year, you could walk into a Philly rec center and find a barber school, a comic book store, a community seafood program, or one of seven other small businesses from a Philadelphia entrepreneur.

More than 600 people applied to the city’s new “Making Space” initiative, way more than anticipated, officials said. Around 80% of applicants were people of color.

Run by the Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with REC Philly, with funding from the Knight Foundation, the new entrepreneur-in-residence program offers local creatives and makers a chance to set up shop in unused rec center space. 

The deal: free rent for the biz owner in exchange for a commitment to providing free programming for tweens, teens, or young adults. Ten finalists were announced this week.

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