Winton is in the midst of raising his second fund to invest in minority enterprises and urban revitalization projects.

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Like a number of other cities, Philadelphia has also experienced an urban revitalization that is spurring greater interest in modern design.

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Today, it is emblematic of older industrial cities, a focus of urban revitalization ideas including arts districts, bike paths, trams, and loft housing.

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Additional key priorities in her role included organizing aggressive cleanups of hazardous waste sites with a goal of redevelopment, new jobs and urban revitalization as well as ensuring the long-term protection of drinking water supplies.

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When this all began I never dreamed my work would start a national movement in urban revitalization, or that I would be receiving this incredible Transportation Innovators Champion of Change award from the White House and the Department of Transportation.

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Working with local leadership, the President is proposing to align a number of his signature revitalization initiatives from the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Justice, and the Department for Agriculture to ensure that federal programs and resources are focused intensely on 20 communities hardest hit by the recession.

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