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State College borough planning director Ed LeClear in front of one of the houses sold through the Neighborhood Sustainability Program.

Unique Housing Program Combats "Studentification" In Neighborhoods Surrounding Penn State

Emily Reddy

It’s just a short walk from the municipal building in downtown State College where Ed LeClear works as borough planning director to a two-story brick…

Housing Boom In State College Raises Questions About Growth

Anne Danahy

The development going on in State College right now is expected to increase the number of housing units in the borough by about 20 percent. And largely…

In State College, some residents worry about the upticks in urbanization, while others welcome the growth. Keystone Crossroads talked to residents about how they feel about their rapidly evolving community.

VIDEO: For Better Or Worse, State College’s Growth Is Changing The Community

Min Xian

Home to Penn State University’s main campus, State College and the larger Centre County area have been steadily growing in terms of population and…

Business, Economics and Finance

The Hottest Philly Neighborhood No One Is Talking About

This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly.—No one could argue that Olney, in upper North Philadelphia, is gentrifying. But that doesn’t mean the…

Tonetta Graham on her Strawberry Mansion porch, in philadelphia, PA.

Business, Economics and Finance

Why This Resident Isn't Worried About Philly Hipsters Moving Into Her Neighborhood

This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly.—If Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion section gentrifies, Tonetta Graham knows her block is bound to change.…

James Earl Davis, a Professor of Urban Education at Temple University and his golden doodle, Baldwin, pictured in his home in East Germantown.

Business, Economics and Finance

Black Middle Class Finds Refuge In East Germantown’s Diversity, Gentrifying On Their Own Terms

Annette John-Hall

Temple University education professor James Earl Davis and his partner moved into their stately 150-year-old Victorian home in East Germantown in 2001, at…

Claudia Sherrod (left) and Haley Dervinis (right) both live in Point Breeze. Although Dervinis is a newcomer, she's also wary of the rapid change.

Business, Economics and Finance

The Surprising Truth Behind The Racial Dynamics Of Gentrification In Philly

Annette John-Hall

Debbie Bell knows what it is to be made to feel like an afterthought.She’s a lifelong resident of Point Breeze, a historically low-income African-American…

A view of Society Hill taken from inside the Society Hill Towers.

Business, Economics and Finance

From Slums To Sleek Towers: How Philly Became Cleaner, Safer, And More Unequal

Harry Schwartz, 84, remembers when his neighborhood, Society Hill, was one of the poorest parts of Philadelphia. But by the time he moved there as a young…

Matt Rooke sits outside of his home in State College, Pennsylvania. A former resident at the Hilltop Mobile Home Park, Rooke said his experience of being displaced gave him insights into the affordable housing problem in the area.

5 Years Later, Development Imminent Where Mobile Home Parks Once Provided Affordable Housing

Min Xian

Some of the communities experiencing the most rapid changes in Pennsylvania are those that abut colleges and universities.State College, for instance, has…

Housing Boom A Mixed Bag In State College

Anne Danahy

Aviva Franz, a sophomore at Penn State, is leaving her apartment in the Metropolitan on a breezy fall day. She moved into the new, upscale building in…