Some snipits reflecting Philadelphia's ranking in the Innovation Index by 2Think2Know, a global company assessing innovation and business. Read the full report on the most innovative cities here.
Neighborhoods
"Neighborhoods will be increasingly critical as the auto-dependent suburbs are
vacated, or at least, evolve. Philly is centred around interconnected
neighbourhoods, giving us even the term 'Philadelphia Rows'. A high degree of
cultural assets both nationally historical & scientific, relative to other
US cities. One example of this more globally-focussed US city is the Rodin
Museum, a French sculptor, an example of Pennsylvania outward-facing cultural
thinking."
Sports
"A passionately
supported multi-million dollar sports industry, like number one-ranked city
Boston, is also critical to Philadelphia's development. Multi-nationals, a large
domestic market of 5 million plus, as well as a good US domestic market complete
the picture."
Global Improvement
"For Philadelphia to
improve further globally, Philadelphia must work to improve it's global direct
air connections, commercial ties and tourist profile throughout Europe and
strong developed Asian countries like Australia or Japan - perhaps at the
city-level. Philadelphia is a key innovation nexus, critical to the development
of world-class ideas, and will, on balance, exert a leadership position within
North America within the critical 2010-2020 period."