Comments on: Chew on Philly’s tech proposals in bailout package

By: Technically Philly » Biggest tech community stories we covered in 2009 | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:03:41 +0000

[...] Chew on Philly�s tech proposals in bailout package One of our first public service news posts, we took a look at some of the local technology-related projects proposed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors before President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. [...]

By: Brian James Kirk

Brian James Kirk — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:30:28 +0000

Andrew,

It’s too early to tell in many cases, though we did post a follow-up that made it clearer how money that could potentially fund these projects is being allocated: http://technicallyphilly.com/news/stimulus-20b-for-us-health-it-101m-for-pa-energy-25m-for-pa-school-tech

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:27:05 +0000

Cool post. Thanks for this. The site’s looking good.

I didn’t find a follow-up on whether all of these projects made it in or not. Did I miss it?

By: Technically Philly » Stimulus: $20b for U.S. health IT; $101m for PA energy, $25m for PA school tech | Covering the Community of People Who Use Technology in Philadelphia.

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:29:31 +0000

[...] Sunday we outlined Philadelphia’s “shovel-ready” tech proposals that could potentially be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and although it is [...]

By: Brian James Kirk

Brian James Kirk — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:01:25 +0000

Jesse, Thanks for the reply. I checked out your comment on Cuban's post. Interestingly enough, there is a volunteer start-up project happening right here in Philadelphia. You should chat with Jordan Epstein @ VolunteerBig. You can follow him or VolunteerBig on Twitter.

By: Jesse Middleton

Jesse Middleton — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:13:06 +0000

I talked about a way to help the economy and the unemployment rate both on my blog and over on Mark Cuban’s post about startups (http://bit.ly/6hlXI). It involves community, charities and people and doesn’t cost anywhere near these plans and upgrades.