Event Recap

A Penn IUR Public Interest Series event held in partnership with the William Penn Foundation and Next American City. Experts on anchor institutions— Carol Coletta, President and CEO of CEOs for Cities and Henry S. Webber, Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration at Washington University in St. Louis—offered lessons from across the country in anchor institution development and their impact on city building. The conversation was moderated by Ira Harkavy, Associate Vice President and Founding Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania.