HAN member Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is an anchor partner of the Economy League’s PAGE Initiatives (Philadelphia Anchors for Growth & Equity) along with many other anchor institutions, community partners, and funders. PAGE helps local businesses develop and grow relationships with hospitals and universities. One such business is PRIDE Enterprises, which has grown by nearly 100% over the past 3 years thanks in part to PAGE.
From the Philadelphia Citizen article:
“I’ll always be community-focused,” Blane Stoddart, the CEO of the construction project management firm BFW Group says. “My goal is for these systems to grow so that small businesses can become medium sized businesses, and medium sized businesses can become large businesses.”
“I think the future of BFW is to become an employee-owned company,” he says. “You cannot make the world a better place and be conventional. It’s impossible.”