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Councilmember David Oh Introduces New Film Production Tax Review Credit UNIVERSITY
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n our City of Philadelphia we need to decrease the crime, violence, and Police related issues. Two Nonprofit Organizations have been working towards helping the issues. Urban Navigation is a community organization developed to help slow down gun violence into trying to build successful violence free lives for the youth. Information can be found on website www.urbannav.com . The Race for Peace Committee is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Formed in 2016 to enrich the lives of residents in all communities through programs, resources and activities for the family, to reach an understanding between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Vision for the Race for Peace Committee is to educate, circumvent and eradicate racism,
violence and discrimination globally. The mission for Race for Peace is to revitalize the community through the enrichment and outreach programs in every community and to maintain a collective voice and sharing of ideas, creating an atmosphere of peace that encourages good citizenship. Race for Peace Committee’s purpose is to strive to create enthusiasm in the communities, see through their eyes, understand their needs and deliver more than they expect. They do this by delivering reachable goals and solutions that support peace through Councilmember David Oh. Courtesy of Philadelphia City Council the community. For more information uring last Thurs- women or racial minorivisit www.raceforpeace. day’s session of ties, the eligibility threshorg . Facebook page: @ Council, Coun- old to receive the credit is RFPCSocialMedia. cilmember David Oh (At- $250,000. Large) introduced legisUnder the legislation, Alim Howell lation to create a new tax the investment is calcuCommunity Activist/ credit for productions lated as the total funds Advocate that opt to film in the expended by a producCity of Philadelphia. tion company as “proUnder the legislation, duction expenditures” production companies incurred in the City of that make a $500,000 Philadelphia, which are or greater investment directly used in a City into a project filmed in certified production. Philadelphia are eligible Similar to the state’s film to receive a twenty-five production incentive, the percent tax credit against local tax credit is translocal Business Income ferable to any Philadeland Receipts taxes (BIRT) phia-based taxpayer. or Real Estate taxes. If a The legislation authoproduction company can rizes the Greater Philaverify at least 30 percent delphia Film Office, the day moving average City Representative’s Ofnumber of hospitalized of crew and staff are patients continues to increase. The full 14-day is providing weekly but may have occurred moving average since updated case counts for in a variety of settings the start of the pandem- two age groups: 0-4 cap- including the commuic can be found here. turing child care and nity, household/family, Statewide percent early learning age chilor the school setting. positivity for the week dren and 5-18 capturing The number of COof Oct. 8 – Oct. 14 inkindergarten through VID-19 cases among creased to 9.7%. high school age chilschool-aged children As of 11:59 p.m. Tues- dren. Case counts will (between 5-18 years old) day, Oct. 19, there were be updated on Thursis more than 9 times 134 new deaths identiday afternoon for the greater this year than in fied by the Pennsylvania previous week and cu2020. In fact, between death registry, reported mulative since Aug. 16, Sept. 29 and Oct. 5, for a total of 30,721 2021, by county of resi- 2020, there were a total deaths attributed to CO- dence. The case counts of 778 COVID-19 cases VID-19. County-specific presented are total case in school-aged kids information and a state- counts in these age compared to 7,046 cases wide map are available groups and are not nec- in the same age group on the COVID-19 Data essarily cases exposed during the same week Dashboard. in school, early learning in 2021. For the 2021or child care settings. The latest data is 2022 school year, the The location of exposure available in the “UpDepartment of Health cannot be determined dated Case and Death
Department of Health: Over 13.4 Million Vaccinations to Date, 70.8% of Pennsylvanians Age 18 and Older Fully Vaccinated 3,584 New Cases, 3,025 Patients Hospitalized and 694 Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
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arrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed that as of 12:00 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 20, there were 3,584 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 1,520,815. There are 3,025 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. Of that number, 694 patients are in the intensive care unit with COVID-19. More data is available here. The trend in the 14-
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fice, and the Department of Commerce to approve or “certify” a production’s company’s application. To qualify for the credit, productions must commit to certain promotional clauses, such as including the Philadelphia promotional logo in the final credits of the film. “I believe the incentive will position Philadelphia to receive a larger slice of the booming, multi-billion dollar film and television production industry,” said Oh. There are no financial caps on the incentive. Upon adoption, the legislation would take effect immediately.
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A student receives her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Health Department at the Petersen Events Center, in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Gene J. Puskar / AP photo
Information” section on the website. Vaccine highlights Federal data representing all 67 counties:
According to the CDC, as of Tuesday, Oct. 19,, Pennsylvania ranks 5th among all 50
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