About
The Greater Philadelphia Growth Partnership is a regional business-led, cross-sector effort to grow quality jobs and strengthen economic competitiveness in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
The Partnership was created to address two critical challenges facing the region – sluggish job growth and declining economic mobility. Catalyzed by The Pew Charitable Trusts and with support from the Brookings Institution, the Partnership emerged from a two-year collaborative, data-driven effort to develop a shared approach to improve growth and economic mobility outcomes in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
This process resulted in the launch of the Partnership and the creation of a regional growth strategy to guide its work that for the first time aligns area economic and workforce development, business, philanthropic, and public sector leaders around priority investments and actions.
The Partnership is establishing durable regional infrastructure to power sustained job growth and expand opportunity for all modeled after successful peer regions. The Partnership will enhance the region’s capacity to attract businesses from across the globe, work collaboratively to help our existing businesses to grow, advance regional action to build high-opportunity clusters, and connect talent to employer demand.
The Greater Philadelphia Growth Partnership is a regional, cross‑sector, business‑led effort that brings together leaders from business, civic, philanthropic, and public sectors to grow quality jobs, strengthen economic competitiveness, and expand opportunity across Southeastern Pennsylvania through a shared, data‑driven approach.
The Partnership was created to address two core challenges facing Greater Philadelphia — slow job growth in the traded sector and declining economic mobility — by providing the coordination and capacity needed to turn the region’s assets into sustained economic growth and broader opportunity.
The Partnership aims to accelerate job growth, particularly in high‑opportunity industries, and expand access to opportunity jobs that support family‑sustaining wages and upward mobility. This work advances through strengthened regional growth capacity, improved alignment between employers and workforce systems, and implementation of priority tactics in the Regional Growth Strategy.
The Partnership brings together business, philanthropic, public‑sector, and economic and workforce development leaders from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia supports the work, and founding investors include Wawa, Essential Utilities, Jefferson, and The Pew Charitable Trusts, with early planning support from Comcast and the Philadelphia Foundation.
*A full list of participating organizations and partners can be found at the bottom of this page.
The Partnership formally launched in May 2026 following a two‑year regional effort catalyzed by The Pew Charitable Trusts and supported by the Brookings Institution. Beginning in late 2023, Pew and Brookings convened local and regional economic and workforce development leaders through the Southeastern Pennsylvania Economic Collaborative, which undertook intensive planning and strategy development before evolving into the Partnership with the release of the Regional Growth Strategy and targeted tactics.
The Partnership aims to increase the region’s supply of quality, family‑sustaining jobs by focusing on job creation in high‑opportunity industries and improving alignment between employers and the education and workforce systems that prepare workers. By strengthening regional capacity for sustained job growth and helping residents connect to in‑demandcareers, it will support clearer, more reliable pathways to financial stability and upward mobility over time.
For the first time, Southeastern Pennsylvania has a shared, data‑driven regional growth strategy that aligns sectors and leaders around where to invest, how to grow the economy, and how to deliver quality jobs at scale. The Partnership is designed to create durable regional infrastructure — not a time‑limited initiative — emphasizing sustained investment, coordination, accountability, and measurable outcomes, building on the trust and alignment developed through the strategy‑building process to drive long‑term economic impact.
With the Regional Growth Strategy in place, the Partnership is focused on multi‑year implementation — expanding regional growth capacity, finalizing ownership and workplans for priority tactics, and coordinating shared action across partners. Ongoing efforts include building organizational capacity, securing additional investment, and tracking progress through clear metrics and reporting.
Organizations and individuals interested in learning more about the Greater Philadelphia Growth Partnership or exploring ways to engage are encouraged to use the contact form on the “Get Involved” page. A member of the Partnership team will follow up to share additional information and discuss potential next steps.
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