Philly daily roundup: Philly’s top innovation leaders; City buildings go solar; PTW kicks off on Friday

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News Incubator: What else to know today

• Center City District released its State of Center City 2024 report. The report found that workers who live in the suburbs were less likely to return to the office. 70% of non-resident workers returned to work in Center City by the end of 2023. [CCD/Threads]

•  The City of Philadelphia completed the Adams Solar Project, a 70-megawatt solar facility that will help power Philadelphia’s municipal buildings. The completion of this project means municipal buildings will use 30% renewable energy, working towards the City’s goal of using 100% renewable energy by 2030. [City of Philadelphia]

• Invent Analytics, which uses data and AI to support retail companies, raised a $17 million Series B, less than two years after raising its Series A funding round. The company doubled its revenue in 2023. [Philly Biz Journal/Technical.ly]

• Check out the events on this year’s Philly Tech Week calendar! The festivities officially kick off on Friday with the PTW24 Kickoff Event hosted by 1Philadelphia at uCity Square. [PTW]

• The Wildcat Workshop, an elementary school makerspace at South Philly’s Marian Anderson School, shared highlights from the school year so far including a science fair and a robotics competition win. [Wildcat Workshop]

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Sarah Huffman is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.