district
7
• Highland Park
• Lawrenceville
• Morningside
• Polish Hill
• Stanton Heights
• Strip District
Ranked 2nd
in total private and public funding
Councilwoman Deb Gross
Councilwoman Deb Gross’s district, which saw the second highest dollar amount of loans over the 13-year period, 2007 to 2020, includes the rapidly gentrifying Lawrenceville, the high-income Highland Park, and several other East End neighborhoods.
Of the ten neighborhoods in District 7, only Stanton Heights has a minority population more than 40%. More than $2.3 billion in loans were approved in District 7 between 2007 and 2020, or nearly 20% of the city’s total loan dollars over that period of time.
Table 10B. Total Public and Private Investment in District 7, Councilwoman Deb Gross
Neighborhood
PHFA
HACP
URA
Total Public $
Total Private $
Total Public and Private $
$19,261,500
$463,237,000
$482,498,500
Highland Park
$0
$1,800,000
$17,461,500
Strip District
$0
$0
$69,258,337
$69,258,337
$318,499,000
$387,757,337
$14,111,147
$359,367,000
$373,478,147
Central Lawrenceville
$0
$0
$14,111,147
Bloomfield
$0
$0
$2,568,771
$2,568,771
$327,000,000
$329,568,771
$43,280,891
$231,598,000
$274,878,891
$42,230,891
$0
$1,050,000
Lower Lawrenceville
Stanton Heights
$0
$0
$4,205,913
$4,205,913
$170,962,000
$175,167,913
$2,950,000
$142,398,000
$145,348,000
Morningside
$0
$0
$2,950,000
Upper Lawrenceville
$0
$0
$4,004,894
$4,004,894
$132,896,000
$136,900,894
$865,000
$123,157,000
$124,022,000
Friendship
$0
$0
$1,356,600
Polish Hill
$1,050,000
$1,800,000
$159,013,052
$1,356,600
$43,850,000
$45,206,600
$1,050,000
$159,013,052
$1,800,000
$161,863,052
$2,312,964,000
$2,474,827,052
Totals
Councilwoman Deb Gross’s district, which saw the second highest dollar amount of loans over the 13-year period, 2007 to 2019, includes the rapidly gentrifying Lawrenceville, the high-income Highland Park, and several other East End neighborhoods. Of the ten neighborhoods in District 7, only Stanton Heights has a minority population more than 40%. More than $2.3 billion in loans were approved in District 7 between 2007 and 2019, or nearly 20% of the city’s total loan dollars over that period of time.