I received this text overnight from an anonymous source* who has not responded to my request for identification:
Heard Philly city government passed on New Belgium. DUMPED IT to PiDc. Do your investigative stuff.
“PiDc” is the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation. I’m not quite clear on the context of “dumped it;” isn’t an industrial development group a logical place to consider a major new project? And if it was “dumped,” why send it there?
Actually, I’m completely in the dark on the whole thing and have no contacts with whom to ply my “investigative stuff” wiles, so I thought I’d throw it out there and see what happens.
If anything does, remember you read it here first (even if it wasn’t explained or detailed even a little bit). For now, it’s a totally unsourced rumor and should be understood as such.
*The anonymous source identified himself right after this posted but asked not to be identified. He says he got the info “from a friend,” which leaves it shakier than ever.
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PIDC or some other NGO is precisely through whom these deals often get finalized. In fact, handing things off to PIDC might be when things are reaching the dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s stage.
We’ll see.
Srsly, Jack? It sounds like your source doesn’t really get how economic development works. PIDC is the economic development arm for the City of Philadelphia, they are pretty tight partners in development projects. I’d be more worried if PIDC wasn’t involved. It sounds a lot more like you’re trying to stir a pot that doesn’t exist.
Exactly why I noted that relationship in the paragraph immediately following the quoted text. Stirring the pot is often a way to learn what’s inside it.