2024 Community Development Excellence Winners and Blue Ribbon Finalists

Please join us in celebrating the incredible people who are making Philadelphia the city we all deserve at the 2024 PACDC Gala and Awards Ceremony for Community Development Excellence. The Gala will be held on May 30th, 6-9pm at University of the Arts Dorrance Hamilton Hall; SAVE THE DATE!

Lifetime Achievement Winner
Eva Gladstein, Formerly City of Philadelphia

Equitable Entrepreneur Winner
Christa Barfield, Farmer Jawn  
Community Leader Winners
Juan Carlos Romero, Association of Mexican Business Owners 
Marlene Pryor, Concerned Neighbors of Greater Germantown 

Rising Star Winners
Cheryl Wiltshire, North 5th Street Revitalization Project 
Daria Williams, The Enterprise Center 
Rosaline Yang, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation 

Blue Ribbon Finalists (The winners will be announced at the PACDC Gala) 
Be a Gem Crossing Apartments, North10 Philadelphia 
Coltrane Commons, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia 
Frankford House, Frankford CDC  
Latino Equitable Development Collective Family Stability Program, Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, Esperanza, HACE, and Xiente 
Mill Redevelopment at A & Indiana, Impact Services Corporation 
Scale Up Your Business Program, Lancaster Avenue 21st Century Business Association CDC