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Commending the work and life of Eva Gladstein, whose tireless efforts to make our city more just and our city government more efficient, have improved the lives of all Philadelphians.
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WHEREAS, Eva Gladstein recently retired as First Deputy Managing Director of the City of Philadelphia after three decades working for the City of Philadelphia and devoting her career to improving the lives of all Philadelphians, particularly those who are the most vulnerable. She has led and been a key player in transformational housing programs, innovative public health approaches to some of our cities most intractable problems, managed city revitalization efforts, zoning reform, the City's Health and Human Services agencies, Licenses & Inspections, Emergency Management, and more. Her portfolio includes the efficient spending of hundreds of millions of dollars in needed services as well as creating, managing, and directing programs that have deeply impacted and improved the lives of countless Philadelphians; and
WHEREAS, In 1976, shortly after graduating college, Eva co-founded and directed the Tenants Action Group. She served as its director through 1992, growing the group into a multimillion dollar provider of grants, loans and rental subsidies to low-income renters. In 1994, Eva directed The Community Builders, aimed at providing mixed-income housing; and
WHEREAS, In 1998, Eva began a long and storied career working for the City of Philadelphia as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Empowerment Zone, a $79 million federally-funded sustainable economic development program supporting three neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, As the Director of Neighborhood Transformation in the Office of the Mayor, Eva led a $300 million community revitalization initiative that supported quality housing, cleaner and greener streets, and vibrant cultural community centers; and
WHEREAS, In her time at the Zoning Code Commission, she successfully reformed a zoning code that had not be...
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