The West Philadelphia Corridor Collaborative (or simply called "The Collaborative") is West Philadelphia's largest business association, the heart of a living, breathing, entrepreneurship ecosystem. Our work supports commercial corridors in West Philadelphia by helping businesses to start, grow, thrive, and hire.
Unlike traditional Chambers of Commerce - we are singularly focused on West Philadelphia. We have compiled, indexed, and connected service providers, capital sources, business education programming into a single network to help your business grow. Through our organization - you can access the strength of our business community to represent you.
We promote pro-business policies at all levels of government, help businesses to raise funding for job-creating projects, cut through red-tape, and access contract opportunities for the $23.5 Billion in public-private investment in our district.
In joining us, you become a part of a community that organizes around the challenges of our City - making life better for the residents who live here.
SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE
Seven Stories for Seven Year Video - highlighting our favorite seven impact stories to date!
SAFE CORRIDORS 2025 GRANT OPEN
SAFE CORRIDORS 2025 GRANT OPEN
The 2025 Safe Corridors Grant is now officially open. Businesses, homeowners and tenants located in West/Southwest Philadelphia can apply. Selected grantees will recieve a free high-grade security camera, free installation, and each camera comes with a three-year service agreement to fix any malfunctions.
Please see the grant guidelines and further eligibility below and apply.
2025 Sponsors
2025 Sponsors
Our B-Smart Program celebrated its 11th cohort of graduates - providing a free high quality business education program and grants to some early stage small businesses that completed the program.
SELECTED ACTIVITIES
COMMUNITY KITCHEN POP-UP
August 7, 2021
The Collaborative hosted a pilot of the first Community Kitchen Pop-Up with Chef Christina McCoy of Custom Cuisine LLC, funded by Penn Futures. The program educates residents on making healthy, locally-sourced and affordbale meals with lessons from black chefs.
B SMART PROGRAM 2024
November 12, 2024
HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY 2024
December 21, 2024
WPCC partnered with The LEARN Center, Revolutionary Visions, and Fellowship Christian Church to give away toys, clothes, and brand new bedding to over 60 families for this holiday season.
President Jabari Jones recently spoke at PA Election Reform: Why Business Should Care on why businesses across PA should care about election reform. See the webinar video.
Learn more about our non-partisan Getting Back to Business Campaign - a non-partisan, state-wide campaign calling on State Lawmakers to Get Back to Business and focus on the economic recovery of the State and abandon efforts to restrict democracy
PA Election Reform: Why Businesses Should Care
February 2, 2022
EVENT S
Conversation with Councilmember Cherelle Parker
March 20, 2022
President Jabari Jones joined Councilwoman Cherelle Parker and Stephanie Michele of the N. 5th Street Revitalization Project on WURD to discuss community policing.
Since 2017, Our Business Giving Back Initiative helps drive benefits to West Philadelphia communities by encouraging our business community to organize, support and fund community programming.
Some of our supported initiatives include food distributions, free technology repair pop-ups and a safe Halloween Party for local families.
This program is made wholly possible by the contributions of our business community.