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Black Clergy, Urban League in support of proposed 76ers arena at Penn's Landing
PHILADELPHIA - Calling it an “historic opportunity” to jumpstart the city’s economy in the wake of COVID-19 while also offering unprecedented job and investment opportunities for Black and Brown communities, a coalition of leading minority business, civic and faith leaders urged the Delaware River Waterfront Commission to accept the proposed 76ers arena at Penn’s Landing.When Reverend Robert Collier looks at the Penn's Landing Waterfront he now sees hope."When we read the proposal, we couldn't do anything but support it because it would put our people to work," he told FOX 29.President of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity Reverend Collier joined the Urban League of Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition and the African American