Business View Civil and Municipal l January 2023

121 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 like Philadelphia, New York City and D.C. “We are trying to position Upper Darby to be competitive today and for the next two, three, four decades,” LaRue says. “We are trying to create a clean, green, walkable, transit- connected inner ring suburb. We believe that’s how we become competitive for businesses and residents well into the future. UPPER DARBY TOWNSHI P, PENNSYLVANIA “With our proximity to West Philadelphia and University City, the housing, the office space, the laboratory space, the technology spaces, they’ve all become so expensive that we are incredibly well positioned to compete with the next rung of places like Conshohocken and the Navy Yard that are also very expensive. We’re every bit as close and connected with similar culture and diversity.”