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No year-end lists or predictions here, just an honest look at some holiday break news that includes meds, eds and creatives and that's indicative of themes we'll be watching closely in 2011.

The web-based tracker of networking events has proven to be such a valuable tool in increasing efficiency in the region's entrepreneurial ecosystem that founding sponsors were clamoring for more.

Hitting a major milestone as the UN Climate Change Conference heats up, the bike-sharing experts await OK from Voluntary Carbon Standard Program as investment piles up.

A report released this morning by Center City District reveals an abundance of encouraging data about downtown Philadelphia's retail growth. Nothing was more telling, however, than the numbers that back the city's growing reputation as a food destination.

Monday is America Recycles Day and the RecycleNOW Philadelphia campaign announced big plans to further boost and incentivize recycling citywide. And it's even easier than separating paper from plastic.

Led by an inspiring effort at Mt. Airy, hundreds of volunteers will be at Philly's parks on Saturday for an ambitious cleanup.                                                    Find out where and how you and your friends can help.

With transportation, commercial and residential developments surrounding Fishtown and Brewerytown, Girard Coalition begins a redesign of its strategic plan, hoping to connect the neighborhoods.

Sharing is caring, right? The good people at Bike Share Philadelphia care an awful lot about what they do, and they're hosting two bike-sharing demonstrations in Center City.  

Co-working isn't for everyone, but for those among Philadelphia's legion of free-flyers, there is no place they'd rather be. We spent the day with them to find out why Independents Hall has become a hub for tech and creative entrepreneurs.

Within Greater Philadelphia's considerable foodie community is a sub-genre known as Wild Foodies who are spreading the seed of wild edibles, both plants and small critters, that are found just outside our doors.

Increased funding, determined advocacy and strategic partnerships are taking the training wheels off the region's bicycle scene and making Greater Philadelphia more easily connected, particularly along the Delaware River.