Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, toured the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Thursday as part of the Reinventing Older Communities conference to see how the complex is being reused for manufacturing and commercial headquarters.  Bernanke met with Infill Philadelphia: Industrial Sites partners the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation who have led the development of the Navy Yard which has attracted over 100 companies with over 8,000 employees, including Tastykake and Urban Outfitters.

To find out more, read the New York Times blog Ben Bernanke’s Field Trip to Philly and the Washington Post article Bernanke Tours Pastry Factory, in a Sign to Main Street