Originally from “The County” Bucks, Longacre moved to Philadelphia in the early 1990s to attend Temple University. Being exposed to large-scale development initiatives through an internship in the Rendell Administration, he became consumed with the idea that smart economic development initiatives are the key to not only sustaining the region – but advancing it.
After losing a race for City Council, Longacre realized that urban revitalization efforts did not have to come strictly at the hands of government, but were even more achievable through the private sector with a little outside-the-box thinking, smart development initiatives and community buy in.
And so, LPMG was born…