Select interviews
- $3.3M Maplewood Mall remake to break ground in 2019 | WHYY/PlanPhilly 2018.11.13
- Infamous Germantown Settlement scammer allegedly still trying to steal rent from tenants | Metro 2018.05.07
- Germantown pins renovation hopes on ‘Vote Your Main Street’ contest | Philadelphia Inquirer 2017.10.19
- Why Are Philadelphia’s Streets So Filthy? | Philadelphia Magazine 2015.05.31
- Help Germantown win $150K from AmEx to preserve its historic properties | Generocity.org 2017.10.25
- Who’s Next: 15 young community leaders changing Philadelphia for the better | BillyPenn.com 2014.12.08
- [radio] A Conversation on Millenials. Guests: David Burstein, Juliana Reyes, and Emaleigh Doley | WHYY’s Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane 2014.07.17
Featured in This Is Where You Belong by Melody Warnick, published by Penguin Books in 2016.
In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin’s megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you live. Get the book.
“Two books in one: a well-researched survey of the literature on place attachment, and a how-to guide for readers wanting to fall in love with where they live.”—Library Journal
“This Is Where You Belong is an important book for so many people out there who are choosing their place to live.”—Richard Florida, author of Rise of the Creative Class
More stories of note
- Changing Skyline: Germantown bets its future on revitalized Vernon Park by Inga Saffron | Philadelphia Inquirer 2015.11.06
- Fixing the chronic flooding in Northwest Philadelphia will be a major undertaking. In the meantime, residents live with the danger and expense | GRID Magazine April 2024
- City aims to re-energize struggling retail districts | Philadelphia Tribune 2016.05.24
- Philly Community Uses Theater as a Planning Tool | Next City 2016.03.30
- Community organizer brings passion to promoting Germantown businesses | NewsWorks WHYY 2015.09.02
- From The Desk Of Emaleigh Doley: I, Too, Believe In Werner Herzog | Philebrity 2013.07.09
- Recycle paper and plastic, not politicians by Helen Ubiñas | Philadelphia Daily News 2014.11.04
- TEDxPhiladelphia 2014: All about “ideas that lead to new ideas” by Lauren Hertzler
Philadelphia Business Journal 2014.03.28 - [radio] Comcast’s ‘Internet Essentials’ reaching just 9 percent of target audience by Holly Otterbein
WHYY’s NewsWorks.org 2014.03.14 - [radio] TEDxPhiladelphia is back. Here’s who’s speaking by Zack Seward | WHYY’s NewsWorks.org 2014.03.07
The W Rockland Street Project
“Cities just don’t plan like they used to. That leaves tactical urbanism as one of the few tools for making change… The methods the Doleys employ are worth watching — and imitating all over Philadelphia.“
– Inga Saffron, Pulitzer Prize-winning Architecture critic, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- West Rockland Street’s Litter Scavenger Hunt Turns Cleanup into a Game by Alex Vuocolo | Generocity 2013.08.15
- Sisters Spark Tactical Urbanism in Philadelphia | Planetizen 2012.06.25
- Germantown sisters use tactical urbanism to bolster their block | Philadelphia Inquirer 2012.06.09
- And Now, Today’s GOOD NEWS: West Rockland Street, Showin’ ‘Em How It’s Done! | Philebrity 2011.07.13
- Philadelphia residents speak out on politics, budget cuts, jobs | CNN 2011.06.09
- Sisters persuade Nutter to move up demolition of derelict houses | Philadelphia Inquirer 2011.06.07
- Toeing the thin line between block parties and brawls on Germantown’s W. Rockland St. | WHYY’s NewsWorks.org 2013.07.30
- Everyday Hero: Rocking the Block by Emily Teel | Grid Magazine 2013.10.15
- Sisters spur a Germantown block cleanup | Philadelphia Inquirer 2011.05.29
- Community gardening knocks vacant buildings to the ground | WHYY’s NewsWorks.org 2011.06.14
- Germantown neighbors plant new life | 6-ABC 2011.05.28
- A Germantown neighborhood blossoms through community gardening | WHYY’s NewsWorks.org 2011.05.29
- Literally speaking, Philly’s in a world of dirt | Philadelphia Daily News 2011.04.02
- Community Meeting Caters to Concerned Citizens | Philadelphia Neighorhoods 2011.03.22
- Germantown Neighbors Wary But Hopeful Over Plans For Abandoned St. Francis Of Assisi | Hidden City 2016.09.29
Byline articles, blogging
- rocklandstreet.wordpress.com content (manage, write, edit) | The W Rockland Street Project 2009-2015
- TEDxPhiladelphia 2014: ‘A toast to those who jump’ | KnightFoundation.org 2014.04.11
- When Neighborhood Identity Can Restore Demand | Next City 2013.09.12
- Looking Ahead to How the Next Generation Will Run Cities | Next City 2013.06.21

