With unseasonably warm temperatures bringing a springtime skip to the steps of most Philadelphians, #PhillyMayorThisWeek sorts through the events and picks five moments from the past seven days you might’ve missed.

Take a couple of minutes to get updated! (Bonus: The Mayor met a LEGO man.)

1. Mayor Kenney visited local career and technical education (CTE) students during an expo at the School District of Philadelphia’s headquarters.

CTE Month celebrates and advocates for career and technical education in our schools. At the expo, the Mayor viewed demonstrations from students, recognized winners from a poster contest, and spoke to students, teachers, and the press.

2. The Mayor shared news that imports at the Port of Philadelphia were at their highest level in history.

The Port of Philadelphia is the city’s critical access point to the sea, allowing local business and industry to trade with the world. Recently, Governor Tom Wolf announced a planned $300 million investment in the port, and this week, the good news kept coming: imports are now at their highest level ever.

3. Mayor Kenney announced that preliminary revenues from the Philadelphia Beverage Tax in January exceeded predictions, raising $5.7M for vital programs including pre-K, community schools, and rebuilding our City’s parks, rec centers, playgrounds, and libraries.

This week, the City announced that the preliminary revenues from the new Philadelphia Beverage Tax were in — and they were more than double projections. “The preliminary total of $5.7M in revenues for the first month of the Beverage Tax is very good news,” explained Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center.

More than 2x our projections for Jan collection of #PhillyBevTax, $5.7M funds #PHLpreK #communityschools #RebuildPHL https://t.co/IXTN1DgzzE

— Jim Kenney (@PhillyMayor) February 23, 2017

4. The Mayor joined health experts, City officials, and beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act to talk about the dangers repealing the ACA would have on Philadelphians.

In Philadelphia, over 220,000 people obtained health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act, sometimes called Obamacare. This week, Mayor Kenney talked about the inherent danger repealing the ACA would pose to these Philadelphians’ health. “We owe it to those people who are less fortunate to not take this coverage away from them,” the Mayor said.

Today, those 220,000 Philadelphians can go to bed at night without worrying whether they can see a doctor if they get sick. #SaveACAinPA pic.twitter.com/eOBlLkFJ4Q

— Jim Kenney (@PhillyMayor) February 22, 2017

5. Mayor Kenney joined City and School District officials in standing up for transgender students in response to recent actions by the Trump Administration.

Rolling back an Obama Administration interpretation of federal law protecting transgender students from discrimination, the Trump Administration announced this week it would no longer use Title IX to protect transgender students. In response, multiple City officials swiftly condemned the policy, while pointing out that City ordinances remain in place that will protect their rights. “Under the Fair Practices Ordinance, the City’s anti-discrimination law,” explained Rue Landau, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, “all schools must allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker room facilities that are consistent with their gender identity.”

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