Chelsea White and Bryan Barringer, Cofounders of ProxBox, at Demo Day

Startup ProxBox gives realtors a leg up

Bryan Barringer, President and Founder of ProxBox, has been working on startups for three decades. His current venture focuses on solving real estate paper overload, poor customer satisfaction, and headaches […]

Medical device startup improves post-surgery experience

Somavac is a patient-centered company whose mission is to improve patients’ post-surgery experience. 

Grand Opening of El Barrio
How affordable artist housing can help cultural communities “celebrate themselves”

Artspace enjoys a long history of working with culturally distinct groups in the development of affordable artist live/work housing and community spaces. From El Barrio in NY to Honolulu, HI, these projects allow artists to celebrate themselves.

Partners at The Commons come together in community
Binghampton organizations find community at The Commons

The Commons serves as a home for Binghampton organizations and congregations to come together in community.

Isis Ferguson
Isis Ferguson

Isis Ferguson is the Associate Director of City + Community Strategy for Place Lab, a catalyst for mindful urban transformation and creative redevelopment overseen by renowned social practice artist Theaster Gates. 

Andrea McKay
How to improve professional development for Michigan teachers

Professional development learning for teachers can be terrible, or great. Here are some ways to push your required development more toward the "great" side.

Highland Row
Restaurant roundup: Newk’s, Char and The Casual Pint coming to Highland Row

Good eats and drinks are on the way to the U. of M. area this fall, as Newk’s Eatery, Char Steakhouse and The Casual Pint are in various stages of construction inside the new $58 million mixed-use retail and residential Highland Row development.

COO Justin Brooks; CEO Ashley Moy; CTO Jason Troutner, wearing Cast21's exoskeleton cast
Student accelerator team creates waterproof cast

Cast21 solves problems with the modern cast by creating a waterproof, open-structured design.

Carla Worth
Memphis entrepreneur finds success in Crosstown

In 2013 Carla Worth launched her own natural cleaning business, Aunt Key's Apothecary, housed in the Crosstown neighborhood.

Future optometrists learn procedures through advanced technology

Southern College of Optometry students were the first group of students in the state of Tennessee to witness live LASIK surgeries performed by Ophthalmologists from the Eye Specialty Group.

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