National press is reporting Memphis’ innovative move to promote home ownership — offering payment assistance of up to $10,000 to encourage people to buy homes inside the city limits. Read the […]
After traveling around the world, Brian Booker founded OneStep Initiative, a non-profit that introduces underserved high school students to international education opportunities.
What started as a joke solution for passive-aggressive notes from roommates and chore charts that didn’t yield results is now Homey, a mobile application that gamifies household chores.
Startup iShipdit is an online platform that auctions off unused freight space in semi trucks.
Christ Community Health Services and World Relief Memphis work together to provide health care and other services to refugees who are resettled in Memphis, many of whom are located in the Binghampton community.
What is needed to make residents of color feel safe in Grand Rapids? The answer is complicated, but the conversation surrounding it is one that community leaders and residents across the city agree must persist until, finally, every single person can say they feel secure in our community.
Detroit and Medellin, Columbia, are very different cities, but there's a lot they can learn from one another when it comes to involving citizens in equitable development.
When the Friends of Grand Rapids Parks was struggling to connect with residents in underserved areas, they decided to change the way they were doing things. Part of that meant hiring a neighborhood liaison, Yiovanny Cornejo, who led the charge to make the city's green spaces more welcoming and active gathering places.
Thanks to startup NovoNav, you may no longer have to stand outside your apartment waving the pizza delivery man down.
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