"WMCAT has this amazing opportunity to find new approaches to education, blending the two models of traditional education and what we could consider social entrepreneurship," says Kim Dabbs, executive director of WMCAT. Kelly LeCoy checks in to see what's new at WMCAT in this week's Urban Innovation Exchange.
Jordan O'Neil and team launched Failure:Lab in Grand Rapids almost a year ago with a mission of eliminating the fear of failure and encouraging intelligent risk-taking. One year later, how have they changed the conversation in our community? And where will Failure:Lab pop up next? Kelly LeCoy reports in UIX this week.
From the very beginning, triple-bottom line, social impact, and environmental sustainability were important to Chris Lampen-Crowell and his partners at Gazelle Sports. In October 2013, Gazelle Sports achieved official status as a B Corp. Kelly LeCoy finds out how the local business uses fitness as a force for good.
Planning to "do lunch" today? Kelly LeCoy talks with Jonathan Kumar, who has figured out a way for your lunch out to positively impact your community with his app, Food Circles. Read on before you make your reservation.
At the Kala Project, Kyle Venhousen shares the kinds of stories that inspire action and change communities. Kelly LeCoy gets to know the man behind the camera.
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