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Lance Kraai, Shanna Greer, and New City Neighbors sow community seeds for year-round harvest
At New City Urban Farm, Lance Kraai, Shanna Greer, and New City Neighbors produce bountiful, flavorful crops -- and work to grow community, good food, and good will at the same time. Marla R. Miller checks out the budding scene in this week's Urban Innovation Exchange.
Up, up and away: Mighty in the Midwest is on the move
Powerhouse web and mobile design company: Mighty in the Midwest
Joe Jones delivers social enterprise strategies to the inner city
How do you transform a 75-year-old organization to address some of the most complex inequalities in your community? Joe Jones believes he has the answer, and Kevin Lignell reports, in this week's Urban Innovation Exchange.
John and Shawn Tol know how to make a deal
John and Shawn Tol launched MI Deals for Charity as a locally grown deal site that keeps dollars in West Michigan. Matthew Russell checks out this small business that's all about giving back in this week's Urban Innovation Exchange.
Raising a glass to people over products, collaboration over competition
In the private and nonprofit sectors, a more human approach is called for: finding identity in how an organization can be useful to customers above the products they sell or the categories in which they compete. Read on as UIX editor Matthew Russell explores these issues and previews what's next in UIX Grand Rapids.
Gayle DeBruyn solves wicked problems with the Wege Prize
As chief sustainability officer and assistant professor at Kendall College of Art and Design, home of the Wege Prize, Gayle DeBruyn harnesses the power of design to help students solve wicked problems. Marla R Miller reports in UIX this week.
Jordan O’Neil and Failure:Lab change communities with stories
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.
UIX: Melvin Eledge and the Grand Rapids Safety Ambassadors
Katie Jones talks with Melvin Eledge to find out what the Grand Rapids Safety Ambassadors are all about. Turns out they're taking hospitality and customer service to a whole new level downtown.
UIX: Kafi Carrasco helps restore entrepreneurial roots to local neighborhood
At Spring GR, Kafi and Rudy Carrasco use their entrepreneurial green thumbs to help budding businesses in the Madison-Hall neighborhood grow and flourish. Together with Partners Worldwide and Restorers, the wife-husband team is focused on "getting business going."
Lance Kraai, Shanna Greer, and New City Neighbors sow community seeds for year-round harvest
At New City Urban Farm, Lance Kraai, Shanna Greer, and New City Neighbors produce bountiful, flavorful crops -- and work to grow community, good food, and good will at the same time. Marla R. Miller checks out the budding scene in this week's Urban Innovation Exchange.
Up, up and away: Mighty in the Midwest is on the move
Powerhouse web and mobile design company: Mighty in the Midwest
Joe Jones delivers social enterprise strategies to the inner city
How do you transform a 75-year-old organization to address some of the most complex inequalities in your community? Joe Jones believes he has the answer, and Kevin Lignell reports, in this week's Urban Innovation Exchange.
John and Shawn Tol know how to make a deal
John and Shawn Tol launched MI Deals for Charity as a locally grown deal site that keeps dollars in West Michigan. Matthew Russell checks out this small business that's all about giving back in this week's Urban Innovation Exchange.
Raising a glass to people over products, collaboration over competition
In the private and nonprofit sectors, a more human approach is called for: finding identity in how an organization can be useful to customers above the products they sell or the categories in which they compete. Read on as UIX editor Matthew Russell explores these issues and previews what's next in UIX Grand Rapids.
Gayle DeBruyn solves wicked problems with the Wege Prize
As chief sustainability officer and assistant professor at Kendall College of Art and Design, home of the Wege Prize, Gayle DeBruyn harnesses the power of design to help students solve wicked problems. Marla R Miller reports in UIX this week.
Jordan O’Neil and Failure:Lab change communities with stories
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.
UIX: Melvin Eledge and the Grand Rapids Safety Ambassadors
Katie Jones talks with Melvin Eledge to find out what the Grand Rapids Safety Ambassadors are all about. Turns out they're taking hospitality and customer service to a whole new level downtown.
UIX: Kafi Carrasco helps restore entrepreneurial roots to local neighborhood
At Spring GR, Kafi and Rudy Carrasco use their entrepreneurial green thumbs to help budding businesses in the Madison-Hall neighborhood grow and flourish. Together with Partners Worldwide and Restorers, the wife-husband team is focused on "getting business going."
