Englewood Square Celebrates 1st Year: 'We Are Growing Something Good'

Thu, 10/12/2017 - 09:15

Whole Foods and Englewood Square marked its first anniversary in Englewood Monday with a big celebration featuring the mayor, aldermen and local entrepreneurs.

“It’s a good day for me,” said Ald. Toni Foulkes (16th). “I’ve been walking these streets since I was seven.”

“I know that JoAnn is watching,” Foulkes said about the late Ald. JoAnn Thompson (16th), who had the vision for Englewood Square.

In Keney Park, a 'Mobile Kitchen' Prepares to Roll Into Food Deserts

Mon, 10/30/2017 - 10:15

Herb Virgo’s vision arrived on four wheels, painted a yellow as bright as the future he hopes it’ll bring to the North End.

A decommissioned school bus, a relic from the Springfield school district, sits behind the greenhouse operated by the Keney Park Sustainability Project, which Virgo directs. By Thanksgiving, the bus’ transformation will be complete, creating a mobile teaching kitchen, a roving oasis to bring relief to the food deserts of Hartford’s poorest neighborhoods.

Closing the Disability Employment Gap

Tue, 10/10/2017 - 15:30

People with Disabilities are among the highest unemployed populations in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 10.5 percent in 2016, about twice that of those with no disability (4.6 percent). As employers, this not only provides a significant opportunity to positively impact the workforce, but also, to positively impact the lives of many highly qualified individuals who are often overlooked.

A Year in, Whole Foods' Englewood Project Still a Work in Progress

Tue, 10/17/2017 - 09:15

Freeport-McMoRan’s Green Valley Community Investment Fund Grants $450,000 to Arizona Communities

Fri, 12/01/2017 - 07:05

Recipients were selected by the Green Valley CIF, which is overseen by a committee of community leaders assembled by the Freeport-McMoRan Community Partnership Panel, to identify and address community needs in health care, education, environment, economic development and transportation with positive, sustainable solutions.

The CIF was established in 2010, as part of Freeport-McMoRan’s objectives to empower communities to develop and identify projects that would help ensure their self-sufficiency beyond the presence of Freeport-McMoRan operations.

Local Organization Rolls Out a Mobile Kitchen in Efforts to Bring Health to Hartford

Fri, 10/13/2017 - 10:15

Eating healthy can be costly but not doing so can come at a cost to your health. Since many in Hartford don’t have access to food, a local organization plans to bring it to the city’s poorest areas.

Small and Medium Business Owners Are Cautiously Optimistic About Sustainability in the U.S.

Wed, 10/11/2017 - 09:00

Today, Cox Enterprises released the results of the national Cox Conserves Sustainability Survey, which identified that small and medium-sized business (SMBs) owners are cautiously optimistic about sustainability in the United States. The survey, commissioned by Cox Enterprises, is a national study that examines SMB owners’ insights on sustainability.

Major League Baseball Players Announce Finalists for 26th Annual Players Choice Awards

Tue, 10/10/2017 - 14:25

Major League baseball players today announced the finalists for their highest honors – the Players Choice Awards – in which the players themselves recognize excellence on and off the field. Vying for top honor as 2017 Player of the Year are José Altuve of the Houston Astros, Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies and Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins.

It Takes a Village to Raise a Start-Up

Tue, 10/10/2017 - 13:15

AT&T is working to empower the next generation of change agents. We believe that our country’s startup ecosystem can have a direct impact on creating alternative and new solutions to revitalize America’s most challenged communities. That’s why we support start-ups that are using technology to solve challenges in education.

Koreatown Youth & Community Center and DoubleTree by Hilton Host Community Tree Planting in Celebration of NeighborWoods® Month

Thu, 10/12/2017 - 08:00

Koreatown Youth & Community Center, a member of the Arbor Day Foundation’s Alliance for Community Trees program, is partnering with DoubleTree by Hilton, one of Hilton’s 14 world-class brands, to plant 45 trees to beautify the historic Pico Union neighborhood next to downtown Los Angeles. The event will help raise Pico Union’s tree canopy, which is more than 10 percent lower than the national average.