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City of Dallas Innovation Team Launches COVID-19 Tracker and Food Access Surveys to Crowdsource Data
by Alex Edwards | Apr 29, 2020
The public outreach tools could help the city anticipate COVID-19 hotspots, predict where critical healthcare resources may be needed in the future, and increase access to food.
by Mandy Price |
Apr 23, 2020
"Each role is vital to the American economy. But the disparity between the haver and doer roles shouldn’t represent the difference between life and death," writes Mandy Price.
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![From left, University of Texas at Dallas and SMU. [Photos: UTD, Andrew Smith; SMU, courtesy]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RevTech-UTD-SMU-970-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Apr 23, 2020
The COVID-19 mission, should you choose to accept it: To create a low-risk campus environment that could exist after state and local executive orders related to the pandemic have expired.
Apply by April 30.
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 23, 2020
See how Dallas-Fort Worth-headquartered companies—Greyhound, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Hari Mari, Dickey’s, MyndVR, and more—are helping local communities during the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 Relief: Communities Foundation Receives $1M From Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas for PPE, Child Care, and Seniors
by Quincy Preston | Apr 22, 2020
The $1 million donation will be provided through BCBSTX's newly created COVID-19 Collaborative Grant Fund. The donation grant will help provide personal protective equipment to first responders as well as help them with child care costs across the state and assist seniors.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 22, 2020
RevTech expects the grants to deliver more than $1.5 million of community impact. Recipients include Cafe Momentum, COOKED-19, Cooklist, among others with a mission to lift up the city of Dallas.
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by Candace Carlisle |
Apr 21, 2020
Matt Tranchin—along with EarthX founder Trammell S. Crow and smart tech platform GridMarket—is helping island communities navigate climate change with options for local, affordable energy.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 20, 2020
The 2020 Conservation Wranglers are expected to be recognized at Dallas' George W. Bush Presidential Center on October 27, 2020.
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[Photo credits (left to right): Envision Dallas, Kendra Scott, Rosewood Corporation]
North Texas Companies Make Masks Their Mission to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Alex Edwards | Apr 16, 2020
This Saturday, anyone in Dallas County is required to wear a mask to essential businesses. The work these local companies are doing is more important now than ever.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 15, 2020
As part of the MPact initiative, Soap Hope will work as a curriculum, employ people with disabilities, and help fund the nonprofit's work.
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by Maddie Preston |
Apr 9, 2020
This grassroots volunteer group started by two Dallas-area moms is teaming up with peer-to-peer rental platform RVshare. Together they are helping meet the demand for temporary housing for self-isolating healthcare workers.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 9, 2020
The summit, which is normally invitation only, will feature climate tech innovators, virtual happy hours, and a pitch competition with prizes up to $10,000. Organizers are serious about the deadline. Sign up by April 10, 11:59 p.m.
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CEO Hesam Hosseini on a Zoom conference call with Pecan Lodge owners Justin and Diane Fourton. [Photo: Courtesy Match]
Match is Giving the Dinner Bell Foundation $30,000 to Feed COVID-19 First Responders
by Alex Edwards | Apr 8, 2020
Founded by the owners of Deep Ellum barbecue joint Pecan Lodge, the foundation will use Match' donation to give 5,000 meals to those on the front lines in Dallas.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 5, 2020
Four teams awarded the grants will create the AHA's tenth 'Strategically Focused Research Network.' The collaboration will center on heath technologies and innovation.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 2, 2020
Watch this virtual "thank you" to the heroic healthcare workforce fighting COVID-19 on the front lines.
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by Maddie Preston |
Apr 1, 2020
The 2020 Boston Impact Initiative Fund-Building Cohort aims to help activists, investors, and community foundations across the country put money to work—and close the racial wealth divide—in their local communities.
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