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Jakayla Dixon, a student in the Academy of Business Management & Entrepreneurship housed at Eaton High School, discusses her Feel the Color company at an interview. [Image via Northwest ISD]
Eaton HS Student Startups Win National Awards
by Heather Noel | Jun 27, 2017
Jakayla Dixon's Feel the Color produces clothing tags that can aid people with visual impairments in picking out clothes. CHAAO, another student-run company crafts jewelry from recycled materials.
by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jun 26, 2017
In 2003, Irving-based Kimberly-Clark became the first U.S. tissue company to require suppliers be certified as "providing fiber from responsibly managed sources." Now, it will be the first to launch a packaging campaign to educate about responsibly-sourced products.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jun 23, 2017
The Irving-headquartered convenience retailer is winnowing down the seven potential franchisees to three finalists, with help from the contestants’ Why I Should Win videos, and the public.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jun 22, 2017
Which Wich CEO Jeff Sinelli, saw the VBikes appear in downtown Dallas recently and cooked up a plan to put them to work for good.
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[Photo: Courtesy of TAFF]
Dallas Film Festival Features African Stories ‘In Their Words’
by Chloe Bennett | Jun 21, 2017
With submissions from local and international independent filmmakers, The African Film Festival, which runs June 30-July 3, is set to deliver 40 original projects.
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by Dave Moore |
Jun 20, 2017
Representatives from co-working/entrepreneur centers gathered recently to describe their progress, strategies, and aspirations for Southern Dallas.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 20, 2017
The recently released LinkedIn Workforce Report shows that hiring in DFW is up over the past 12 months by 5.7 percent from May 2016 to May 2017.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 19, 2017
The Arlington-based nonprofit is awarding Natalie Hampton with the Copper Black Award, an achievement recognizing an invention or innovation that is implemented and helps people other than the nominee.
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[Image: Dallas Innovates via kazatin, Siphotography iStock.
Enterprise Center Planned for Women Veterans
by Lance Murray | Jun 16, 2017
The center in South Dallas will serve a growing segment of the area's veteran population.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 16, 2017
The rideshare company will give one percent of all rides to and from Paul Quinn's campus to the college's Work Program.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 13, 2017
What began as a school project of delivering Christmas cards and food to a transitional housing center grew into a weekly poetry workshop and a lasting bond between Wesley Prep fourth-graders and women of Austin Street Center.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 12, 2017
Fort Worth's Taste will be the only fully sustainable restaurant in the DFW area operating on a pay-what-you-can model.
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[Background: NaokiKim via istockphoto]
Better Together Fund Backs Collaborative Nonprofits
by Lance Murray | Jun 9, 2017
The Dallas Foundation, Lyda Hill Foundation, The Meadows Foundation, and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind funding concept in North Texas to provide a variety of resources to participating nonprofits.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 8, 2017
The shelter run by the Dallas nonprofit is the first of its kind in Texas, and one of only a few in the country.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 7, 2017
"We have a National Cookie Day, we have a National Butterfly Day, we have National Doughnut Day," says Lori Hoff. Now the CEO of Outreach Ministries aims to bring nonprofits together with a weeklong event to celebrate the potential of our youth — and educate parents.
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