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women's foundation

Dallas Women’s Foundation Awards 5 Women for Leadership

by | Jun 5, 2017
The Maura Women Helping Women and Young Leader Awards recognize women who have dedicated time to improving lives for women and girls.
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‘Para Pickup’ Tops Toyota Mobility Challenge; Students Win Plano Internships
by | May 30, 2017
The winning team's app provides wheelchair users with a safe, affordable, and flexible way to get around.
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Dallas’ Lyda Hill Cited in Study of ‘Big Bet’ Philanthropy

by | May 25, 2017
Many of the wealthiest want to help solve complex social issues, but only 20 percent — including Dallas' Lyda Hill — give in a major way.
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New Markets to Ease
South Dallas Food Desert
by | May 25, 2017
Bonton Farms gets grant for market and cafe; Good Local Markets to open Paul Quinn College location
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Deadline Nears for WeWork Creator Awards
by | May 24, 2017
There’s $1.5 million set aside for groups and individuals in the southern U.S. alone.
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Starbucks
Starbucks Headed to Red Bird, Boosting Redevelopment
by | May 24, 2017
The store is part of a national initiative to open stores in at least 15 underserved communities in the U.S., and is scheduled to open in 2018.
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BarnRaise

Capital One BarnRaise: Creating Solutions For Population Growth

by | May 23, 2017
During the recent maker conference, companies paired with nonprofits to focus on different challenges that come along with the area’s escalating population.
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TREC JPMorgan Chase
Forest Theater to get New Life as Performing Arts Space
by | May 22, 2017
CitySquare said it will become part of a larger community center for surrounding neighborhoods off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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LaunchAbility
My Possibilities Begins $25M Campaign for New Campus
by | May 16, 2017
The nonprofit is a first-of-its-kind continuing education program aimed at empowering adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Baby Box

Baby Box Offers Infants Safe Sleep, Peace of Mind For Parents

by | May 15, 2017
Backers believe “Baby Boxes” could lower the infant mortality rate, not only in Texas, but around the world.
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architecture
Queen Anne to Brutalism: Dallas Exhibit Brings Out City’s Varied Architectural Side
by | May 11, 2017
Curated by Preservation Dallas, the exhibit highlights 27 diverse architectural styles that were in evidence from the mid-1800s to the 1980s.
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Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity: Mission Expands to Middle-Income Residents
by | May 9, 2017
The new initiative — believed to be the first of its kind in the national Habitat network — aims to pull the middle class back into the city limits.
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engineering
TCA Students Use STEM for
Good in Engineering Projects
by | May 8, 2017
Seniors in the Addison private school’s honors engineering design class are working on real-world designs to help others in need.
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