community

Glenn Forbes of CDFI Friendly Fort Worth [Courtesy photo]

CDFI Friendly Fort Worth Hires Finance Pro as Executive Director

by | Mar 13, 2023

The city of Fort Worth announced that finance and community development professional Glenn Forbes has been hired as executive director of CDFI Friendly Fort Worth, launched just over a year ago.

The city said the hiring is another milestone in establishing an independent, community-centered, not-for-profit organization that exists solely to match community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, to financing needs in Fort Worth....

MORE►
Metroplex Civic & Business Association, Building Partnerships Today for A Better DFW Tomorrow
by | Feb 24, 2022
The MCBA helps businesses and their employees become more connected to their communities, so both they and the region continue to thrive.
MORE►
Greater Good: Dallas Business Community Unites To Revamp CitySquare’s Food Pantry
by | Nov 18, 2020
Leadership Dallas chooses a community project supporting a local nonprofit each year, with CitySquare being chosen for 2020. Although this is a year like no other, as Gillea Allison puts it, "When Dallas sets its mind on something, it gets it done—and this project was no different."
MORE►

[Photo: Chad Windham]

Anurag Jain and Patrick Brandt Share How They Started Nonprofit Get Shift Done Amidst a Pandemic

by | Sep 2, 2020
What started as an idea with backing from community organizers and restaurant owners, Get Shift Done has rallied support to give meals and livelihoods to at-risk groups in 11 cities.
MORE►
To Common Desk, COVID-19 Wasn’t the Death of Coworking. It Was the Start of Something New
by | Sep 2, 2020
Trey Bowles and Delanie Majors from The DEC Network hosted Founder and CEO of Common Desk Nick Clark to discuss how his company is innovating to help entrepreneurs get back into shared office spaces.
MORE►

Dallas Mavs, Stars, and Zoo Team With Dallas County Health for #NTXDoesItRight

by | Jul 31, 2020
The new full-fledged, mask-wearing campaign “could not be more needed in our community,” says creative partner Jackson Spalding.
MORE►
How Vista Bank and the Main Street Lending Program Help Small Businesses Recover From COVID-19
by | Jul 29, 2020
John Steinmetz, CEO of the Dallas-based community bank, wants businesses to know there's an alternative to the PPP. Main Street Lending Program loans range from $250,000 to $300 million and are meant to help businesses that were profitable pre-COVID survive.
MORE►
Dialexa’s Mentorship Program Provides Innovative Experiences for Students During Pandemic
by | Jul 28, 2020
Dialexa EDU helps college students hoping to gain experience with problem solving and product design, while connecting them to the Dallas-Fort Worth technology and engineering community.
MORE►

[Image: Courtesy DART]

Q+A: DART’s Chief Innovation Officer on Putting the Agency’s Capacity to Work During COVID‑19

by | Jul 20, 2020
CIO Grergory Elsborg, who has been dealing with fallout from the pandemic for about a quarter of his year-long tenure, talks about his role and how it has shifted to help the community. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit system has helped school districts deliver meals to kids, completed grocery deliveries for paratransit riders, and has multiple partnerships in development—all in the midst of a pandemic.
MORE►
Frito Lay’s Joan Cetera [DI composite. Photo: Frito Lay]
Q+A: PepsiCo Foods North America’s Joan Cetera on Frito-Lay’s Local Community Efforts
by | Jul 16, 2020
Through Southern Dallas Thrives and Frito-Lay's collaboration with Volunteers of America, the Plano-based company continues to support causes in the Dallas region and beyond.
MORE►
Business $ense Bootcamps: Comerica and The DEC at Redbird Partner on Virtual Series For Small Businesses
by | Jul 14, 2020
To support the Dallas-Fort Worth community during "this critical time," Comerica is working with The DEC Network at Redbird to offer free financial workshops for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
MORE►
A Special Thank you to our sponsors

A collaboration of the Dallas Regional Chamber and Dallas Next, Dallas Innovates is an online news platform covering what's new + next in Dallas - Fort Worth innovation.

© Copyright 2023 | All rights reserved.

Business

Creative

Education

Impact

Invention

Startup

Our Sponsors

Our Partners