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Feb. 11, 2016 2:56 pm
This new government cabinet aims to better serve Philadelphia’s most vulnerable
The Health and Human Services Cabinet, led by former Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity Executive Director Eva Goldstein, combines five city departments.
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Feb. 8, 2016 2:18 pm
The Food Trust is helping Penn students recognize healthy food trucks
There are 11 criteria that trucks could meet to become certified "healthy." The initiative couldn't have happened without some significant collaborations.
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Feb. 5, 2016 11:54 am
Here’s what happens at a ‘speed dating’ event for researchers and community groups
At Community-Driven Research Day, community orgs and local researchers meet for a chance to collaborate and win $10k.
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Jan. 19, 2016 1:55 pm
Here’s how Reinvestment Fund supports high-quality childcare
The CDFI's education portfolio is one of its largest and longest standing, having lent over $350 million in facility financing to K-12 education over the past 20 years. But it goes beyond that.
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Jan. 18, 2016 11:11 am
How this local solar company is growing, one neighborhood at a time
Solar States is expanding into Philly's suburbs by offering tiered bulk packages to communities.
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Jan. 13, 2016 9:30 am
How this ad agency used “lonely coats” to help a nonprofit clothe kids in need
Garfield Group and Feel the Warmth teamed up and collected over 165 winter clothing items, thanks to a unique campaign.
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Jan. 8, 2016 11:00 am
How horticulture and green space can be used as community-building tools
New Pennsylvania Horticultural Society prez Matt Rader knows a thing or two about the topic from his time with Fairmount Park Historical Preservation Trust.
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Jan. 8, 2016 9:15 am
This local collaboration is funding neighborhood health in mid-sized cities
Reinvestment Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are funding neighborhood health access in 50 mid-sized cities through their Invest Health collaboration.