Features

Business startup program aims to reduce unemployment in DC

Kaitlynn Hendricks Tuesday, May 14, 2013

A new entrepreneurship program is venturing local funds to help under-employed D.C. residents launch profitable enterprises of their own. Will Enterprise DC combat unemployment with startup profits?

Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, For Good / Non Profit, Workforce Development

The power of #probono: businesses that do well by doing good

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, April 23, 2013

When companies leverage their employees' expertise for good, great things can happen. Not convinced of the "power of pro bono"? Read our coverage from the Billion + Change conference.

Corporate Citizenship, For Good / Non Profit

Elevation Q&A: Mayor Anthony Williams and the Federal City Council

Whitney Pipkin Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Former D.C. mayor Anthony "Tony" Williams has been helming the Federal City Council for the past nine months. Elevation DC asked him about the nonprofit's biggest challenges and opportunities for the coming year.

City Planning, Community Development, Economic Development, For Good / Non Profit, Transportation, Workforce Development

Art Enables celebrates 11 years

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Local arts nonprofit Art Enables, which works with D.C. artists with intellectual or developmental disabilities, just celebrated its 11th anniversary. To celebrate, we put together our favorite pieces from some of Art Enables' artists.

Community Development, For Good / Non Profit, The Arts

Rhode Island Avenue Corridor

A chef's scheme to get D.C. to eat its veggies

Lisa Gillespie Tuesday, February 05, 2013

MicroGreens started last year in one D.C. school, teaching 10 middle-schoolers to cook for a family of four for under $3.50 a meal. But founder Alli Sosna has big plans, and she won't stop until every student in America knows how to wield a knife, julienne carrots, and roast a chicken.

Food Systems, For Good / Non Profit, Health and Wellbeing

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