There’s a new pop-up computer retailer in downtown Ypsilanti this holiday season. It’s called Digital Inclusion (DI), and it’s the most recent outgrowth of a program that started half a dozen years ago to get computer systems into the hands of folks on the wrong side of the digital divide. And, if the pop-up goes […]
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A new downtown pop-up puts Ypsi youth to work bridging the digital divide
Posted in entrepreneurism, Local Business, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged B.Side, computer access, computers, digital divide, Digital Inclusion, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Jack Bidlack, North Washington Street, Pure Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, recycling, refurbished computers, technical training 13 Comments
Growing Hope responds to CityFARM with the announcement of a similar service
Amanda Edmonds, the executive director of the local urban farming non-profit Growing Hope just sent in the following letter in response to my recent post about real estate developer Stewart Beal’s newly launched, somewhat competitive, largely for-profit entity, CityFARM. Many, many community members and partners have come to me this past week with concerns about […]
Posted in entrepreneurism, Food, Local Business, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amanda Edmonds, CityFARM, Food Gatherers, food security, Ginny Golembewski, Growing Hope, Growing Hope Center, healthy food access, Lauren Maloney, Lisa Bashert, local food, local food production, local non-profits, Michigan Works, new models for non-profits, Project Grow, raised bed gardening, Stewart Beal, urban farming, vegetables 17 Comments