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This year's theme: "Driving Climate Innovation."
The Hill's take: "As money appropriated in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act begin to flow, how will cities be using funds to modernize transportation systems? As urbanization trends continue, can housing supply and infrastructure meet growing demand? How are cities driving climate innovation? And as we envision the city of tomorrow, what pitfalls should we sidestep and what new heights can we expect to climb?"Selected Grant News Headlines
People of color make up about 20% of Spokane County, Wash., but they own about 8% of the county's businesses, reports the Spokesman-Review.
That's why the Spokane Workforce Council is...more
The Oklahoma Arts Council has released its annual list of grant requests, and it's a doozy.
This year's list includes a call for artists to "bring the arts to other statewide organizations," as...more
One of the world's biggest asset managers is taking a stand against climate changeby investing in some of the world's poorest countries.
Envestnet, which has more than $100 billion in assets...more
The Rotary Club of Hagerstown has handed out $62,800 in grants to 25 charities in the Washington County area, reports the Herald-Mail.
The grants were awarded at a June 19 lunch held by the club,...more
If you're in the market for a new place to live, Technogym has just the thing for you.
The fitness equipment and technology company has announced a partnership with Live Work Learn Play, a real...more
Amazon plans to build a data center in Malaysia, Microsoft is investing in the country's new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is...more
When Kinda Darwish decided to start a bakery in Beirut, she had no idea she'd end up kneading dough for the International Labor Organization and running a second-hand bookstore in the Lebanese...more
A Yale grad with more than 20 years of nonprofit and community leadership experience has been named the new executive director of a Connecticut nonprofit that helps people grow their own food, Fox...more
Hamis Kiggundu's journey from "humble beginnings" in Uganda to "be a global icon in business and philanthropy" has just taken him to a new level.
The European International University in Paris...more
A community land trust, or CLT, is a non-profit organization that purchases land on behalf of its members and sells it at discount rates to people who otherwise wouldn't be able to buy homes of...more
Washington, D.C. based incubator for social entrepreneurs, Halcyon Incubator, has selected seven ventures to move into the newly renovated Halcyon House in September for its inaugural class of fellows.