MLK Wellness Complex and the Critical Value of Transparency with the Community in Economic Development The Small Business Center dispenses high-value loans and grants to companies pledging to improve community […]
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US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONÂ ENTERS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH THE CITY OFÂ DESOTO
US Small Business Administration (SBA) South Central Regional Administrator Ted James visited DeSoto City Hall on Tuesday, August 1, to sign a Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) with DeSoto Mayor Rachel L. Proctor and the […]
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Dallas launches first-of-its-kind American Job Center in the Dallas International District
Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins, Dallas City Councilmembers Jaynie Schultz, Cara Mendelsohn and Gay Donnell Willis, Texas Workforce Commission’s Commissioner Aaron Demerson and Executive Director Ed Serna, U.S. Department […]
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How air pollution and the housing crisis are connected
By Siri Chilukuri As wildfire smoke from Canada plagued parts of the United States for the second time this summer, expanding into parts of the Midwest and East Coast, cities […]
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MLK Wellness Complex and the Critical Value of Transparency with the Community in Economic Development
Months ago, our publisher Patrick Washington posted an op-ed titled, “Why is the Old Dallas Weekly Building Surrounded by Shit?” The article expressed a frustration felt by both South Dallas […]
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Dallas Startup Week Kicks Off This Fall
Dallas Startup Week 2023, the largest entrepreneurial event in North Texas, organized by the 501 (c ) (3) non-profit, The DEC Network, is returning for its 8th week-long event, this […]
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When it Comes to Tech, We Are Who We’ve Been Waiting For
By Joseph Williams Originally appeared in Word in Black Dr. Fallon Wilson sees a future where “Black girls code, artificial intelligence doesn’t discriminate, and Black people are driving change in […]
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Feeding the Freedom to Grow
This nonprofit strives to help community members appreciate the value of volunteering by allowing them to have a hands-on therapeutic and inspiring experience. Their aim is to remind others that when you plant a seed… a plant will grow when given the time, consistency, and care. A concept in which their organization was founded on from taking their idea (a seed) and now harvesting what they’ve produced in the last decade through consistency and care.
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Teamsters Standing Firm on Worker Demands as UPS Schedules Meeting to Avert Strike
Update: NPR reported July 25 that an agreement for a pay raise was reached, avoiding one of the biggest strikes in US history. Per the five-year agreement, full and part […]
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Counties with the highest unemployment in Texas
By Stacker While significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, unemployment rates remain a subject of concern, though experts’ views on a potential recession […]