By Lea Hensel, UNI Business and Community Services Happy National Small Business Week! Each year, the Small Business Administration takes the first week of May to celebrate the 26 million small businesses that strengthen our communities throughout America. And since it started in 1963, one of the highlights is awarding small...
By Amy Kuhlers, IASourceLink, with Zachary Mannheimer, Principal Community Planner with McClure Engineering Co. Creative placemaking isn’t a new concept, but it is still a notion that is unfamiliar to many community developers. Per the National Endowment for the Arts, “In creative placemaking, partners from public, private, nonprofit and community sectors...
In 2015, the UI College of Public Health through the Iowa Institute of Public Health Research and Policy inaugurated the Business Leadership Network (BLN) Community Grant Project to support projects, programs, and activities that build collaborations and support community well-being. The purpose of the BLN Community Grant is to foster collaboration...
CEOs, presidents, directors—these are the likely titles and the likely leaders of a for-profit company. Nonprofits, however, are led differently. Their direction is determined and their organizations are governed by a volunteer board. How many people should serve on your nonprofit boards? The required number of board members for a nonprofit varies...
Much discussion the past several years has been about the “green” movement and “sustainability”. Small businesses are usually on their own when the subject comes up. Larger businesses have more employees and the likelihood that they have a dedicated person to deal with their solid waste and recycling is usually...
Tallyfunder, a new crowdfunding website based in Girdwood, is adding a new twist on traditional crowdfunding models. By turning $1 donations into votes, Tallyfunder allows everyone to support local nonprofit programs. Most people, young and old would like to support local nonprofits but many people do not have the ability...
