Keeping Local Food Growing
When the Acadiana Growers Alliance (AGA) was founded in 2015, it grew from a simple belief: that everyone in southern Louisiana should have access to locally grown food — and that small family farms deserve the support they…
Crisis Averted
When Leona Stephens thinks back on the past year, one sound stands out more than any other: the crack of another water main giving way. Deer Run buys its water from the nearby City of Van Buren, but the pressure…
Resilience and Growth
When Tabatha Vail talks about building T&J Cleaning Service, she doesn’t begin with spreadsheets or strategy. She begins with her son — and with a decision to take control of her future. In 2019, Vail lost her oldest…
Tools for Progress
In Selma, Alabama — part of the state’s Black Belt region — the Dallas County Water & Sewer Authority had long struggled with failing infrastructure that too often left sewage spilling into customers’ yards and homes.…
A Coastal Water System Under Pressure
When Orangefield Water Supply Corporation (OFWSC) General Manager Jason Engle talks about the pressure on his community’s water system, he often starts at the beginning. “Our water lines were originally built in 1999 and…
Neighbors in Orange
On a chilly November morning, the sound of hammers, saws, and dozens of volunteers in bright orange shirts filled an otherwise quiet neighborhood on the edge of Atlanta, located in northeastern Texas in Cass County. Cliff…
Crowning Confidence
When Houston entrepreneur Hallie Cooper decided to turn her passion into a business, she was continuing a family legacy of beauty and care that began with her grandmother. “My grandmother is a hairstylist, and I grew…
Sweet Potatoes & Strong Spirits
In downtown Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, Delta Dirt Distillery continues to prove that world-class spirits can come from rich Delta soil and deep family roots. When Communities Unlimited (CU) first highlighted their story…
Home-Field Advantage
When Robyn and Charles Krzykwa realized they were spending nearly as much time driving to buy sports gear as watching their three boys play, something clicked. “We started realizing there just weren’t many options for…
Reviving the Lines
When General Manager Lane Thompson and his crews walk the wooded property surrounding the East Texas Municipal Utility District (MUD), he’s quickly reminded that his small system that serves 774 water and 639 wastewater…
Turning Pages & Building Wealth
When sisters Tristan Towns and Lacey Howard launched DeSisso Publishing in Memphis, Tennessee, they set out to write children’s books that celebrate confidence, culture, and joy. That shared passion has since evolved into a…
From Frustration to Forward Motion
By the time the sun hits the edge of the sidewalk in Oak Forest, a neighborhood in southwest Little Rock, Arkansas, the empty lot beside James Allen Jr.’s house doesn’t look like much — just a handful of cleared stumps,…
Keeping Local Food Growing
When the Acadiana Growers Alliance (AGA) was founded in 2015, it grew from a simple belief: that everyone in southern Louisiana should have access to locally grown food — and that small family farms deserve the support they…
Crisis Averted
When Leona Stephens thinks back on the past year, one sound stands out more than any other: the crack of another water main giving way. Deer Run buys its water from the nearby City of Van Buren, but the pressure…
Resilience and Growth
When Tabatha Vail talks about building T&J Cleaning Service, she doesn’t begin with spreadsheets or strategy. She begins with her son — and with a decision to take control of her future. In 2019, Vail lost her oldest…
Tools for Progress
In Selma, Alabama — part of the state’s Black Belt region — the Dallas County Water & Sewer Authority had long struggled with failing infrastructure that too often left sewage spilling into customers’ yards and homes.…
A Coastal Water System Under Pressure
When Orangefield Water Supply Corporation (OFWSC) General Manager Jason Engle talks about the pressure on his community’s water system, he often starts at the beginning. “Our water lines were originally built in 1999 and…
Neighbors in Orange
On a chilly November morning, the sound of hammers, saws, and dozens of volunteers in bright orange shirts filled an otherwise quiet neighborhood on the edge of Atlanta, located in northeastern Texas in Cass County. Cliff…
Crowning Confidence
When Houston entrepreneur Hallie Cooper decided to turn her passion into a business, she was continuing a family legacy of beauty and care that began with her grandmother. “My grandmother is a hairstylist, and I grew…
Sweet Potatoes & Strong Spirits
In downtown Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, Delta Dirt Distillery continues to prove that world-class spirits can come from rich Delta soil and deep family roots. When Communities Unlimited (CU) first highlighted their story…
Home-Field Advantage
When Robyn and Charles Krzykwa realized they were spending nearly as much time driving to buy sports gear as watching their three boys play, something clicked. “We started realizing there just weren’t many options for…
Reviving the Lines
When General Manager Lane Thompson and his crews walk the wooded property surrounding the East Texas Municipal Utility District (MUD), he’s quickly reminded that his small system that serves 774 water and 639 wastewater…
Turning Pages & Building Wealth
When sisters Tristan Towns and Lacey Howard launched DeSisso Publishing in Memphis, Tennessee, they set out to write children’s books that celebrate confidence, culture, and joy. That shared passion has since evolved into a…
