ALABAMA: BIRMINGHAM
Meagan and Darrius Peace | Magic City Black Expo
Three years ago, the Peaces, owners of a cosmetics company, decided that young black business owners like themselves needed a local showcase. Today, the Magic City Black Expo is a nexus of entrepreneurial camaraderie -- and so important locally that it's a regular stump stop for area politicos.
ALASKA: ANCHORAGE
Michael Sobocinski | Seeds of Change
Community gardens are not new. Nor are efforts to aid youth in the juvenile-justice system. But merge the two, as Sobocinski did, and add a social enterprise selling vegetables from the gardens -- then you have a program with the potential to change lives on multiple levels.
To read the full, original article click on this link: United States of Innovation | Fast Company
