Fast Company Magazine December 2008 Issue 131 | Fast Company

Table of Contents | December/January 2008

Table of Contents | December/January 2008

Features

Social Enterprises of the Year: Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion); The actor's "family business" has helped shelter tens of thousands of Americans. Now it is taking on the credit crunch with innovative financing and a green-building initiative. By Ellen McGirt; A High Point; At High Point in Seattle -- a green community -- market rate condos and townhouses mix with affordable housing funding largely by Enterprise. By Fast Company Staff; Eureka!: Social Enterprises of the Year; By Fast Company Staff; Do Something: An IPO; CEO: Nancy Lublin By Jeff Chu; Mercy Corps: The Bank of Banks; CEO: Neal Keny-Guyer By Jennifer Vilaga; The Academy for Urban School Leadership: A Teacher-Training Residency; Executive Director: Don Feinstein By Kate Rockwood; DataDyne: EpiSurveyor; Founders: Rose Donna & Joel Selanikio By Kate Rockwood; Civic Ventures: Silicon Valley Encore Initiative; President: Marc Freedman By Sara D. Anderson; The Institute for OneWorld Health: Not-for-profit Drugmaking; Founder and Board Chair: Victoria Hale By Jennifer Vilaga; The Acumen Fund: Portfolio Data Management System; CEO: Jacqueline Novogratz, CIO: Brian Trelstad By Anne C. Lee; Husk Power Systems: Rice-Fired Electricity; Founders: Manoj Sinha & Chip Ransler By Sara D. Anderson; Hopelab: Video Games for Health; President and CEO: Pat Christen By Jennifer Vilaga

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