Topic: Enterprise Community Partners

The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009

We have found them: Nine bold and timely ideas that wow us -- and that have earned these organizations a place alongside Enterprise Community Partners on our honor roll of 2009 Social Enterprises of the Year. Will all of these ...READ»

• Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion)
• A High Point
• Do Something: An IPO

Enterprise Community Partners Bringing Energy-Efficent Homes to the Masses With $4 Billion Project

It's easy enough to make fancy new homes energy-efficient, but what about the millions of poorly-insulated American houses that are already standing? And what about future homeowners and renters who can't afford the upgrades to ...READ»

Women in Tech: The Activists

5 organizers who are using technology to change the world.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs

Editor's Letter: Bright Spots

Michael Phelps, the Olympic swimmer, stopped by our offices recently. He didn't look like anyone special. Without his gold hardware or a pool to churn through, he could have been any run-of-the-mill mall rat: iPod buds ...READ»

A High Point

"When George shows you his water trick, be very amazed," whispers Enterprise Community Partners CEO Doris Koo. "It's his favorite." We are at High Point, a 120-acre mixed-income project in Seattle, waiting for George Nemeth of the ...READ»

• Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion)
• Eureka!: Social Enterprises of the Year
• Do Something: An IPO

High Point: Seattle's Gren Community

At High Point in Seattle -- a green community -- market rate condos and townhouses mix with affordable housing funding largely by Enterprise.READ»

Fast History: Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall in New Orleans, 2005

Most Americans remember tuning into the news this morning four years ago to find a beloved American city half immersed in water after Hurricane Katrina’s Category 3-fueled storm surge broke New Orleans fragile levees. Katrina ...READ»

Contributors

Kevin Van Aelst For this issue's Now section, artist Kevin Van Aelst created a fictitious holiday world to spell out the words "December & January." He arranged bits of a broken champagne flute in the spot where he once dropped ...READ»

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.READ»

• High Point: Seattle's Green Community
• The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009
• The Social Enterprises of the Year