Topic: Long Island City

New Screenings of Mom-and Pop-Documentary

BY Laura Palotie
Relevancy Score: 94
Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 4:36 PM

About a month and a half ago, I attended a screening of indie documentarian Virginie-Alvine Perrette's 35-minute film that documents the closing of New York City's neighborhood stores (you can see my Q & A with Perrette here).The ...READ»

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Shvo Motion

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:17 AM

One man's real-estate vision quest, and the $15 billion portfolio he's building along the way.READ»

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Beyond Subprime: What Business People Can Do to Invest in Communities

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 35
Sun Nov 23, 2008 at 11:44 AM

“Community-development banks, credit unions, and other CDFIs – a mixture of faith-based and secular, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations – constitute what might be called the ‘ethical subprime lending’ industry. ...READ»

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One Organization’s Approach to Advance Economic Mobility, and Lessons on Leadership

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 21
Wed Nov 5, 2008 at 2:06 PM

A powerful combination of services to alleviate poverty and improve lives is to help people make a living and manage their money. We see this in the global universe of micro-finance. One shining model at the local level here in the ...READ»

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My Bio

BY Jim Bechand
Relevancy Score: 15
Tue Oct 14, 2008 at 11:18 AM

When it comes to printing, people rely on Jim Bechand and his team at Aris Graphic. “I’m on the front lines with my clients every day, and the one thing that we have to have is reliable print vendors to successfully ...READ»