From throwing parties to incubating companies, Bobby Zappala is working to build a better Pittsburgh. The organization's annual innovation and music festival is happening September 20-24.
Thanks to the Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program, Southside Bethlehem has become a hotbed for upstart companies, thriving incubators and young urbanites.
Sanctuary is a place of refuge or safety. In urban neighborhoods throughout America, sanctuary is a luxury that can be almost impossible to find. Michael O'Bryan is working to bring that sense of security to North Philadelphia.
This Schuylkill County community has seen its share of hard times. But rather than surrender, local organizations have banded together to revive downtown through entrepreneurship, historical preservation and the arts -- and female business owners are leading the way.
Philly is poised to become a leader both in the humane treatment of shelter animals and the prevention of stray and abandoned pets. We take a look at several organizations working hard to make the city friendlier for its furriest citizens.
The president and CEO of the Manchester Bidwell Corporation is a MacArthur Fellowship winner, published author and community activist who has helped transform Pittsburgh through integrated workforce development and arts education for public school students.
When kids learn and explore outdoors, it has huge behavioral, emotional and educational benefits. This innovative preschool model is coming to North Philadelphia.
Broad Street Ministry feeds and serves some of Philadelphia's most vulnerable citizens, and now they're using modern tools to have an even bigger impact.