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The buy local movement isn’t new. But now, an initiative in Ithaca is offering a different kind of opportunity: to invest in local businesses. Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and GoFundMe are nothing new and are donation based. The new Ithaca Exchange is investment crowdfunding. “Investment crowdfunding works with businesses to create actually SEC approved investment opportunities. Which means the businesses need to promise some type of financial return to investors.” That’s Stephanie Geller. She’s the founder of Community Wealth Builders in Baltimore. The group works to develop more equitable and inclusive neighborhood economies. They launched their Maryland Neighborhood Exchange program in 2019. “Even existing black businesses had a very hard time accessing growth…
The buy local movement isn’t new. But now, an initiative in Ithaca is offering a different kind of opportunity: to invest in local businesses. Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and GoFundMe are nothing new and are donation based. The new Ithaca Exchange is investment crowdfunding. “Investment crowdfunding works with businesses to create actually SEC approved investment…
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Youth Farm Project participants Stella Sapp-Dietrich and Etienne Exantus and Ray Hage Assistant Director of Cornell’s Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP) with Greta Garrison of the Youth Radio Project on WRFI.
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Listen to author Raul Palma in conversation with student organizers April Morales, Emily Trage, Riley Rhoder and Professor Jacob White. The 2024 New Voices Festival runs from April 24-26 at Ithaca College and in your community.
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Tompkins County has yet to receive any doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine even though shipments around the state began on Tuesday. The Southern Tier region will receive 4,500 of the 170,000 doses available for distribution as of now. Cayuga Health Systems, or CHS, is expected to lead the vaccine distribution. Cayuga Medical Center spokesperson…
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The Tompkins County Health Department is alerting the public of potential COVID-19 exposures at the Ithaca Applebee’s, Tops Markets Bakery in Lansing, and on TCAT Bus Routes 14 and 30. The individuals who tested positive and close contacts identified are in quarantine. It was announced this afternoon by the Tompkins County Health Department that a…
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The Tompkins County Health Department is alerting the public of potential COVID-19 exposures at the Wegmans Sub Shop and Downtown Ithaca Post Office. The individuals who tested positive and close contacts identified are in quarantine. Potential public exposure may have occurred at Wegmans Sub Shop, 500 S Meadow St., Ithaca on Saturday, December 5, 10:00am…
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Employees at Collegetown Bagels and Ithaca Bakery outlets expressed relief Monday after the owners of the local food cafes responded to a widely-circulated workers rights petition. The Cornell Daily Sun reports that the employees’ requests for better COVID-19 safety measures and hazard pay were heard. In their petition, employees at CTB and Ithaca Bakery asked…
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