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An Entrepreneur’s Mission to Strengthen A Community
July 2011 Issue | ICOSA Magazine Five Points, one of Denver’s historic neighborhoods, resides northeast of the central business district. Once known as “the Harlem of the West,” this community supported thriving small businesses, restaurants, and jazz clubs that hosted the likes of musicians Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie through the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s. In the late 1950s, the area began a social and economic decline with the influx of drugs and the rise of gang violence. Read More >
Innovation & Job Creation: A Youth Perspective
July 2011 Issue | ICOSA Magazine Six years ago, when I was 12, I walked into YouthBiz for the first time. I was stunned to see people, not much older than myself, running a program that advances the social and economic empowerment of youth through a focus on entrepreneurship, education, and community leadership. On that first day, I knew I would be a leader in this organization. With all of the new responsibilities and expectations of a first job, over time, I began to understand how important the entrepreneurial, academic, and leadership skills were to my future. Read More >
5K in 5Points on 9News
April 13, 2011 | 9News.com | By Lynne Valencia Be a part of history at the first annual 5K in 5Points race on May 21, 2011. The race will start at noon and tour Denver’s iconic Five Points neighborhood, beginning at Curtis Park and ending at the Five Points Jazz Festival. Read more >
Daisy Rocha, YouthBiz Marketing & Fundraising Intern Named Student of the Month
March 3, 2011 | La Voz | By B. Velasquez Daisy Rocha is a stand out student at George Washington High School. There, a school official noted that Rocha is “an intelligent, hardworking individual.” Rocha, who maintains a 4.2 GPA… Read More >
Taggers Take Skills to New Heights // Graffiti Artists Become Entrepreneurs
May 20, 2010 | Mile High News of Golden | By Laura Hathaway The young entrepreneurs and artists of 2Kool team up with YouthBiz, Ashoka’s “Change Your City” Initiative, and the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs to produce the Create Change Mural that is displayed at Denver International Airport. Read More >
College Scholarships Smooth Rough Past
April 23, 2010 | The Denver Post | By Jeremy Meyer Two YouthBiz alums receive The Daniels Fund Scholarship at surprise recognition ceremony and press conference at YouthBiz. Read More >
