Great events ““ like books ““ often deserve an epilogue. The cover story of our last issue brought you the final chapter of our three-part series about Cohort 5 of Year Up Wilmington, a program ...
The Delaware Business Times recently profiled a couple who pivoted their lives to attend Year Up in search for a brighter future for their child. They saw the opportunity to grow and evolve their lives. ...
This is the final installment in a series of stories we’ve written following five participants in the Year Up program. Just over a year ago, Ronald Shackelford Jr. and his fianceé Taylor Brown were treading ...
So who’s going to be the next Second Chances Farm, Zip Code Wilmington, The Teen Warehouse, Wilmington Green Box, or Wilminvest? Eighteen people with ideas they believe will create jobs and make Delaware a better ...
Stefun Hawkins knows he’s a wanted man. Hawkins, 34, has just graduated from Zip Code Wilmington’s 12-week computer code writing program and is in the process of being interviewed before moving into the computer world. ...
Zip Code Wilmington, the nonprofit coding boot camp, has announced the selection of Desa Burton, Esq. as the new executive director. She will succeed Melanie Augustin, the executive director since 2016. A former U.S. Navy ...
Zip Code Wilmington has announced the appointment of Teri Quinn Gray, Ph.D. as the first female board member since the coding bootcamp launched in 2015. Gray is a global R&D operations and portfolio management leader ...
Delaware’s IT sector is growing continuously as new companies emerge, supported by a commitment to training young people in the field. Initiatives like Zip Code Wilmington, OpenBracket and training programs at Delaware Technical Community College ...
In the past few issues, we’ve written about local programs that help young people – many of them minorities – break the cycle of unemployment and find meaningful work. We’ve written about programs that work ...
One of Wilmington’s newest tenants is a global provider of traffic data BY CHRISTINE FACCIOLO Special to Delaware Business Times Over the last 20 years, TrafficCast has become a global provider of digital traffic data ...
Employee wellness is serious business - Today’s workers spend most of their time sitting behind desks. In the early 1960’s, almost half the jobs in private industry in the U.S. required 
The role of the private sector in the mentoring movement - It is always encouraged and appreciated when local businesses volunteer with nonprofits. The manpower and resources businesses are able to provide all
Doesn’t your nonprofit already have enough money? - When donors see nonprofit financial statements with large surpluses, they often respond to requests for support by saying something like: “you have
