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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Some are working on reinvention: Huntsville , the Alabama town famous for its history with NASAs rocketry program, has remarketed itself as a music, arts, and cultural destination; while Hilliard , an Ohio city of less than 40,000 in the Columbus area, continues to build out infrastructure to incubate innovative startups.

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Apple launches limited-edition ‘Black Unity Collection’ Apple Watch

The Verge

There’ll be a hub in the App Store highlighting Black-owned businesses and developers; Apple Music will get “curated playlists, essays, original videos” and other content highlighting Black artists; and Apple Maps is getting curated recommendations from EatOkra, which highlights Black-owned restaurants.

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GTA Online is getting an underground nightclub featuring real-world resident DJs

The Verge

Grand Theft Auto Online is soon getting its own concert venue with the planned opening of The Music Locker, an underground nightclub that will feature real-world DJs in residence. Rockstar is following ‘Fortnite’ and ‘Roblox’ in turning its online virtual world into a live music space. Image: Rockstar Games.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Lewis Prize for Music announces 2022 music education grants. The Lewis Prize for Music has announced grants totaling more than $2 million in support of efforts to provide young people with music education, strengthen their communities, and put music at the center of efforts to advance racial equity.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. They fund artists and arts organizations that create, present, and provide access to artistic excellence and inspire engagement. Their investments focus on authenticity/inclusion, transformation, and the development of talent and organizations. Areas served: San Jose, St.

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With the Samsung Galaxy S21, it’s time for Bixby to put up or shut up

The Verge

Your own music service. Apple’s first major racial equity investments include a Detroit developer center and HBCU tech hub. ? And your own health app and ecosystem of connections. Your own family of Bluetooth headphones. Your own tracker tag (before Apple even announces its tracker tag). Your own tablets. Your own news service.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Kindful

Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. They fund artists and arts organizations that create, present, and provide access to artistic excellence and inspire engagement. Their investments focus on authenticity/inclusion, transformation, and the development of talent and organizations. Areas served: San Jose, St.

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