Project Spotlights
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Nourishing Austin: An Evaluation of the Austin Fresh Grant
Austin Fresh is a collaboratively funded grant program that endeavors to increase access to healthy food, enhance land access for food production, and expand food and nutrition education for residents of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood…
Chicago Independent Media Alliance Scorecard
LifeSpring was brought on by Public Narrative to develop a scorecard that would serve as an evaluative tool to measure progress in the administration, operation, and funding of CIMA…
Company Progress Dashboard
LifeSpring worked with the HR management team of a California-based software enterprise to identify key performance indicators critical for executive decision making and designed processes to extract data from disparate internal company platforms into one central location…
Menthol Matters: A Snapshot of Community Perspectives on Tobacco Harm
In 2023, Stan Martin Consulting (SMC), the Tobacco Action Group, and other anti-tobacco advocates mobilized around banning the sale of menthol tobacco in Buffalo, NY, but lacked data on community perspectives regarding a ban…
Organizational Development Planning
A statewide coalition that had achieved major political victories as volunteer run organization began to express visions of what more could be accomplished as a formally organized body…
CCLF Strategic Plan Assessment
Having successfully navigated challenges that arose from COVID-19 and closing out their existing strategic plan, CCLF was in need of a new strategic plan that would guide the company's efforts for the next four years…
Equitable food value chains through collaborative action [in an inequitable landscape]: Insights from Buffalo, NY
This article, published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD), explores a case study of the Buffalo Community Food System Grant, funded by United Way of Buffalo and Erie County…
Ethical Lessons from Yesteryear: A History of Black Buffalo’s Struggle for Food and Equity in the United States
This chapter is featured in ‘Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture,’ a book that explores ethical questions and challenges in urban agriculture planning…
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