In 2009, we had a simple (but not easy) goal: “Build a coalition of churches, businesses, and other nonprofits to meet the needs of this community.” We’ve seen this community come together in amazing ways since then, but we want to be clear on something: you don’t have to be a big organization to be…

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We have a strange tradition here in HEB. One that sees employees from city governments, our school district, and a few local businesses line up for the chance the haul a bus across the parking lot at Pennington Field by hand. And it’s one of the most powerful, unifying things our community does all year.…

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BEDFORD — It’s 9:30 am on a Friday, but there is already a crowd at Pennington Field. City officials from maintenance teams to Mayors wander the pavement beside the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District stadium. As ten o’clock draws near, they begin to swirl and separate. School busses arrive, each welcomed with a garland of cargo…

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Every year, I ask myself the same thing: “how can we tell the story of Community-Powered Revitalization again without re-telling it?” There’s only so many ways to show people painting a house before it all starts to feel familiar. But it’s important to me that everyone understands that CPR is anything but commonplace. In the…

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BEDFORD — On the third floor of a nondescript office building, in an ordinary corner office, Faye Beaulieu is changing the world. Or, at the very least, changing our little piece of it. Beaulieu is a Regional Director with United Way, a nonprofit organization that addresses issues of income, health, and education in Tarrant County.…

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