What if church vans were used during the week to transport nearby residents to work in job hubs that are difficult or impossible to get to by public transit? What if a public transit agency offered an on-demand shuttle service for workers to get to jobs in areas where traditional transit service doesn’t meet the…
The Fund for Our Economic Future today announced the first three winners in its $1 million Paradox Prize competition, a project aimed at helping workers to reach jobs in sprawling suburbs poorly connected to urban core neighborhoods by public transit.
Three ideas to make it easier for people to get to work will share $191,000 to bring their ideas to fruition. The three are the first winners of the Paradox Prize, a program created by the nonprofit Fund for Our Economic Future to get organizations and people thinking about solutions to what the Fund calls…
The Paradox Prize announced the first winners in its competition to connect Northeast Ohioans with job centers. The top award goes to a plan to use church vans in Cleveland for daily commutes to suburban businesses.
The Akron Metro Regional Transit Authority has nabbed a $75,000 grant from the Cleveland-based Fund for Our Economic Future to test a door-to-door service to get workers to their jobs in northern Summit County.
