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Roberts Wesleyan to open community service center in city
By Matthew Daneman
Democrat and Chronicle
(February
20, 2003) — Rochester’s
southwest neighborhoods are among its neediest. And it is there, in the 19th
Ward, that Roberts Wesleyan College is starting a new effort tying together
its business and social work programs for the benefit of residents.
The college unveiled its Institute for Social Entrepreneurship on Wednesday
with a brief ceremony.
The institute has planned a variety of programs: internships that link
Roberts Wesleyan students to community projects; workshops and training
sessions for small businesses, organizations and nonprofit agencies; and
support for programs that teach entrepreneurship to youths. Much of the
expertise will come from Roberts Wesleyan faculty.
The center, on Arnett Boulevard,
also will offer meeting space, hardware and software, and online access to a
variety of business and social work materials.
“Rochester is not lacking in resources,” said David
Dey, institute director. “We lack in commitment where it really counts.”
Backing this venture is $133,500 from the B. Thomas Golisano Foundation for
the first year of the institute’s operation.
“Social entrepreneurship” -- using the discipline and innovation of business
in a social service setting -- has been a philanthropic trend nationwide for
a few years, said Ann Costello, Golisano Foundation executive director.
“It’s not just about bringing business concepts to human services,” she
said. “It’s about business and human services and others partnering to
create livable communities.”
And once the institute starts making an impact in the city’s southwest side,
Costello said, the expectation is that it will start spreading its efforts
across the broader Rochester
region.
Several area colleges have programs under way in which they target faculty
expertise and student labor toward particular Rochester neighborhoods.
Rochester Institute of Technology, for example, launched a program in late
2000 in which students work on neighborhood improvement projects on the
northeast side.
E-mail address:
mdaneman@DemocratandChronicle.com
Roberts Wesleyan opens entrepreneurship institute in city
By Matthew Daneman
Democrat and Chronicle
(February
19, 2003) — Roberts Wesleyan College unveiled a new community development
center in Rochester’s
19th Ward on Wednesday morning.
The Institute for Social Entrepreneurship on Arnett Boulevard is being
funded by the Golisano Foundation.
The Institute is aimed at coming up with new community development ideas and
implementing them -- particularly in the city’s urban southwest side.
E-mail address:
daneman@DemocratandChronicle.com
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