Urban Innovation Exchange : Projects

Will Payne wanted to help his father get rid of some excess wardrobe, so he offered his fraternity a variety of high-end business clothing at a discount price. His idea now sees 53 percent of the proceeds donated to a select charity on the buyer/donor’s behalf.

The Green Grocer Garden is a fully-maintained garden, run by Jenny Bongiorno and OurFreshLocal, sustaining organic crops grown from seed, where “shoppers” trade the produce aisle for rows of vegetables and herbs they pick themselves. The Green Grocer Garden provides its shoppers with the same organic produce found at a supermarket at non-organic prices. Membership in the garden is free and works on a pay-as-you-go system.