Year Up students on cusp of completing “life-changing” experience
This is the final installment in a series of stories we’ve written following five participants in the Year Up program. Just over a year…
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Who will be the next breakout star of The Reinventing Delaware Dinner?
So who’s going to be the next Second Chances Farm, Zip Code Wilmington, The Teen Warehouse, Wilmington Green Box, or Wilminvest? Eighteen people with…
State steps up technical training for trades straining to find people
Stefun Hawkins knows he’s a wanted man. Hawkins, 34, has just graduated from Zip Code Wilmington’s 12-week computer code writing program and is in…
Zip Code Wilmington names Desa Burton as executive director
Zip Code Wilmington, the nonprofit coding boot camp, has announced the selection of Desa Burton, Esq. as the new executive director. She will succeed…
Zip Code Wilmington appoints first female board member
Zip Code Wilmington has announced the appointment of Teri Quinn Gray, Ph.D. as the first female board member since the coding bootcamp launched in…
Innovation Delaware: Information Technology
Delaware’s IT sector is growing continuously as new companies emerge, supported by a commitment to training young people in the field. Initiatives like Zip…
What will it take to be successful at Year Up
In the past few issues, we’ve written about local programs that help young people — many of them minorities — break the cycle of…
TrafficCast keeps eyes on the road from a new home
One of Wilmington’s newest tenants is a global provider of traffic data BY CHRISTINE FACCIOLO Special to Delaware Business Times Over the last 20…
Bessie Speers on developing Tower Hill’s “Tower Term”
As Tower Hill School began preparing to celebrate its centennial in 2019, Head of School Bessie Speers offered teachers a chance to translate their…
OpenBracket Delaware hosts brightest coders
It’s been around for less than two years, but OpenBracket has already become a Delaware institution. In the fall of 2016, and again in…