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Issue Media Group has launched its newest publication, Elevation DC, in Washington, D.C.

Huffington Post Detroit highlights the work of the Urban Innovation Exchange and shares more than a dozen videos featuring Detroit'ts urban innovators, created as part of the UIX project.

Writes HuffPost Detroit Associate Editor Kate Abbey-Lambertz: 

The Urban Innovation Exchange was launched earlier this year by the Michigan-based Issue Media Group and a host of media and community partners to highlight the work of individual social innovators. A partner of The Huffington Post, the UIX site creates a network of people whose projects range from from teaching fencing to under-privileged youth to providing self-employment opportunities to the homeless.

 

By sharing the stories of those who are turning their ideas into reality, they hope to inspire others to do the same. What you won't see on the site is a rote formula for community development; instead, the experiences and advice of others and compendium of resources offer many roadmaps for building future projects.

 

"Detroit's transformation will not result from one or two significant events but from literally thousands of small-scale efforts," said Issue Media Group co-founder Brian Boyle when the site launched in March.

Read the full story here.

Issue Media Group has launched Confluence, a new weekly publication about the people, ideas and innovators that are making Denver, CO a world-class creative city. With a focus on entrepreneurship, startups, placemaking and arts and culture, Confluence strives to highlight Denver's game changers. Its first issue was published Nov. 14, 2012.

Major partners include the Downtown Denver Partnership, Bonfils-Stanton, the Denver Theatre District, and several educational institutions. 

Tamara Door, president and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership, hopes the site will help make Denver more attractive to young, creative talent, reports the Denver Business Journal.

"It will certainly be a battle for the best and brightest employees, and it will be a battle, too, to attract residents into the city," says Door. "We believe it’s the key to economies of the future."

"People think of Denver as a great city with mountains," said IMG co-founder and co-CEO Brian Boyle, a former Denver resident. "But people don't know about its urban spaces. Denver's really misunderstood in that respect."

Confluence will cover small-scale changes and projects that add create a picture of Denver's vibrance and growth. 

Confluence is led by managing editor Ivy Hughes, a Colorado native whose works has appeared in Entrepreneur, Success, Next American City, the Boston Globe and the Northern Colorado Business Report. She's joined by managing photographer Kara Pearson Gwinn, innovation and job news editor Eric Peterson, and development news editor Margaret Jackson.   

Confluence is the twentieth publication in Issue Media Group's national portfolio. Learn more about our other publications here. 

Issue Media Group, in partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, have launched Michigan Nightlight, an online source of solutions, news, and inspiration for those who are working to positively impact the lives of Michigan children.
As reported by Matt Roush at CBSDetroit.com.