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Southside Blooms in the Press
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Peace Corps Alum Turns At-Risk Kids Into Profitable Flower Growers
Southside Blooms founder, Quilen Blackwell, is interviewed discussing the impact of our work in Chicago.
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South Side Flower Shop Offers Jobs, Training for At-Risk Youth
Southside Blooms opens up first commercial flower shop to expand capacity to hire at-risk young people.
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Where To Find Exceptional Flowers in Six Different Cities
Hint: Southside Blooms is home to world class floral designing.
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Flower Power: Farm-to-Vase Movement Takes Root on Chicago’s South and West Sides.
The big picture: Southside Blooms seeks to redirect billions of dollars in the floral industry to America’s inner city while taking a big bite out of climate change.
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Chicago At-Risk Youth Get Hands Dirty, Grow Flowers, And Change Lives
Faith that moves mountains: The faith of founder Quilen Blackwell drives Southside Blooms to preserve human life in some of the toughest places in our country
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He Moved to Englewood Because He Wanted to. Now Quilen Blackwell is Turning Vacant Lots into
Flower Farms. A solution to stem gun violence: Southside Blooms provides a viable alternative for young people in the streets.
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This Chicago Couple Turns Vacant Lots into Flower Farms, Employs Local Youth as Florists: 'There's Hope'
People Magazine highlights the individual impact of our work on Armani Hopkins.
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Chicago's Southside Blooms offers eco-friendly, homegrown tulips for Valentine's Day
ABC 7 Chicago covers our advanced environmental sustainability efforts with the successful launch of our winter grown tulips.
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Southside Blooms is giving adolescents and young adults opportunities to learn how to grow flowers and sell them too.
Quilen Blackwell discusses in a live radio interview the unique solution that Southside Blooms is for black young people in Chicago.