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NPB Design Studio is an urban design and drafting firm dedicated to addressing California's housing crisis, particularly through the creation of affordable additional dwelling units (ADUs) or granny flats for loved ones or rental income. Housing is California's most urgent issue. CBS reports that "California must build 2.5 million homes by 2030 to prevent a housing crisis." Homelessness has a devastating impact on communities and businesses, with HUD estimating that "as of January 2020, California had around 161,548 people experiencing homelessness on any given day." According to the Sightline

Burned out and looking for a change, SCORE Mentors Jan Carrick and Donna Probes help Dr. Aubrey Jabour and Northbound Physical Therapy and Wellness find new life as a healthcare provider.

After braving adversity and a push from SCORE, Macie Keffer and Wheel on Rails are on track to business success.

SCORE mentors Jeff Hamilton and David Summers provide support to a family business of more than 100 years as they look to grow while expanding their line of Maple Syrup products.

From marketing to finance, SCORE has assisted Cultured Kombucha in becoming the Midwest's fastest-growing and most in-demand kombucha.

Ronnell Hampton, founder of Growing Greatness Now, improved his community through sustainable design and policy development. With SCORE's mentorship, he doubled his cash flow and refined his business goals, focusing on park equity and workforce development in Southern California.

In the world of business, the right guidance can illuminate the path to success. This is the story of a fruitful partnership between a SCORE mentor, Rich Neinast, and his mentee, Mandie Sawyer. Their journey underscores the transformative power of mentorship.

See how the teamwork between SCORE Mentor Kenneth Cham and SCORE Mentee Fanta Dorley led to success at Journey Spotlight.

As a poet and activist, I asked myself: In a time when land needs all the help it can get to avoid being clear-cut or paved over, how can I help the land protect itself? As it so often is in Nature, the answer is to cooperate with partners. Land Trusts are conservers of land, and by pairing poets with protected lands, the Writing the Land project offers a way poets can help move their writing out of the woods and into action to protect the land we love. Writing the Land is honored to be doing this essential work. We invite you to join us by exploring our website, enjoying the poetry, reading

Since joining SCORE, Srujana has seen remarkable improvements in her business. Under the mentorship of Mark McCleary, Refresh Kid LLC has grown exponentially, expanding from 100 students to nearly 2000. She successfully introduced new courses, revamped her website, and implemented more efficient payment methods. Mark's mentorship helped her identify and address leakage areas in her business operations, leading to overall improvement. The goals set by Srujana and her mentor were both realistic and attainable. Throughout their collaboration, Mark consistently challenged her to set ambitious yet

In middle school, JaHannah Queen Mary Pitchford turned to makeup as a confidence-building tool while enduring school bullying. “I started playing around with makeup and I fell in love with it because it made me feel pretty,” said Pitchford. “I thought, if that’s what makes me happy, why can’t I do that for other women?” A licensed esthetician of five years, Pitchford, in June, opened Queen’s Palace Wax & Beauty Salon in Feasterville. Three months before her grand opening, she began mentoring with Nina De Rosa of SCORE Bucks County, who guided her in everything from finding an accountant

My journey into public health has been driven by a deep passion for equitable access to healthcare and health literacy as fundamental rights for all.