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by Paul Bass | July 31, 2006 10:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Look for city teens at the “Jazz in the Parks” and jazz on the Green concerts — they’ll be renting chairs and selling food as part of a joint effort between Youth Continuum and the Office of Cultural Affairs. Click here to read the release…. Local fitness guru/entrepreneur Mubarakah Ibrahim of Beaver Hills (pictured above) has a new women’s health and fitness web site. Check it out here. At the other end of the spectrum, check out a new locally produced website on obesity… The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has given $50,000 to 30 neighborhood-level projects ranging from public safety to community gardens. (Actually, some would lump those two categories together.) Click here for details… Edda’s Creations is one of the local new businesses which Junta and Empower New Haven helped get off the ground. Click here to watch Tom Ficklin’s video of an interview at an opening event… “Home Movie Day” is coming up in New Haven. Click here to read a release about the event and how to submit your own video or old film…