Know a business that could improve urban community quality of life?
Innovative and promising businesses are everywhere—and sometimes the people who encounter them are the first to recognize their potential.
Spot a Business! gives you a simple way to tell UEI about a business you think we should know about. It might be a startup, an established company, or anything in between. It can be located anywhere, as long as you see potential for its products, services, or approach to improve urban community quality of life.
Tell us what the business does and why you think it matters. You don’t need to be affiliated with the business, and you don’t need to be a UEI member to participate.
See what businesses others have spotted…
Too Good To Go
A mobile app that connects consumers with local restaurants, bakeries, and grocery stores to purchase surplus food at a steep discount right before closing time. It drastically cuts down on urban food waste while helping people score affordable meals in their neighborhood.
In expensive cities, it lets students, young professionals, and lower-income families score good meals from for a third of the original price, while also keeping waste out of landfills. Small urban businesses get a cushion on their tight margins by turning food they would have thrown away into extra revenue,