Proyecciones económicas y recuperación de Puerto Rico después del COVID: mejor de lo esperado
April 8, 2021 On April 6th, 2021, FPR hosted its third event in our Fast Forward Puerto Rico discussion series, an event that brings together influential leaders who are rebuilding the future of Puerto Rico. For the third installment of the series, we sat down with Natalie Jaresko, Executive Director of the Financial Oversight and […]
FPR dona equipos solares a ONG en Puerto Rico
April 7, 2021 As part of the efforts to promote resilience in communities around the island, Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR), through our Bottom Up Destination Recovery Initiative (Bottom Up) program, will deliver solar photovoltaic equipment to 11 non-profit organizations. The beneficiary entities are based in the regions that the Bottom Up has impacted over […]
FPR impulsa la reapertura de las Cavernas de Camuy
March 24, 2021 In Foundation for Puerto Rico (FPR), we delivered on our commitment to revitalize and strengthen the island’s tourism assets to drive sustainable development through the Bottom Up Destination Recovery Initiative (Bottom Up) program. Thanks to a $125,000 donation, and in collaboration with the National Parks Agency and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, […]
Un enfoque no tradicional de recuperación a través de resiliencia económica
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March 23, 2021 Traditionally, the recovery models after a disaster are focused on infrastructure, restoration and other elements of housing. However, economic resilience is often overlooked after a natural or man-made catastrophe. According to EDA, “economic resilience becomes inclusive of three primary attributes: the ability to recover quickly from a shock, the ability to withstand […]
Cómo ayuda el modelo ABCD a las comunidades de Puerto Rico
March 17, 2021 More than 25 years ago, in Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research, John McKnight decided to take a different route when looking to improve disadvantaged communities. He realized the people within the communities where better equipped to identify what was best for their own development. That is how the asset-based community development (ABCD) […]
Diez años de logros e impacto
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FPR was founded in 2011 with a belief that Puerto Rico’s socioeconomic transformation must be driven by audacious thinking that challenges the status quo. With our tenth anniversary just around the corner, let’s take this opportunity to walk down memory lane, remembering some of our proudest highlights and milestones, rooted in our strategic pillars of visitor economy, strategic innovation, and resilience.
Conoce a Foundation for Puerto Rico
March 9, 2021 It’s been 10 years since Jon Borschow decided to establish Foundation for Puerto Rico to seek innovative solutions to the socioeconomic problems facing the island after the expiration of Section 936 incentives. A decade later, we continue to work towards our mission of transforming Puerto Rico into a thriving and sustainable economy. […]
FPR lanza Centro de innovación estratégica bajo liderazgo de Alexandra Lúgaro
February 23, 2021 Today we took an important step in our mission to transform Puerto Rico into a thriving and sustainable economy with the launch of our Center for Strategic Innovation. Rooted in FPR’s legacy of driving development strategies at scale through collaboration, the Center seeks to achieve transformative change in Puerto Rico and the […]
Diálogo exclusivo con Administración de Biden ofrece ideas claves en agenda para Puerto Rico
February 19, 2021 Puerto Rico is at an important point of transition after three major disasters in three years and more than a decade of economic decline. Through multi-sectorial efforts, we can take deliberate and forceful steps to change the direction of Puerto Rico’s economic development agenda to promote economic growth and recovery, with an […]
16 empresarios en Emprende360 convierten idea de negocio en realidad
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February 19, 2021 Through our Emprende 360° program, 16 aspiring entrepreneurs completed the business education curriculum to transform their business idea into reality. After a 12-month process with leading organizations in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, the cohort developed 11 business ideas for the Coamo and Ponce region and was awarded $2K in seed capital to jump-start […]