The Greater Good Academy, founded in 2010, announced Beverly Grant as the first recipient of the Cunningham Award, which honors community-minded food businesses. The award recognizes the ideals of Noel and Tammy Cunningham and aims to support entrepreneurs in creating socially responsible businesses. Over 90 entrepreneurs have completed the program, which emphasizes economic self-sufficiency and community impact through food-related ventures.

1. Contact:
Richard Eidlin
(303) 478-0131
Richard@greatergoodacademy.org
Greater Good Academy Joins with Strings Restaurant to Annouce First Recipient of The
Cunningham Award, So Named for The Generous Legacy of Noel and Tammy
Cunningham
Award Honors the Works and Memory of Noel Cunningham; Given to Beverly Grant, Triple
Bottom Line Business Owner and Food Educator in Five Points Community
Denver, CO, November 30, 2012 - At the fall 2012 graduation and public showcase of the
Greater Good Academy (GGA), Richard Eidlin, executive director, and Tammy
Cunningham, owner of Strings Restaurant, announced the first recipient of the
Cunningham Award. Awarded to a graduate of the GGA for a food-related, community-
minded business exemplifying the ideals of Noel and Tammy Cunningham, the winner
of the Cunningham Award is Beverly Grant, founder of Mo’ Betta Green Marketplace.
“Receiving the Cunningham Award is a distinct honor for me,” said Grant, after the
presentation at Mi Casa Resource Center. “It motivates me to continue to support the
mission of providing fresh, locally grown food and to educate and serve the Five Points
Community. The Cunningham Award embodies commitment and vision for a better
community.”
Cunningham notes, "I am, and know Noel would be, honored to have a connection with the
Greater Good Academy. It helps folks with a hand up rather than a hand out and
empowers, encourages, and promotes entrepreneurial skills, while caring about the
community. All of which Noel was about.”
The GGA began in 2010 with the goal of supporting early-stage low- and moderate-income
entrepreneurs build triple bottom line (people, profit and planet) businesses. During the
eight-week business planning program, the GGA trains civic-minded entrepreneurs to create
companies and social enterprises that make money, while positively impacting the
environment and communities within which they operate. The goal is to create economic
self-sufficiency, create jobs and improve the quality of life in Denver.
Eidlin adds, “We have always seen food as a means of building community. A good number
of students have started food-related businesses and many restaurants have contributed
dinners, including: Strings, Watercourse, SAME Café, Chipotle, Stueben’s, Avenue Grill,
Mercury Café and The Saucy Noodle.
Over the past two years, more than 90 entrepreneurs have completed the program. Support
for the GGA comes from the City of Denver’s Office of Economic Development, the Colorado
Lending Source, UMB Bank, Colorado Enterprise Fund, Accion and Mi Casa Resource Center.

2. Two Academies are planned for 2013. For more information, contact: Richard Eidlin, 303-
478-0131.
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