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May 31, 2023 | Press Release by Senator Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse & Seth Magaziner
“Announces $500,000 to Support Revitalization of Blighted Colonial Knife Factory into Budding What Cheer Flower Farm”
May 31, 2023 | Press Release by the Environmental Protection Agency
“Biden-Harris Administration Announces $500K Cleanup Grant for Polluted Brownfields Site in Rhode Island”
May 12, 2023 | Providence Journal [front page]“What Cheer Flower Farm is demolishing Colonial Knife building in Olneyville. What’s next?”
March 22, 2023 | Slow Flowers with Debra Prinzing Podcast
“Episode 602: Flower Farming for a Cause at What Cheer Flower Farm with Erin Achenbach”
February 15, 2023 | WJAR NBC 10 News
“Nonprofit distributes 600 bouquets made up of leftover Valentine’s Day flowers”
February 14, 2023 | WPRI 12 The Rhode Show
“What Cheer Flower Farm” shares about their 3rd Valentine’s Bouquet-a-thon
February 13, 2023 | Rhode Island Monthly
“‘Bouquet-a-thon’ Spreads Smiles Across Rhode Island“
January 17, 2023 | Cranston Herald
“Spreading smiles through flowers”
January 4, 2021 I Boston Globe
“What Cheer Flower Farm blossoms on former factory site in Providence”
December 29, 2020 I WJAR NBC 10 News [Video]Despite pandemic, Champion continues to deliver
November 18, 2020 I Providence Business News
What Cheer Farm Honored by PBN Business Excellence Award
November 2, 2020 I Providence Monthly
10 Ways to Give Back This Season
August 24, 2020 | Hey Rhody
DIY Tips for Rhody Summer Soirees
July 16, 2020 | WJAR NBC 10 News
What Cheer named Champion in Action for environmental stewardship
July 8, 2020 | Hey Rhody
Summer Special Issue
January 1, 2020 | Providence Business News
5 Questions with: Shelby Doggett
November 25, 2019 | Rhode Island Inno
Meet 5 Social Impact Startups to Watch in Rhode Island
November 24, 2019 | Rhode Island Monthly
What Cheer’s Shelby Doggett Named a Rhode Islander of the Year
November 19, 2019 | Social Enterprise Greenhouse Blog
What Cheer Flower Farm: Because Everyone Deserves a Bouquet
September 17, 2019 | Providence Daily Dose
What Cheer Flower Farm Festival
September 16, 2019 | The Rhode Show [Video]Blossoming Hope at the “What Cheer” Flower Farm
June 6, 2019 | Edible Rhody magazine
An Inner-City Flower Farm Sparks Joy with Its Mission to Donate Beautiful Blooms
April 23, 2019 | Providence Monthly (via Providence Online)
The Buzz About Bees: What Cheer Flower Farm and Little Rhody Beekeeping team up for tours and classes
February 15, 2019 | ecoRINews (via Instagram)
What Cheer’s Valentine’s Day Flower Recycling
November 15, 2018 | The Providence Journal
Women in Action: Providence’s What Cheer Flower Farm Brings Beauty to Those in Need
Oct 31, 2018 | GoLocalProv
RI DEM Awards $2.6 Million in Brownfields Grants to 12 Projects
August 25, 2018 | WPRI Eyewitness News [Video]An Oasis Grows from an Abandoned Patch of Asphalt
August 3, 2018 | ecoRINews
New Urban Farm Gives Back to the Community
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