Awesome Tallahassee

The Capital City's non-profit public service groups are once again competing for the monthly $1,000 grants awarded by Awesome Tallahassee.

A new Girl Scout troop will soon be forming at a Tallahassee elementary school. It's the latest community project funded by the Awesome Tallahassee group. Awesome Tallahassee has been around since the beginning of this year. Each month, it picks a local non-profit service organization to receive a thousand dollar grant to advance its cause.

As Tallahassee grapples with a spate of violent crime, law enforcement agencies have targeted predominantly black neighborhoods. Now one Rickards High School student's push to open the lines between black students and police, has earned her a $1,000 grant for an “awesome” idea.

Awesome Tallahassee, a contest allowing innovators to pitch ideas to improve the capitol community, has crowned this month’s winner.