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eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Planning is underway for Inspiration Space Port, a year-round family destination that will place Shuttle Inspiration, a full-scale Space Shuttle mock-up, inside a towering 300-foot-wide, 175-foot-tall dome. Wrapped in a spectacular LED exterior, the dome will become a glowing beacon on the Minnesota skyline-a new landmark visible for miles.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- FirstClose™, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for home equity and mortgage lenders nationwide, announced today that John Aslanian, chief revenue officer, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard. The award recognizes C-level executives across mortgage, real estate and homebuilding for leadership that has driven measurable impact on their organizations and the broader housing economy over the past year.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Thread wrapped a three-month graduation campaign by sending four members of the Class of '26, along with the people who got them there, on a trip to the Big Island, Hawaii. The campaign, which ran from April 6 through July 2, invited thousands of graduates to enter online and on college campuses for a chance to win. No purchase required. No paid influencers. The entire $19,000 budget went to boxes filled with goodies and the trip itself.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- What does a child do when an entire Saturday stretches out ahead with endless possibilities? In "A Perfect Saturday.., almost" (ISBN: 978-0228802990, released by Tellwell Publishing), author and retired educator Dave Jones, PsyD, takes young readers on a lively journey through one child's ambitious plans for a bright springtime day and everything that does, and almost does, happen along the way.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Friday Harbor, an AI pre-underwriting platform that helps loan officers assemble complete and compliant loan files in real time, today announced that its Founder and CEO Theo Ellis has been honored with HousingWire's 2026 Vanguard Award.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced that Vikas Rao, chief executive officer, has been named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard. Rao recognized for transforming Dark Matter and opening new ways for lenders to build, integrate and deploy AI.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- DocMagic announced today that Chief Operating Officer Lori Johnson has been named a 2026 HousingWire Vanguard. COO recognized for advancing DocMagic's latest innovations in a digital mortgage career spanning more than 30 years.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Central Kansas United Youth Soccer (CKU) today announced it has selected Teams Elevated as the club's team management platform. The system now carries team rosters, scheduling, and club-wide communication for roughly 150 players ages 5 to 14 and 15 coaches across 16 teams, with about 100 player, coach, and administrator accounts already active.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- "Pitch Black: The best Black ads of the past 50+ years" (ISBN: 978-1736621585), a new book by advertising luminary, Mark Robinson, officially goes on sale September 7, 2026, and is destined to challenge what you think you know about American business, fashion and culture. "Pitch Black," chronicles a pivotal chapter in America's Civil Rights movement.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- With Labor Day weekend expected to pack U.S. airports, free parking marketplace Parksy (parksy.com) today published a count of its listed parking within five miles of 14 major American hubs: nearly 2,000 spaces in total, led by Boston Logan with 491 - and spread so unevenly that the company says driveways near airports are now the most underused asset in American travel.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Shandong Renke Control Technology Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of environmental monitoring sensors and solutions, is bringing conventional and ultrasonic measurement technologies together in its wind monitoring portfolio to address the evolving requirements of applications that depend on continuous and reliable wind data.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- In furtherance of their mission to redevelop underserved neighborhoods in the Greater New Orleans area and as a follow-up to previous successful real estate auctions on behalf of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA), the agency will soon be conducting its next online-only auction sale, comprising approximately 100+- residential lots and 40+- Non-Housing Development Option lots located throughout New Orleans, according to auction firm Tranzon Key.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- CS3 Investments has closed on Infinite Clay Town Center, a 300-unit Class A apartment community in the Jacksonville metropolitan area, completing in under 75 days a transaction that typically takes four to six months. The community, acquired as Ascend at Clay Town Center, will operate under the Infinite banner and be managed by CS3 Management.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- SnapFresh, a cordless power tool brand focused on making DIY easier for modern homeowners and creators, has introduced its new 20V Brushless Cordless Leaf Blower, designed to deliver powerful performance and greater convenience for everyday outdoor cleanup.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Sixty years to the day after the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum opened, VillageGIVE will present Coliseum 60, a free, all-ages community commemoration in East Oakland on Sept. 18, 2026, celebrating six decades of people, memories and community while looking toward the Coliseum's future.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- CARZ4US, a family-owned independent used car dealership serving New Jersey from locations in South Hackensack (Bergen County) and Pine Brook (Morris County), has been named a 2026 Top Digital Dealer by CarGurus, placing the dealership among only 100 U.S. dealerships nationwide recognized in the category.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Send2Press, a 26-year-old U.S.-based newswire and press release distribution service, announces its expanded "AI Seeding" campaign for its PR and marketing clients. Launched in 2025 as nascent AI search and "answer engines" began to "breathe," Send2Press launched organic and direct "seeding" of client news material into emerging LLMs to increase AI search visibility. Send2Press® is a brand/service of NEOTROPE®.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Secured Signing, a global leader in electronic signature and Remote Online Notarization (RON) technology, announced the launch of Outsource Notary Queue, a new feature that lets business, delegate overflow signings jobs to trusted signing services partners while staying fully in the loop from start to finish.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Masonic Homes of California and Acacia Creek Retirement Community invite Union City neighbors of all ages and abilities to take part in the second annual Walk in the Hills on Saturday, September 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. The walk course is approximately 0.6 miles, with additional activities taking place throughout the event.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- After years of working with patients with lower back problems, New Hampshire chiropractor Dr. James Pamplin saw a practical challenge: people looking for a way to apply traction at home often encounter inversion tables, uncomfortable restraints, or bulky and cumbersome equipment. That challenge ultimately led Pamplin to develop Riveo, a new home lumbar traction device designed to provide a simpler and more comfortable way to apply controlled traction to the lower back.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- SaleWisely today announced the launch of its free AI-powered omnichannel sales and customer service platform, providing businesses with one unified inbox to manage customer conversations from WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, email, and other digital channels in one place.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Advisory List, a directory and professional community for the small and middle-market M&A ecosystem, has published new guidance for business owners considering a future sale, highlighting issues transaction professionals say should be addressed years before a company goes to market.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Restroom Privacy remains a serious concern on college campuses nationwide. Due to increased incidents of video voyeurism and trespassing, 72% of Americans worry about their privacy and safety in shared restrooms. The Gap-Strap™ from Bamsaw Industries, LLC addresses this.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- Argyle, a consent-based verification (CBV) platform, today announced it has been added as an approved provider under a competitively solicited Washington State Department of Enterprise Services contract (No. 10925, Employment & Income Verification and Public Records Search Services), giving Washington agencies a pre-vetted path to consent-based income and employment verification for benefits eligibility and redetermination.

eNewsChannels NEWS: -- FirstClose™, a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for home equity and mortgage lenders nationwide, announced today that it has launched an integration with MeridianLink to bring its home equity order management capabilities directly into the MeridianLink Mortgage loan origination system (LOS). The integration extends FirstClose's existing MeridianLink partnership to help support lenders that manage home equity originations within their mortgage division.