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The Cities
The impact of the pandemic on small business owners of color especially was, and still is, most severe in the Southest region on the United States. Leadership from cities, across the Southest were invited to apply for the opportunity to join the cohort - out of these, the following five were selected
Atlanta Georgia
Org/Corridors
Sweet Auburn Works, CDC
West End Merchant Association Grove Park Foundation
Charlotte North Carolina
Org/Corridors
Historic West End PartnershipWest Blvd Business AssociationSugar Creek Business Association
Miami Florida
Org/Corridors
Allapattah Collaborative CDCOvertown Business Association
Memphis Tennessee
Org/Corridors
Respect the Haven, CDC Raleigh, CDC
Klondike
Nashville Tennessee
Org/Corridors
North Nashville
Southeast Antioch
Wedgewood Houston
Theory of Change
Business serving agencies (BSAs) in local government and business serving organizations (BSOs) in commercial corridors of color have a direct role in making the entrepreneurial ecosystem, equitable. Living Cities (LC) and Main Street America (MSA), supported by Truist Foundation, believe that if we remove systemic barriers between BSAs and BSOs, then we can enable the acceleration of wealth-building among business owners of color in Southeast U.S. cities and corridors.
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