At the heart of our mission is local ownership.

Structuring development so that long-term ownership is in the hands of the community directly counteracts some of the deepest structural challenges that Black communities have faced in Kansas City and across the country. Not only are we designing local ownership into the real estate development, we are creating a support system for locally-owned businesses to fill the commercial space, generating flows of wealth staying within the community. These combined commitments build intergenerational wealth and help reverse the downward spiral so common in urban communities, driven by centuries of unjust treatment and neglect.