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Residents Driving Change : Community Enterprise and Ownership

Market Creek Community Ventures

Commerce in The Village at Market Creek has two key goals: unite diverse communities and capture the value of economic expansion through individual and community ownership.

Market Creek Community Ventures are social enterprises planned, staffed, managed, and owned by community residents. Some hold land for commercial, industrial, and residential projects being planned, designed, and built by community residents. Others create opportunities for employment, management training, and ultimately business ownership. Each will be community owned.

The three largest social enterprises in The Village are:

Micro-business has a home in The Village at:



We believe in the potential of residents to change their own neighborhoods.



Exploring new philanthropic roles and relationships for strengthening under-invested neighborhoods

The Village at Market Creek Market Creek Plaza Joe and Vi Jacobs Center Market Creek Events and Venues Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation Jacobs Family Foundation Diamond Management Inc. Market Creek Community Ventures