By applying that holistic model to other areas of concentrated urban poverty around the nation, we are helping local leaders make a positive impact in some of this country’s neighborhoods made most vulnerable. We have a growing network of more than 25 members leading comprehensive revitalization initiatives, and we are only just beginning.
To achieve racial equity, improved health outcomes, and greater economic mobility in neighborhoods that have suffered from decades of disinvestment, it takes a holistic approach.
We help guide communities seeking assistance to make positive changes because we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live and raise their children in communities where they can achieve their full potential.
We know the ins and outs of community revitalization, but the people who live and work in the communities we serve know best what is needed and what will and will not work for them as we develop avenues to prosperity for the lowest income families.
Our goal is to launch and nurture as many of these transformational efforts as possible to maximize the number of people who can reap the benefits of healthy, supportive communities where everyone can thrive.
We are a giving, loving, group that is willing to learn, so we come with a certain humility, knowing that local leaders know what is best.- Shirley Franklin, Former Executive Board Chair for Purpose Built Communities
The final episode of Season One tells the story of Jamese Pinkston, who returned to the neighborhood where she was born and raised in Charlotte to help her neighbors have access to the opportunities to succeed and thrive that she was lucky to have. Hear her describe why she has the “best job in the world.” Listen
Othello Meadows wants you to look at these little girls and think. What circumstances are these girls from? What future do they imagine for themselves? How can their community surround them with the resources and love they require to become their best selves? That kind of thinking guides how Meadows, executive director of 75 North, … Continue Reading →
Purpose Built Communities co-founder Tom Cousins shares the vision of East Lake in Atlanta. … Continue Reading →
Warren Buffett, an American businessman and philanthropist, is a co-founder of Purpose Built Communities. In this conversation with CNBC Anchor, Becky Quick, he discusses what lessons he has learned from his successes and failures and why initiatives like Purpose Built Communities give him hope for our country’s future. 2017 Purpose Built Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Watch
