This brief overview offers a glimpse at how Purpose Built Communities is working to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
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Purpose Built Communities – Full Overview
This overview shows how Purpose Built Communities is working to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Take a tour of some of the success stories in cities across America.

Purpose Built Communities – A Quick Snapshot
Take a quick look at the work of Purpose Built Communities and the holistic approach to community revitalization.

Indianapolis / Avondale Meadows
The Meadows Community Foundation is dedicated to restoring a once proud Indianapolis community that had fallen into a desperate state following decades of decline. The Foundation has developed Avondale Meadows… Continue →

Miracle at East Lake (CNBC Feature)
The successful redevelopment of Atlanta’s East Lake community served as a blueprint for Purpose Built Community’s approach to holistic community revitalization. This report on CNBC’s “Business Nation” chronicles the East… Continue →

New Orleans / Bayou Distrct
The Bayou District Foundation was formed with the goal of being an “instrument for change.” Determined to rebuild New Orleans and make it even better than pre-Katrina, the Bayou District… Continue →

Atlanta / East Lake
The Purpose Built model for holistic community revitalization is predicated upon the incredible turnaround in Atlanta’s East Lake community.

TEDxOmaha: Othello Meadows
Place As Fate: The Injustice of Geography Othello Meadows III received a standing ovation for his vision of holistic community revitalization. Meadows is Executive Director of Seventy Five North Revitalization… Continue →