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Join us in our work to advance shared prosperity, create strong economies, and improve quality of life in downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts.
Along with Living Cities and enabled by the Truist Foundation, Main Street America is supporting cross-sector leaders in accelerating wealth-building pathways for underserved small business owners, including entrepreneurs of color.
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Partnering with place-based leaders from our current networks in local government and business support organizations, this project aims to:
Together with our partners, we are helping to map key entrepreneurial ecosystem domains, identify gaps, provide financial support and technical business expertise, and foster peer learning for participating cities.
Atlanta, Georgia
Corridors: Sweet Auburn, Grove Park, West End
Charlotte, North Carolina
Corridors: Beatties Ford/Historic West End, West Boulevard/Greater West Corridor, Sugar Creek
Memphis, Tennessee
Corridors: Orange Mound, Whitehaven, Downtown or Alcy Ball
Miami, Florida
Corridors: Allapattah, Overtown, Coconut Grove (West Grove)
Nashville, Tennessee
Corridors: Wedgewood-Houston / Chestnut Hill (Historic Black Bottom), Jefferson Street Corridor/North Nashville, Antioch Corridor/Southeast Nashville.
As we learn what it takes to drive changes in participating pilot cities, we will uplift lessons, data, and stories. We’ll post these stories on the program webpage, our blog, and through social media.
See how Atlanta’s small business owners and corridor leaders are breaking barriers through the B3 initiative, building resilience, honoring legacy, and shaping inclusive growth.
See how Charlotte small business owners are breaking barriers in our B3 initiative spotlight which recaps the work underway and the impact already taking shape.
Discover how small businesses are breaking barriers in our Breaking Barriers to Business (B3) series, starting with a powerful spotlight on Nashville’s local changemakers.
Living Cities is a collaborative of leading philanthropic foundations and financial institutions working to advance economic opportunity and income mobility for all people in U.S. cities.
By addressing barriers to capital investment, sharing knowledge, and mobilizing collective action, Living Cities promotes equitable and inclusive wealth-building in partnership with its members, city leaders, and broader network.
Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation’s (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. Established in 2020, the foundation makes strategic investments in nonprofit organizations to help ensure the communities it serves have more opportunities for a better quality of life. Truist Foundation’s grants and activities focus on building career pathways to economic mobility and strengthening small businesses.
Truist Foundation is built on the belief that all people and communities should have an equal opportunity to thrive. Through this partnership and a focus on the following key areas, Truist Foundation believes the communities they serve have a chance for a better quality of life.
