Retail Arts Innovation & Livability C

Provides integrated services combining 0% interest loans via Kiva, financial assistance, technical assistance through the Verizon Digital Ready platform, personalized business planning, mentorship, and on-demand learning to support small business development, especially where traditional lending is inaccessible.

Provides integrated services combining access to capital (e.g., 0% interest loans via Kiva), technical assistance through digital platforms like Verizon Digital Ready, personalized business planning, mentorship, and capacity-building workshops to support entrepreneurs excluded from traditional systems, especially justice-involved individuals.

Provides integrated services combining access to capital (e.g., 0% interest loans via Kiva), technical assistance through platforms like Verizon Digital Ready, personalized business planning, mentorship, and capacity-building workshops to support entrepreneurs excluded from traditional financial systems, especially justice-involved individuals and other marginalized founders.

Advocates for resident engagement, access to decision-makers, and equitable policies that create pathways out of poverty, promote affordable housing, quality education, and well-paying jobs.

Increases community access to neighborhood businesses by creating online platforms that showcase diverse, locally-owned businesses in Mesa, AZ—particularly in the Apache Blvd District—while also promoting physical corridor vitality and walkability.

Increases community access to neighborhood businesses by promoting them through an online platform showcasing diverse businesses in Mesa, AZ, particularly within the Apache Blvd District, combining digital outreach with physical place-based activation.

Creates online platforms and place-based initiatives like the Apache Blvd District spotlight to increase community access to diverse, unique local businesses in Mesa, AZ.

Promotes safe, attractive, and walkable neighborhoods with access to daily needs, parks, and open spaces via active or public transit, supporting healthy living environments with clean air and quality housing.

Promotes safe, attractive, and walkable neighborhoods with access to daily needs, parks, and open spaces via active transportation or public transit, aiming to ensure healthy homes, clean air, and improved quality of life in low-income communities.

Advances economic equity by engaging small business owners through an inclusion and equity lens, advocating for community access to decision-makers, affordable housing, quality jobs, education, and policies that build wealth and create pathways out of poverty.

Advances wealth-building and poverty alleviation by supporting locally-owned businesses as drivers of job creation and economic stability, while advocating for policies and corporate strategies that center inclusion, equity, affordable housing, quality education, and well-paying jobs.

Strengthens local economies by supporting locally-owned businesses across sectors and stages, emphasizing job creation, wealth generation, and inclusive growth for marginalized groups.

Promotes safe, attractive, and sustainable neighborhoods with walkable access to daily needs, parks, and open spaces, supporting healthy homes and clean air.

Focuses on low-to-moderate income census tracts along transit corridors, prioritizing business owners of color, women-owned businesses, and non-English speakers through corridor development, neighborhood organizing, and equitable access to resources.

Focuses on corridor and neighborhood development in low-to-moderate income census tracts near public transit, prioritizing business owners of color, women-owned businesses, and non-English speakers through integrated organizing, technical assistance, and advocacy to promote equitable economic growth.

Focuses on low-to-moderate income census tracts along transit corridors, prioritizing business owners of color, women-owned businesses, and non-English speakers through corridor development, neighborhood organizing, and equitable access to resources, leveraging a place-based approach to drive inclusive economic growth.

Prioritizes locally-owned businesses across sectors and stages—from startups to established institutions—as key drivers of job creation, economic stability, and community wealth generation.

Specifically supports entrepreneurs with justice system involvement by providing tailored advisory, capacity-building, and business development resources to promote economic reintegration.