In this episode of Live with Living Cities, host Justin Charles sits down with Roderick Wheeler for a timely conversation about why communities are not peripheral to economic growth, but foundational ...

This is a crosspost of Main Street America’s blog found here. Miami is known by its residents and tourists alike as a city of diverse cultures and histories converging to create something ...

We are proud to celebrate a decade of impact with the Living Cities Blended Catalyst Fund. For ten years, the Blended Catalyst Fund has been a bold experiment in impact investing, showcasing that when ...

In this episode of Live with Living Cities, guest host Valerie McDowell talks with Ashley Gabb, founder of Gabb Consulting and former executive at Estée Lauder, HP, and Discover, about her journey ...

This piece was written by Norris Williams and Sheila Nelms. Capital, like water, flows through the path of least resistance—but for businesses in overlooked areas, that path is often clogged. Local ...

When traditional finance falls short, where can changemakers turn? Host Justin Charles talks with Jim Casselberry of Known about how impact investing directs capital to overlooked communities and ...

This piece was written by Sarah Carter. America is in crisis, and it cannot all be pinned on an oligarchic administration determined to create chaos. With their votes, just over half of the electorate ...

Living Cities CEO Joe Scantlebury and Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter discuss how shared ownership and solidarity economy strategies are driving equitable economic transformation at the local level. In ...

The Where It Starts: Breaking Barriers to Business (B3) initiative, supported by Truist Foundation, is a transformative effort led by Main Street America and Living Cities, aimed at bridging critical ...

Black and Latine households in Minneapolis have lower homeownership rates and higher cost burden shares compared to their white counterparts. Households of color also have disproportionate levels of ...

Although a majority of the household population is composed of Black households, vast disparities exist between these households and their white counterparts. Black households in Memphis have ...