CEED - Community Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Design

Deliverables
Training and Facilitation
Grassroot Advocacy And Social Mobilization
Research
Systems Change Research + Innovation Strategy
Strategic Planning and Research
Region
Southeast US
Engagement Period

12 Weeks

The ever-present optimism from people and communities across the city of Little Rock has pointed to a great potential for a shared prosperity and a vibrant future, but there are systemic barriers to unlocking these opportunities. Marginalized communities, particularly in the 12th Street and Southwest Little Rock business corridors, operate in a culture of intimidation and discrimination that leaves them at far greater vulnerability to accessing their entrepreneurial potential than their peers in the same areas.

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

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