As downtown growth pushes east into our neighborhood, we shape investment so long-time residents benefit and work to undo the negative effects of urban renewal in the 1970s.

Our community benefits agreements, anti-displacement strategies, and resident-first development policies ensure growth does not equal removal.

We transform lives through our services and transform vacant and blighted structures through art and restoration. Projects like the Oakley Street Row Houses (c. 1904) repair structures and convert them into assets owned and governed by the community.

We restore frame-vernacular homes and bungalows, build new affordable housing that matches historic character, and create home repair programs that allow seniors to age in place in the homes they have held for generations.

Deb's Grocery Store, The Eastside Brotherhood, Man Cave Barber Shop, and other landmarks are not just buildings — they are legacy businesses with deep entrepreneurial history.

We provide facade enhancements through art to help highlight and strengthen these businesses and the community.

LIFT JAX is our Purpose Built Communities Community Quarterback in this work.

As a member of the national Purpose Built Communities Network, we practice holistic revitalization built on four pillars: mixed-income housing, cradle-to-college education, community wellness, and economic vitality.

LIFT JAX brings that model to Jacksonville, breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty by coordinating partners, capital, and resident leadership to ensure Eastside families have the conditions for a good life.