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Picture of a laundromat in a strip mall

This initiative has found success in Maryland, where residents are community investors in two strip-malls, the Edmondson Village Shopping Center and the Walbrook Junction Shopping Center (pictured) in Baltimore.

Picture of a laundromat in a strip mall

This initiative has found success in Maryland, where residents are community investors in two strip-malls, the Edmondson Village Shopping Center and the Walbrook Junction Shopping Center (pictured) in Baltimore.

Roseland residents could soon co-own a stripmall

Chicago TREND crowdfunding campaign aims to build Black wealth through increasing opportunities to own commercial real estate.

This initiative has found success in Maryland, where residents are community investors in two strip-malls, the Edmondson Village Shopping Center and the Walbrook Junction Shopping Center (pictured) in Baltimore.

   

Roseland, a neighborhood on the far South Side, will likely benefit from the expansion of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line, and some experts say this is a perfect moment for a project that builds wealth for Black residents.

Reset learns more about the unique approach.

GUEST: Lyneir Richardson, CEO Chicago TREND Corporation

Esther Yoon-Ji Kang, WBEZ reporter Race, Class, Communities

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