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Watch Neighborhoods Comeback

Habitat for Neighborhood Business
Mission

Replicable inner-city retail business enterprise center model designed to: 
  • Spark economic development and job growth in neighborhood 
  • Increase the number of business role models within the inner-city
  • Stabilize neighborhood economies and bring ownership of neighborhood businesses back into    the neighborhood
Saint Louis University's Role 
  • Project managing the pilot program(s) 
  • Documenting replicable process and procedures
  • Handing off to the next university
Key Features
  • “Replicability” of the Model
  • Experiential learning for corporate managers and MBA students
  • Robust access to business resources, services and guidance
  • Barn raising implementation strategy