We believe that community wealth includes many aspects, including economic prosperity, positive relationships and experiences, family, sense of pride in one’s community, talents, ideas, health, art, culture, nature, integrity, and connection to ideals and purpose.

What is Community Wealth Building?

Strategies that lift whole communities, both economically and socially.  This term encompasses a variety of efforts for empowering communities, creating and maintaining dignified jobs in locally grounded businesses, and reshaping and strengthening the framework of inclusivity. 

Why does CWB Matter?

In Metro Denver, communities are now facing limited access to living-wage jobs, adequate and affordable transit, safe and affordable housing, parks and open space, healthy food options, and quality education. The insufficient conditions and lack of intentional efforts to ensure that all communities prosper has created an environment that excludes communities of color from opportunities to fully thrive.
Community wealth building is an essential strategy towards closing the wealth gap.