Mission-Driven Movements in the Midwest

Organizations across the country are mobilizing to adopt more sustainable and equitable strategies for capital raising and employee ownership. We’re highlighting a few Midwest enterprises joining the movement to invest locally and own equally.

The Lansing Growth Fund is a real estate investment fund developed to reduce barriers to investment, making it easier for local communities to ensure the places they help build reflect their values, stories, and long-term vision. Based in Lansing, Michigan, the fund will initially support the Pleasant Grove Project, a 30 unit apartment complex that allows renters to become part owners of their housing community. Fund organizers aim to use the community capital to create a vibrant neighborhood hub in South Lansing where neighbors are co-owners and stewards of a shared future.

The Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling (CCRC) creates a brave space where individuals, couples and families can discuss mental health and relational challenges, identities, trauma, neurodiversity and internalized biases, amongst other clinical topics. Comprised of a dynamic and diverse group of licensed therapists, CCRC actively establishes themselves as agents for and allies to positive change.

Invest Mitt Cooperative was founded by a small group of dedicated individuals investing in what matters: home, community and a shared future. Through their cooperative model, InvestMitt provides opportunity for people to help shape the future of Northern Michigan, regardless of their background or income. Invest Mitt exists to support, finance, and collectively acquire real estate and other assets in Northern Michigan to invest in a more prosperous future.