Clients in the News: Empowering Local Economies
Big Wave Project Founder Jeff Peck was recently featured on CBS News as the recipient of the Bay Area Icon Award, following his 25-year-long effort to create a safe living space for adults with special needs. Inspired by his daughter Elizabeth to create a place where special needs adults can thrive independently, Jeff’s vision is on the heels of completion.
Located in Half Moon Bay, the Big Wave residential facility will do more than offer independent living for 40 adults with special needs; the campus will also offer a supportive community where residents can access continuing education, recreational activities, and job skills training opportunities.
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As communities across Northern Michigan search for solutions to the housing crisis, InvestMitt Cooperative is gaining recognition for turning grassroots investment into meaningful community impact. A recent article spotlighted the cooperative’s role in organizing a public event focused on affordable housing and local investment strategies. The open house introduced residents to how community investment funds operate and how they can be used to support local housing. This coverage highlights InvestMitt Cooperative’s growing impact on community-driven housing solutions in the region.
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Rikki’s Bar is making a splash in its historic neighborhood as San Francisco’s only women’s sports bar. With almost a full year in the city’s Castro neighborhood, Rikki’s is putting women’s sports at center court, according to a recent article highlighting the bar’s community impact.
Rikki’s Bar was named after LGBTQ community activist, Rikki Streicher, who opened San Francisco’s first lesbian bar, Maud’s, in 1966. Streicher’s legacy lives on through the bar’s growing community, where women and queer people are celebrated and centered as the focus.