Introducing the Rich City Project

The heart of the Rich City Project is establishing a holistic and comprehensive approach to realizing self-determination for Richmond’s Black, Brown, and Indigenous residents.

The Rich City Project seeks to take privately owned properties off the speculative market and hold, maintain, and develop them for the community. These properties will then be used to secure community-owned assets that will prioritize the health and wellness of our city’s people who have been most affected by displacement, historic redlining, criminalization, and divestment.

The RICH CITY Project includes the development of a Black Wellness Center (1500 MacDonald Ave), a Tech Lab (1428 MacDonald Ave), and the Rich City Wellness Hub (1525 Ohio Ave).

After almost a decade of leasing office space at 1500 MacDonald units A and C, we developed a strong relationship with the former owner who embraced our vision for these properties and sold the portfolio of properties to our organization to fulfill this vision.