Creating Common Wealth

Residents of Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood opened the Market @ 25th Street to nourish the community by providing employment and to change the way a community thinks about food and health. Nelson County preserves its traditional character and natural beauty through agritourism, and Wise County turns to Solar Projects to repurpose the land on old coal mines.

A group of nurses in Harrisonburg, VA decided to take healthcare directly to the homeless. The Suitcase Clinic now treats 300 people with more than 1500 visits a year. 4th graders at Cumberland Elementary use WagiLabs, an idea incubator for grade school kids, to bring their community closer together.