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Paid focus group opportunity – community investment and wealth-building (Apply by August 27th)

Black Business Journal 4 years ago

For decades, people in historically underserved areas of the city have been most impacted by large infrastructure projects yet have received fewer opportunities to build wealth as a result of those projects. What can the City of Austin do to strengthen and create family- and community-owned businesses and invest in local talent, jobs and community assets that increase asset ownership, ensure economic stability and further community control? 

Community Powered Workshop, an Austin-based nonprofit organization that connects and amplifies the voices of systemically underinvested communities to create powerful places, is working on a Community Investment and Wealth-Building project and is convening Focus Groups to evaluate community investment and wealth-building strategies for areas impacted by Project Connect, the City’s comprehensive transit plan.

Focus Group members will receive a $75 participation incentive. The primary role of the Focus Group is to discuss and provide input on community investment and wealth-building strategies that can be potentially implemented in Austin. The Focus Group will meet virtually for a 2-hour meeting during September.

 

Will you help us spread the word on the opportunity for participation? Attached is a flyer with an application form. The deadline to apply is August 27th. Please reach out to Shavone Otero at shavone@cp-workshop.org or call (512) 220-4254 with any questions.

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