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Project Overview
Project Location
- 10-acre site at the corner of Market Street & Euclid Avenue
- Easily accessible to Highways 805, 94 & 15
- 5 minutes from downtown
- Next to Trolley & Bus Transfer Station
- State Enterprise Zone, Federal Enterprise Community
Financial Overview
- Total project cost $23.5 million
- Total Jacobs Center investment to-date $28 million
- Land doubled in appraised value in the first two years
Project Innovations
- Development of an innovative network of community teams coming together to build a community vision
- Broad community involvement in design and development of a commercial project
- Creation of innovative program-related investment tools for social-purpose investors
- Design of an owner-builder, mentor-protege construction program which is comprehensive in scope and is providing a vehicle for more than half the project to be built by the neighborhood
Economic Impact
- More than 1,700 new jobs in the neighborhood
- 360 construction jobs with training for emerging contractors, supported by contractor working lines of credit
- Nine working teams, involving thousands of residents and businesses, build skills in every aspect of project
- Community ownership strategy; hundreds of committed community residents investing their own capital in the project, building wealth by rebuilding their neighborhood
Social and Cultural Impact
- Chollas Creek restored (part of City's plan), natural vegetation, walking paths
- 500-seat outdoor amphitheater
- Unique architectural character created by multicultural team
- Multi-cultural values expressed in MCP through community art estimated at $ 1.4 million
- Safe place for intergenerational and multi-ethnic interactions
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