The groundbreaking of 280 James P.

Brawley is a major milestone for @westsidefuturefund. It marks the organization's first ground-up, new-construction project in Vine City, the last neighborhood Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called home with his family. The $6.7 million development is supported by the James M. Cox Foundation (@coxenterprises) and the Tull Charitable Foundation, with $1 million in supporting investment from the Westside Tax Allocation District. Additional funding is provided through the WFF Impact Fund, Westside Future Fund's corporate-funded vehicle for catalyzing affordable housing and neighborhood-serving development across the historic Westside. Together, this braided funding demonstrates how public tools and private, philanthropic capital can work in concert to support restoration without displacement in historic neighborhoods like Vine City and English Avenue. Every partner in this project has invested in the same conviction that guides Westside Future Fund's work: a neighborhood's restoration should be measured by how many of its longtime residents remain to benefit from it. Read the full announcement at the link in our bio!