Emerging Business Support
Small Businesses are the pillars of Prince George’s County, comprising 90% of all businesses in our neighborhoods. And we know community wealth grows when our neighbors thrive. That’s why we provide local farms, food makers, and rising entrepreneurs with support — from coaching and technical help to shared spaces that nurture new ideas. Our goal is simple: keep talent and dollars rooted right here in our neighborhoods.
Programs include: Business Development Workshops, the TCM Farmstand, and the Blue Line Corridor AgriHub.
Community-led Research & Futures
Putting research in our neighbors’ hands, helps turn lived experience into knowledge and knowledge into action. Using this framing, The Capital Market co-creates with our neighbors — centering our stories, our data, and our future. We design research initiatives that equip people with the resources and tools to investigate issues and shape policies that impact our lives. Through data, dialogue, and creative reporting, we’re making sure the voices of our neighborhoods guide the future we’re building together.
Initiatives include: Blue Line Corridor Civic Leadership Institute, Healthy Food Walk Audits, and Faith-Based Affordable Housing & Space Underutilization Research.
Place keeping & Place sharing
When does a neighbor become a part of the community? Whose histories are remembered throughout the fleeting echoes of time? By focusing on redeveloping vacant and underutilized spaces in ways that root development in community history, cultural heritage, and social capital, we create both short-term activations that bring people together today and long-term projects that shape the neighborhoods of tomorrow.
Short-Term Activations: The Turnip Tour Pop-Up Farmers Market, The Creative Collective Gallery
Development Projects: Blue Line AgriHub & Commercial Kitchen, Housing Development at Gethsemane United Methodist Church