Phase 1 goal: $

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Total raised: $2,000,000

Help us bring this vision to life—to train healthcare professionals, to unite nonprofits, and to build community strength.

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We need to build a place where innovation in workforce development and education strategies can thrive.

And to do this, we’ll need to:

Pioneer community transformation

Balancing rigorous analysis, sound financial management, and an appetite for innovation, we’ve created a replicable, place-based, revenue-generating workforce infrastructure model that doesn’t exist anywhere else.

Drive economic growth

Every square foot we build will serve a social enterprise purpose: to generate sustainable revenue that fuels workforce training and advances economic mobility for families in our region.

Empower individuals

By creating a hub of social support services, education, and workforce development, we’ll give Clevelanders the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty for themselves and their families.

Imagine a place where every action, every interaction, and every learning moment fuel student success, community wellness, and workforce readiness.

Cleveland’s Career District will be that place, where education and community support flow seamlessly and no one is left behind. By 2040, Cleveland can be a national model of equity, resilience, and community transformation—a place built to heal.