FOR US, BY US

A historic effort to buy the Crenshaw Mall to redevelop it for the community, and by the community.

FOR US, BY US

A historic effort to buy the Crenshaw Mall to redevelop it for the community, and by the community.

FOR US, BY US

A historic community-driven effort and record-breaking campaign

Downtown Crenshaw's community-based attempt to buy the Crenshaw mall is a legacy-defining collaborative project, call for unity and self-determination, and historic record-breaking campaign

Downtown Crenshaw's effort to buy the Crenshaw Mall to redevelop it for the community and by the community, is a legacy-defining call for unity and self-determination.

Grandmamas of
Downtown Crenshaw

The Grandmamas of Downtown Crenshaw is a group of elder ladies who are leading the charge against gentrification in Crenshaw. These pioneers symbolize resistance and empowerment, striving for community ownership of the Crenshaw Mall to preserve cultural heritage and ensure economic justice.

Jackie Ryan
Grandmamas of Downtown Crenshaw

“As African-Americans have the right to determine what happens to us in the space we occupy. That’s just a fundamental tenet of human dignity.”

Michael Guynn
Resident

“Downtown Crenshaw is not just about buying the Crenshaw Mall. It’s about stabilizing our families and ensuring we build a culturally rich community to uplift those in need well into the future.”

Jan Williams
Resident & Board Member

“Downtown Crenshaw is how we hold the line at King & Crenshaw and save Black L.A.”

Baba Akili
Resident

“We are all connected. We all contribute, engage and participate in an effort to focus on community development, community wealth building and community ownership, because that’s how we will advance our communities, and stop the gentrification that is happening now.”
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Our Vision for AN Equitable Crenshaw Mall Redevelopment

Downtown Crenshaw envisions a future where the Crenshaw Mall is a beacon of economic opportunity, cultural celebration, and community empowerment – owned, operated, and shaped by the people who call Crenshaw home.

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Community Owned. Community Centered. Community Wealth Building

Community investment and governance structures to create literal community-ownership and ensuring the profits generated stay in the community.

Clean Green Modern Housing We Can Afford

Affordable, senior, and mixed-income housing that is modern and environmentally friendly, ensuring our community's future is both sustainable and inclusive.

Sustainable Design and Renewable Energy

A systems-wide approach to address the community's exposure to environmental hazards, heat island impacts, food deserts, lack of access to green space and community mobility.

The Commons

A 6-acre central park to showcase Black culture and host community gatherings.

The Backlot

A state-of-the-art entertainment production district, with studios and a new theater.

A Cooperative Business Hub

Where worker-owned and consumer-owned business are cultivated, supported and provided an advantage.

Empowering Black Businesses

Supporting current tenants and adding a hotel, restaurants, office spaces for Black enterprises. Education, incubation, and training for the 21st century economy.

The Center

An international conference, culture and community center.

Community Stabilization Fund

A fund to purchase residential and commercial properties in the surrounding area to maintain affordability and create neighborhood stability.

Racist & Corrupt Bidding Process

Despite submitting a higher offer with better terms in August 2021, the public pension funds and Deutsche Bank sold our Crenshaw Mall to failed developer David Schwartzman and a man on "Putin's List" corrupt Soviet-born oil oligarch Len Blavatnik. But we're not done. This is our community and we're not going anywhere.
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From focusing on 40 acres to focusing on over 40 square miles, the fight for self-determination, community control of land, and a reparative, restorative And Regenerative solidarity economy has expanded through our collaborative work OF Liberty Ecosystem.

From focusing on 40 acres to focusing on over 40 square miles, the fight for self-determination, community control of land, and a reparative, restorative solidarity economy has expanded through our collaborative work through the Liberty Ecosystem.

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