The Cooperative Community of New West Jackson (CO-OP NWJ) is revolutionizing how to build empowered communities through a place-based strategy of land ownership, a socio-economic infrastructure created by and with people in place, and a deeply-rooted reverence of Black Culture in spirit, design, and the often under-valued assets inherent within. AmbitioUS is providing a one-year unrestricted grant to support CO-OP NWJ in its vision of creating an autonomous community in a disinvested and marginalized area of Jackson, MS.