Strengthening Community, Elevating Voices
We build trust, foster collaboration, and empower Eastside residents to lead change in their neighborhoods and beyond.
Equity & Growth
BUILDING POWER, TOGETHER
At Eastside Opportunity Ventures, we turn community vision into action. We bring people together, provide practical tools and knowledge, and shape development that reflects the priorities of Eastside residents. By centering working-class communities of color in Wyandotte County, we tackle challenges like housing instability, underfunded schools, limited healthcare access, and under-resourced neighborhoods. Through collaboration, education, and catalytic investments, we create lasting opportunities, leadership, and pride across KCK’s Eastside.
Turning challenges into shared opportunities.
Building skills, confidence, and leadership.
Driving community-led solutions that last.
How we work
OUR COMMITMENTS
How we work with the community to create lasting change
We Listen First and Act Together.
We believe that lasting transformation starts with the people who live it every day. Through listening sessions, community forums, and workshops, we elevate resident voices to shape priorities, programs, and advocacy. Our work grows from the ground up — guided by lived experience, accountability, and shared ownership of Wyandotte County future.
Our Eastside impact
From Quindaro to Central Avenue, our work spans the heart of Kansas City's Eastside. Every dot on this map represents a partnership, a project, or a group of residents shaping their neighborhood's future.
Flagship Initiative
MIDTOWN STATION: New Model for Eastside Revitalization
This is more than a redevelopment—it is a national demonstration of what is possible when sustainable infrastructure and community leadership move in lockstep. Led by Eastside Innovation, the project transforms the former Indian Springs Mall into a walkable, mixed-use, clean-energy community featuring housing, retail, jobs, transit integration, green space, and a 30-acre solar microgrid. And we ensure residents shape the heart of Midtown Station! Through education, convening, storytelling, and civic leadership development, EOV activates the social infrastructure that makes the physical infrastructure matter. Our goal is a community that grows with longtime residents, not without them.
- Partnerships with schools, small businesses, artists, and community organizations
- Programming designed for public spaces, civic leadership, and workforce pathways
- Ground-up placemaking and cultural storytelling
In It Together
OUR TRUSTED PARTNERS
Working side by side with community leaders, organizations, and businesses to drive lasting impact.
Stories
Community voices and impact
Real stories of transformation from Eastside Opportunity Ventures programs and partners.
Advancing Digital Opportunities for Wyandotte Residents
Vernon Center secures ADOPT funds to address the digital divide - providing equipment, high-speed internet, and training workshops.
Where Creativity Meets Community
Joseph Macklin opened a 7,000-sq-ft space for artists, podcasters, and entrepreneurs to access equipment and support that didn’t exist for him growing up.
How to Invest Without Displacement
Keystone Session explores equitable investment in “eastside” communities and how clean energy, community-led development, and partnerships can drive prosperity without displacement.