LeMoyne-Owens College CDC

Situated in the Soulsville neighborhood, LeMoyne-Owen College CDC offers technical assistance, loans, and training to local businesses, while also supporting comprehensive community development of Memphis' Soulsville neighborhood. In 2003, the CDC began acquiring properties for the four acres of land where a $11.5 million Towne Center project is now located. The CDC envisions that the building will be 77,000 square feet when complete, with about 30,000 of that occupied by a new, locally owned grocery store. Roughly 30 percent of the remaining space is to be reserved for community residents to have storefronts.