Since Innovation Works launched last year, it has brought resources like accelerator programs and mentorship around social entrepreneurs working on new models that bring both impact and economic contributions in the Baltimore neighborhoods.

In making connections to a network and offering guidance, the programming was designed specifically to tackle the factors behind the racial wealth divide, and access gaps that have long made it difficult for entrepreneurs working in the city’s neighborhoods that have long been underserved, particularly women and people of color.

It’s all toward a goal of creating 250 social enterprises over the next decade.

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