Blue Note Junction
A health, business incubator and resilience hub coming soon to West Asheville’s Historic Burton Street Neighborhood
WHERE WELLNESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & CLIMATE RESILIENCE MEET
TAKING COMMUNITY CARE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Blue Note Junction will be an essential part of Western North Carolina’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. In Asheville’s booming business landscape, it is poised to be both a lucrative commercial real estate model and a flywheel driving benefits to investors, tenants, partner businesses, visitors, and the larger local economy.
BNJ will transform a long-overlooked site in West Asheville’s Historic Burton Street Neighborhood into an off-grid community resilience hub — combining emergency shelter, environmental education, cultural preservation, and local business incubation under one roof.
Building on over 20 years of foundational work within the Historic Burton Street Neighborhood, Hood Huggers International, Peace Gardens & Market, and Asheville Creative Arts are partnering to create a one-of-a-kind health and business incubator within the community. As the neighborhood braces itself for yet another highway expansion, this partnership leans into existing plans and policies to address long-standing needs within our community.
DESIGNED WITH AND BY THE PEOPLE IT SERVES
Like many historically African American communities across the U.S., the Burton Street neighborhood in West Asheville has experienced multiple economic, social, and environmental challenges – with the most recent being the third highway expansion that directly impacts this historic community. Couple this with the fact that Black-owned businesses make up just 2.3% of all business ownership nationwide and we’re faced with the unique opportunity to simultaneously uplift a historically African American community and build a platform for cultivating, launching, and supporting Black-owned business – all through a creative commercial real estate model with compounding benefits to the community and surrounding region.
AT THE CROSSROADS OF HEALTH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Imagine a space that’s vibrant with diversity; bustling with creative local businesses, artists, and entrepreneurs; alive with healthy living classes and workshops; and exemplary in its ability to heal, rejuvenate, and uplift entire communities through artistic performances, wellness opportunities, and environmental sustainability. Blue Note Junction is envisioned to be an entrepreneurial hub that not only supports the health and wealth of the local BIPOC community but promotes the spiritual, emotional and economic health of the entire city.
100%
of the programming at BNJ is designed to support existing and aspiring entrepreneurs.
8
spaces in one place, BNJ will include an indoor/outdoor performance venue, outdoor community spa, market, commercial kitchen, co-working & counseling center, hair salon & barber shop, artist studio village, and a Black history tour operator.
53%
of renters in Buncombe County are cost burdened. BNJ includes mixed-income apartments to meet this need.
56.1%
of high school graduates in Buncombe County enrolled in postsecondary education within 12 months of graduating. All phases of design & building of BNJ will be used as workforce development & training opportunities for youth & young adults.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
By donating to help get Blue Note Junction off the ground, you will support the first community-owned commercial real estate project in Asheville, help build an economic engine and cultural hub with an ongoing ripple effect, and support multi-faceted opportunities in the arts, culture, entrepreneurship, health, counseling, and housing. Our priorities include job creation, increasing affordable housing, incubating and supporting the growth of local businesses and makers (particularly Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), environmental sustainability, and workforce/youth development, while simultaneously promoting the health and wellness of customers, employees, neighbors, and visitors.
For Investors: Existing business model supports strong profit potential alongside its positive community impact. Targeted terms: 19+% return, 10-year hold
Disclaimer: We are gauging investor interest in an offering under Regulation Crowdfunding. No money or other consideration is being solicited. If sent, it will not be accepted. No offer to buy securities will be accepted. No part of the purchase price will be received until a Form C is filed and only through an intermediary’s platform. Any indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind.
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