Friendly City Foundation
Equity + Equal Opportunity
Friendly City Foundation exists to cultivate business opportunities for makers, musicians, and creatives of the Bradenton/Sarasota area regardless of race, gender, age, socioeconomic, or ethnic background in an inclusive entrepreneurial network of like-minded friends and resources.
The Friendly City Foundation is creating relevant and accessible opportunities for emerging and underestimated communities in Bradenton/Sarasota. Through restorative entrepreneurship and redemptive mentoring, we create deeper and tighter networks of high-velocity individuals.
We create equity in our community for those who learn, live, work, and play to have positions of influence and place.
Venture Building + A Circular Economy
Connecting creative entrepreneurs, business professionals, and customers in our community.
Creative venture-building ecosystem.
Redemptive community building.
Providing low-risk opportunities for the retention of entrepreneurs in our community.
Building a diverse and inclusive start-up and retail landscape.
Creating opportunities for underestimated neighbors in our communities.
