ABOUT US
What is the HUB
Originally conceived by a "collaborative" of colleagues looking to find solutions to the area's food desert, the HUB evolved into a not for profit organization dedicated to the empowerment of residents and area nonprofits to drive equitable access to education, health and nutrition, housing and economic mobility. The goal of embracing the neighborhood started through shared space and purpose - through the newly constructed HUB for Community Innovation - and continues with investments in areas meant to foster innovation, amplify community voices, and build stronger more connected neighborhoods where all residents thrive.
WHO
we are
WHAT
we do
HUB
for Community Innovation
Economic Mobility
The HUB Augusta Collaborative's investments began with plans around economic mobility, creating economic success, power, and autonomy for at risk neighborhoods. This means allowing residents to live comfortably and achieve their goals through businesses, job opportunities, and access to essential services. The HUB believes economic vitality is crucial for a thriving community.
Community Wellness
With the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta's largest medical district at the center of the community, healthy neighborhoods that provide the wellness necessary to thrive is a primary goal of the Collaborative. This involves access to healthy and nutritious food, walkability, and a deep sense of belonging and connectivity.
Cradle-to-Career Education
Great schools anchor thriving neighborhoods. Their ability to uplift culture and community, amplify opportunity for residents, and bring long-term economic value makes them essential to the fabric of a neighborhood. Working with residents, community partners, school systems, and other educational organizations, the HUB Augusta Collaborative will nurture children within the community to develop their full potential. This will require investing in a high-quality education pipeline, starting in infancy and continuing to high school graduation, college, and beyond. This investment will also promote physical and social development in addition to cognition, with the goal of producing intergenerational benefits.
Mixed-Income Housing
Giving legacy residents more choices for where to live while attracting new people to the neighborhood is the cornerstone of the HUB's plans. One of the goals is to implement mixed-income housing strategies that offer home ownership and high-quality rentals for people and families across a broad range of incomes. The relationships and connections that bloom across socioeconomic levels provide a springboard to success for all residents.
HUB AUGUSTA COLLABORATIVE
Community Starts with People
When initially conceived, the Collaborative desired to help build community where the highest quality early education, housing, healthcare, food access, and connectivity existed. Folded within this vision was a desire to deliver plans that afforded to the neighborhood residents a path to increasing their financial wellness, where prosperity was commonplace.
Typically in these communities, you will find high quality schools, homes for every budget, businesses that were incubated within and now serve the community, grocery stores, parks and greenspaces, and walkability. With generations of disinvestment as the only constant, significant change feels necessary, and the HUB Augusta Collaborative looks to invest in making hope, choice and prosperity possible. This process starts with Hearing, Understanding, and then establishing a sense of Belonging (HUB).
HUB FOR COMMUNITY INNOVATION
HUB Partners
The HUB for Community Innovation is more than a community center - it's meant to be the heart of the neighborhood where residents, local organizations, and leaders can come together and contribute to the growth and well-being of the community. The Center, which includes HUB East and West, houses five critical nonprofits, including Augusta Locally Grown, the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Augusta, the Harrisburg Family Healthcare Clinic, the Dr. Paulette P. Harris Literacy Center, and RISE Augusta. The HUB is also home to the HUB Youth Leadership Academy. Collectively, these partners represent the heart of what matters most to the Collaborative - wrapping its arms around the community through wellness, education, and fostering hope.
NEWS
HUB News
Learn more about the work of the HUB Augusta Collaborative and the activities in and around the HUB for Community Innovation. Here, you will find most of the stories related to its collective work - including those about Partner non-profits and those involving other entities engaged in lifting up the surrounding communities.
