Metro entrepreneur Marquas Ashworth wants to help empower Black and brown communities through the Center at Sixth, a development along 6th Avenue in Des Moines.”It’s the culmination of history, it’s the culmination of everything our community needs all wrapped into one,” Ashworth said. “When you have a community like mine, who’s been marginalized, it deserves that extra attention.”Nearly a dozen tenants are ready to move in before the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday. Christine Johnson is a restaurant owner who is struggling to find the money to expand her soul food restaurant Joppa Experience to a bigger location. She says this type of initiative could be the missing ingredient to help others make their dreams into reality. “It’s OK to take a chance on yourself. It’s OK to jump out here and be an entrepreneur. And you can do it if you put in hard work and continue to push and drive,” Johnson said.Both Johnson and Ashworth believe this growth of opportunity is something that will turn into a movement — a movement that allows business owners like Johnson to turn their dreams into reality.”It’s a floodgate opening,” Johnson said. “We are here and we’re not going anywhere.”
Metro entrepreneur Marquas Ashworth wants to help empower Black and brown communities through the Center at Sixth, a development along 6th Avenue in Des Moines.
“It’s the culmination of history, it’s the culmination of everything our community needs all wrapped into one,” Ashworth said. “When you have a community like mine, who’s been marginalized, it deserves that extra attention.”
Nearly a dozen tenants are ready to move in before the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday.
Christine Johnson is a restaurant owner who is struggling to find the money to expand her soul food restaurant Joppa Experience to a bigger location. She says this type of initiative could be the missing ingredient to help others make their dreams into reality.
“It’s OK to take a chance on yourself. It’s OK to jump out here and be an entrepreneur. And you can do it if you put in hard work and continue to push and drive,” Johnson said.
Both Johnson and Ashworth believe this growth of opportunity is something that will turn into a movement — a movement that allows business owners like Johnson to turn their dreams into reality.
“It’s a floodgate opening,” Johnson said. “We are here and we’re not going anywhere.”
