OUR WORK
Connecting individuals to job opportunities
Our app, Employment Plug® connects employment candidates to interviews and subsequently, jobs.
Supporting Entrepreneurs
Heighten the Hustle™ is our entrepreneur elevation collaborative program. Entrepreneurs get expertise, counsel, and even barrier removal.
In instances where PCC can institute a cohort, these entrepreneurs take courses with curriculum developed my Dr. Merritt herself, compete in a pitch competition, and get start up capital at the end of their time in the program.
Granting employers access to a database of ready-to-work candidates
PCC's Workforce Leverage is a subscription service for contractors. With just one monthly payment, contractors get access to a database full of ready-to-work candidates with RTA: Reliability, Trustworthiness, and Ambition.
Get smaller firms hired on publicly-funded construction projects
Firm Advantage™ uplifts small WBE and MBE businesses through PCC's portal. Firm Advantage is Employment Plug for small contractors.
AWARD-WINNING
Social Change Maker of the Year Award (Stevie) - Race Category
The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business are the world's premier business awards for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run.
Social Innovation Summit Award for Economic Empowerment
The SIS Awards are a celebration of collaborations and organizations that have created a positive impact in the last year, and those that show a roadmap to future success and lasting impact.
Anthem AWARDS Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Team & Workplace Initiatives - SILVER WINNER
Anthem AWARDS Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Team & Workplace Initiatives - SILVER WINNER
The Anthem Awards honor the breadth of purpose & mission-driven work worldwide across causes in an effort to amplify the voices that spark global change.
Legacies of Racial Inequity
"Two-thirds of Black Americans brought up in the poorest neighborhoods remain in the poorest quarter of neighborhoods after a generation; meanwhile, only 40 percent of whites brought up in the poorest neighborhoods remain there."
Projects
The Nannie Helen at 4800
Washington, D.C.
The Nannie Helen is a 70-unit, 90,000-square-foot mixed-finance mixed-use project located in Ward 7 of Washington DC. Project Community Capital® provided workforce development and Section 3/WBE/MBE/SBE community engagement, and resident and subcontractor screening and hiring management. PCC also wrote the initial Human Capital plan for the project.
Emory Beacon of Light
Washington, D.C.
Beacon Center is a joint venture (JV) project between the Emory United Methodist Church’s development arm, The Emory Beacon of Light, and The Community Builders. The JV hired Ellisdale Construction as the general contractor to demolish portions of a church in the Brightwood neighborhood of DC and build a 99-unit affordable housing project located at 6100 Georgia Avenue, NW.
Port Covington
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore's Port Covington master development is one of the largest urban revitalization projects in the nation. Located on the Patapsco River opposite Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Port Covington requires heavy coordination among NREUV, PCC, and several other partners. Mission is packed with unique amenities across three levels, including a steam room, meditation lounge, sauna, treatment room, game room, and third-floor terrace with a fire pit and barbecue area. Port Covington is located at 250 Atlas Street
Baltimore, MD 21230.
Kenilworth
Washington, D.C.
Kenilworth 166 is the first phase of the redevelopment of Kenilworth Courts. The first phase of the redevelopment will deliver 166 units of affordable housing in a senior building, a multi-family building, stacked flats, and townhouse rentals.