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.

1. Redemptive community building.

2. Providing low-risk opportunities for the retention of entrepreneurs in our community.

3. Building a diverse and inclusive start-up and retail landscape.

4. Creating opportunities for underestimated neighbors in our communities.