An Atlanta Entrepreneur’s Eviction Leads to a Community Model for the World

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Kiyomi Rollins can smell the coffee even before she walks through the door at The Ke’nekt Cooperative in Atlanta’s Westview neighborhood. Sunshine fills the space with energy; every seat is full. She smiles at the neighborhood aunties sitting next to the entrepreneurs from Atlanta University Center and the community resident teaching a small group about social media content creation for neighborhood startups. She watches as a middle-schooler from down the street fundraises for his school trip and each person around the table helps out however they can.

At The Ke’nekt Cooperative, locals can find mutual aid and entrepreneurship support. Born out of Rollins’s eviction by her landlord from her hair products shop, amid growing concerns about neighborhood gentrification, Ke’nekt is now a model attracting attention around the world.

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