The Community Stewardship Trust (CST) brings together local residents to co-own and steward properties —like affordable housing, grocery stores. or spaces for small businesses and organizations. Its a real estate model that builds community wealth and supports legacy residents to be able to remain and thrive in the neighborhoods they’ve built and loved for years.
Atlanta’s first CST focuses on the area included in the 30310 zip code, which encompasses much of Southwest Atlanta. By popular demand, residents chose The SWATS CST as the name for this endeavor.
Investing in the CST means purchasing shares of the Community Ste
If you’re ready to become a CST investor, this is where you get started! Follow the steps below to create your login for the investment portal, complete the CST curriculum, and start making investments!
REQUIREMENTS
Do you meet all the following requirements?
- over 18 years of age.
- a resident of the state of Georgia and able to verify this with state-issued identification
If so, let’s get started!
STEP 1 :
SIGN UP FOR THE CST PORTAL
Login to InvestNext and click REGISTER to enter your personal information and receive an email to create a username and password for the Community Stewardship Trust investor portal. This will be your hub for completing the CST curriculum and making your monthly investments.
We request that you make your username your email address. It is case sensitive and this will be the same username that you will use for accessing the CST Investor Education.
STEP 2 :
Complete the CST Investor EDUCATION curriculum
All CST community investors are required to complete a brief course that teaches the basics of the Community Stewardship Trust, how it works and why it exists, and how to make your investments. You will find links to the Education Curriculum within the portal.
If you attended one of our CST Orientation Sessions in Fall 2003 or the Solidarity Summer Workshop #6 in August 2024, you have met this education requirement already. You will be able to let us know this within the Investment Portal.
STEP 3:
COMMIT AND MAKE YOUR INVESTMENTS
When the CST opens for investment in December 2024, you will be able to commit to making an investment monthly, bimonthly, quarterly or annually. [[Need more wording from Avery here.]]