Neighbors will buy shares of the mixed-use building, earning annual dividends and eventually owning the building outright.

Creating an affordable home for small businesses and local residents in a gentrifying area usually means hoping that some far-away developer will throw the community a bone. But at one site in Atlanta’s Capitol View, a social enterprise organization is trying to flip that script with a permanently affordable project the community itself would own and control.

Neighbors will buy shares of the mixed-use building, earning annual dividends and eventually owning the building outright.

Grammy-nominated singer, actor and activist Janelle Monáe and Belvedere Vodka culminated their 2019 “A Beautiful Future” collaboration with an intimate dinner honoring three Atlantans who share the same vision of a future where equality, diversity and self-expression reign.

Offering cheaper rents and communal events, the seven-unit building in Sweet Auburn is booked before its May debut.

Awethu House will offer a unique chance to live in a fresh intown residence while fostering community.