As an economic development organization focused on helping people start businesses and buy homes, Community Ventures has long been committed to helping connect Kentuckians with the tools and resources they need to thrive. Often taking an outside-the-box approach to its mission, the organization has overseen the launch of several unique and creative economic development projects in central Kentucky, including ChefSpace, a Louisville-based kitchen incubator that helps burgeoning culinary entrepreneurs get their footing; Mustard Seed Hill, a restored former military boarding school in Millersburg, Kentucky, that now serves as a private school, event space and economic development hub; and The Met, a 75,000-square-foot mixed-use facility in Lexington’s East End, designed to bring economic resources and rejuvenation to that area.