The Small Business Anti-Displacement Network is made up of organizations across the U.S. and abroad that work to prevent displacement of BIPOC- and immigrant-owned small businesses in gentrifying neighborhoods.
Housed at the University of Maryland’s National Center for Smart Growth, SBAN includes policymakers, nonprofit advocates, technical assistance providers, real estate developers, financial institutions, scholars, and small business owners, who share knowledge and collaborate to advance innovative policies and practices that keep small businesses in place.
We work to ensure that small business owners, workers, and residents benefit from new neighborhood investments so they can build greater financial health, wealth, and long-term stability.
What is Gentrification? How Does it Affect Small Businesses?
Watch our video to learn more about gentrification, what it looks like, and how it impacts communities and their small businesses.
Small businesses are a vital part of economically healthy, socially vibrant, and environmentally sustainable communities.
They are also highly vulnerable to displacement and financial stress when neighborhoods gentrify. BIPOC- and immigrant-owned businesses are particularly at risk. COVID-19 and the resulting economic collapse have further exposed and heightened these vulnerabilities.
The Small Business Anti-Displacement Network provides small business leaders with the tools and capacity to help businesses stay in place.
