The $3,500 Gamble: How a Young Lawyer’s “Crazy” Idea Sparked a $20 Billion Community Revolution

Picture this:  A young lawyer with $3,500 from a church committee and an audacious dream to fix what seemed unfixable—the fact that when development projects failed in low-income communities, they left “a hole in the ground for the next 30 years.”That lawyer was Elyse Cherry, and today she’s the CEO of BlueHub Capital, having turned that modest start into a staggering $20 billion in community transformation across 42 states. But here’s what makes her story remarkable: she’s never forgotten that first lesson about standing “at the intersection of downtown and community.”You’ll hear how BlueHub’s game-changing SUN initiative has prevented nearly 1,250 foreclosures while injecting $67 million back into communities.It’s Elyse Cherry on The Business of Giving.