About Us – OneWest

ABOUT

HISTORY

OneWest was formed in 2014 by a diverse group of professionals in Leadership Louisville’s Bingham Fellows program. They believed that the clearest path to economic renaissance in west Louisville is an influx of private, philanthropic, and public capital. It is abundantly clear that Louisville’s continued growth and vitality rests primarily on intentional and focused inclusion of west Louisville. That concept has already worked for large-scale neighborhood revitalizations in Cincinnati and Nashville. Locally, Nulu and the Three Points District of Germantown, Schnitzelberg, and Shelby Park are examples of similar revitalization.

ABOUT ONEWEST

OneWest is intently focused on restoring the visual legacy of the West End and revitalizing the community’s landscape in a way that honors the area’s history. As a community-first and community-focused nonprofit organization we are working with the community through intentional engagement and outreach to build a better Louisville.

Driven by our mission to serve as a driver for the responsible commercial revitalization of West Louisville, we collaborate with West End residents to lead the intentional change necessary to ensure a vibrant and healthy community for years to come, working alongside a diverse network of over 25 community partners.

OUR PILLARS

OUR VISION

Building an inclusive and vibrant West End for all of Louisville to live, shop, work, dine, and play, requires OneWest to act as an ecosystem facilitator from creation of development opportunities to provision of workforce. We are focused on local commercial development that fuels the economic development cycle for all of Louisville, and ultimately, for all of Kentucky.

OUR TEAM

The OneWest team is dedicated to restoring and revitalizing the West End by serving as a connector, a capacity builder, a conduit, and a partner for the nine neighborhoods that comprise West Louisville. Our team is driven daily to innovatively identify ways to uplift our communities and neighborhoods, while empowering our residents to use their voice to incite the change they want to see.

OUR BOARD

The founders of OneWest recruited a dynamic Board of Directors comprised of some of our city’s most influential leaders, including west Louisville residents. This is a highly collaborative organization bringing together public, private, and non-profit partners — a process that is unprecedented. Equally unprecedented is the creation of a community development corporation with an exclusive focus on the built environment in west Louisville. That focus, coupled with our highly engaged and committed board, makes us unique. We are not just ready to get things done, we are able!