Basic Needs for Health & Safety
Housing, food, and safety that support stability.
Professionally developed. Community rooted.
Where you live should expand what’s possible.
LaunchPad Collective is developing mixed-use communities that connect attainable housing with education, entrepreneurship, workforce pathways, health, and economic mobility.
Housing·Education·Employment·Entrepreneurship·Health·Childcare·Belonging
The LaunchPad Model
A multi-solver approach to community development.
Attainable housing
Stable homes that create the foundation for opportunity.
Economic mobility
Education, workforce pathways, and entrepreneurship connected to where people live.
Vital conditions
Health, childcare, belonging, and community infrastructure designed together.
"LaunchPad is designed to make the conditions for mobility more accessible, connected, and durable."
Economic Mobility Pathway
A connected pathway, not a single program.
LaunchPad links the conditions people need to move forward.
1
Stable housing
A secure place to live creates the base for everything else.
2
Learning and skills
Education and training connect residents to opportunity.
3
Work and enterprise
Paid work experience and entrepreneurship build momentum.
The Full Picture
Why LaunchPad. How it works. What it builds.
LaunchPad is a community-rooted development model designed to address the interconnected conditions that shape economic mobility — housing, employment, education, childcare, health, and belonging — in one place.
LaunchPad Baseline
48 attainable homes, ~6,000 sq ft of commercial space, a commercial kitchen, solar, and a complete mobility plan — in San Bernardino, CA.
Learn moreEmployment Social Enterprise
A nonprofit-operated business centered on a commercial kitchen, designed to create paid work experience, certifications, and pathways to employment or entrepreneurship.
Learn moreThe Collective & Partners
LaunchPad is built by a collective of professionals across real estate, education, healthcare, workforce, childcare, food systems, and entrepreneurship.
Learn moreFutureSB2050
LaunchPad Baseline is designed as an early demonstration of the aspirations San Bernardino has expressed through FutureSB2050 and its General Plan.
Learn moreReplicating the Model
LaunchPad is designed as an emerging model for adaptation by nonprofits, agencies, and mission-driven developers elsewhere.
Learn moreSeven Vital Conditions
The conditions that help people thrive.
LaunchPad is designed around the conditions that shape well-being and economic mobility.
Lifelong Learning
Education and skills that open pathways.
Meaningful Work & Wealth
Employment and entrepreneurship that build security.
Humane Housing
Attainable homes connected to opportunity.
Reliable Transportation
Mobility that connects people to work, school, and care.
Belonging & Civic Muscle
Relationships, voice, and shared community power.
Thriving Natural World
Healthy environments that support daily life.
LaunchPad brings these conditions together in one community-rooted development model.
Learn about the Seven Vital ConditionsThe Collective
Built with partners across the conditions that matter.
LaunchPad brings together organizations working across education, healthcare, youth development, community services, and economic mobility.
San Bernardino Community College District
Asociación de Emprendedores (AdE)
YMCA of the East Valley
RPYA
2020 Vision Youth
California University of Science and Medicine
With Open Arms
CCHSB
Latinos Transformando Latinos
Thinkwise Credit Union
Who We Serve
Designed with community in mind.
LaunchPad is built for people and families seeking stability, opportunity, and connection.
Residents
People seeking attainable housing and pathways to opportunity.
Families
Families building stability across generations.
Community partners
Organizations advancing shared outcomes together.
Future communities
Places adapting the model to local needs.
Support LaunchPad
Help build community-rooted development that expands what’s possible.
Make a DonationFor Funders & Partners
Build the conditions for mobility.
LaunchPad is seeking aligned capital and partners to bring the Baseline project to life.
2026 Candid Gold Seal of TransparencyConnect with Us
We’d love to hear from you.
"We are not asking young people to leave their communities to find opportunity. We are changing the conditions of their communities so opportunity can exist at home."
LaunchPad Collective
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