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Side Hustle Showdown

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💥 Side Hustle Showdown: Main Event

🗓 Juneteenth | One Day Hustle at the Commons

Celebrate freedom, creativity, and community at the Side Hustle Showdown — a youth-powered business pop-up where ideas become action and hustle meets heart. This all-day event brings the energy to a newly activated vacant lot, transforming it into a marketplace of fresh ideas, goods, and services — all run by local youth teams!

📚 A neighborhood book retailer will be on site

🛍️ Foot traffic guaranteed with Juneteenth crowds

💸 Every team will have a booth to sell, serve, or showcase their hustle

🌱 This is part of our long-term vision to reclaim and transform community space

What to Expect:

  • 🔥 Young entrepreneurs running their own mini-businesses
  • 🎤 Live energy, community support, and opportunities to learn from real experience
  • 📈 Each team responsible for setup, signage, pricing, customer service, and making it work!

This isn’t a pitch event — it’s the real deal. Customers are coming. The time is now.

Let’s show the city what our youth can do when they’re given a chance, a challenge, and a crowd.