Side Hustle Showdown
💥 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.