Achieving financial independence & ecological health one community at a time

MAPLE Oregon, based in Eugene, Oregon, is dedicated to working alongside very low-income communities to financially strengthen and empower them to actualize self-governance and achieve economic long-term sustainability.

We are currently working at Emerald Village Eugene (EVE), a low-income 30-person tiny house cooperative located in Eugene’s Whiteaker Neighborhood.  EVE is one of three current communities under the umbrella of the non-profit, SquareOne Villages (SOV) of Eugene, Oregon.  SOV’s focus is to design and construct low-income tiny house villages, and they have partnered with us, MAPLE Microdevelopment, to work directly with residents to ensure they can afford to continue to live there so they never become homeless again.  

In accordance with our mission for all MAPLE branches, we learn pathways for resilience from community members, design and establish community-managed savings and loan associations, and start micro-businesses to strengthen the community financially, culturally, and ecologically.

Learn more about the EVE housing cooperative at: https://www.squareonevillages.org/emerald 

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