promoting comprehensive economic community development

Alice Liu Sales at Cones n' Cakes had been flat for months. But that turned around after the owner, Alice Liu, worked with the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), a community-based,economic development corporation located in the Mission District of San Francisco. After working with MEDA, Alice incorporated a coffee shop within her ice-cream business and increased sales by 15% in one month.

MEDA has worked with clients like Alice for more than 30 years. It aims to improve the economic and social conditions in the Mission by providing small, local-serving businesses with business planning assistance; engaging working-class families in financial literacy and personal financial planning; and developing community-wide policies that stimulate appropriate and equitable investment that directly benefits the area’s low-income residents. MEDA is committed to economic justice and maintaining the cultural identity and integrity of the Mission District.