Black entrepreneur paves the way for Greenville growth
“We come in with the idea of ‘What can we do to make it better?'” Realtor and home builder Elonda Sherman says
Updated: 6:14 AM EST Feb 25, 2022
FOLLOW IN THE FUTURE. CAROL: IN TONIGHT’S PROJECT COMMUNITY BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT A GREENVILLE REALTOR , WHO IS BUILDING A BRIGERHT FUTURE NOT JUST FOR HER FAMILY, , BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY SHE AND HER HUSBAND GREW UP LOVING. CHS:RI RENEE WUNDERLICH JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT WITH A CLOSER LOOK. REE?NE RENEE: NIGEL, CAROL, NEW CONSTRUCTION IS EVERYWHERE HERE IN GREENVILLE. THIS BLACK ENTREPRENEUR SHARES WITH ME THE IMPORTANCE, SHE SAYS, OF NOT JUST HOMEOWNERSHIP, BUT BUILDING WEALTH. ELONDA SHERMAN DOESN’T JUST SELL HOUSES. >> I AM A REALATOR, AND I’VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER 28 YEARS. AND I AM A CUSTOM HOME BUILDER. RENEE: SHE AND HER HUSBAND, JOHN, CRAFT HIGH-END, SPECIALLY -DESIGNED SPACES LIKE THIONS E IN GREENVILLE. >> TO SEE SOMETHING FROM THE OLD LIFE AND BE ABLE TO ADD AN ASSET TO IT AND TO BEAUTIFY THE STREETS THAT WE WALKED AND GREW UP ON. RENEE: IT’S ONE WAY SHE USES HER TALENTS TO BUILD AND ENCOURAGE GENERATIONAL WEAH.LT >> THROUGH INVESTING, THROUGH HOME OWNERSHIP, AND TURNING THE TRAJECTORY, IF YOU WOULD, OF TIME. TO SEE OUR FAMILIES BE IAN POSITION WHERE, BEFORE, OUR ANCESTORS NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNYIT TO DO. RENEE: GREENVILLE HAS SEEN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS GENTRIFIED. BEING A BLACK ENTREPRENEUR BUILDING IN COMMUNITIEOFS COLOR, ELONDA HOPES TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN HER HOMETOWN. >> WE ALWAYS WANT STOET EVERYBODY UP FOR A WIN-W,IN BECAUSE WHEN WE’RE ALL WINNING, MY GOODNESS, WHAT A BETTER WORLD, RIGHT? WHEN WE’RE AGAINST ANOTHER COMPANY, OR WHENE’ ’RE AGAIN ANOTHER RACE, OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS, THERE’S NO GOOD TO THAT. AND SO, FOR US, WHEN WE COME INTO A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, WE COME IN THE IDEA OF “WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT BETTER?” RENEE: THAHOT ME YOU SAW
Black entrepreneur paves the way for Greenville growth
“We come in with the idea of ‘What can we do to make it better?'” Realtor and home builder Elonda Sherman says
Updated: 6:14 AM EST Feb 25, 2022
Elonda Sherman doesn’t just sell houses. She and her husband, John, craft high-end, specially designed spaces in Greenville. “To see something from the old life and be able to add an asset to it and to beautify the streets that we walked and grew up on,” Sherman said. It’s one way she uses her talents to build and encourage generational wealth. “Through investing, through homeownership, and turning the trajectory, if you would, of time,” Sherman said. “To see our families be in a position where, before, our ancestors never had the opportunity to even think that they would have the opportunity to do.”Greenville has seen several neighborhoods gentrified. Being a Black entrepreneur building in communities of color, Sherman hopes to have a positive impact in her hometown.”We always want to set everybody up for a win-win, because when we’re all winning, my goodness — what a better world, right? When we’re against another company, or when we’re against another race or anything like this — there’s no good to that,” Sherman said. “And so, for us, when we come into a community like this, we come in with the idea of ‘What can we do to make it better?'”
Elonda Sherman doesn’t just sell houses. She and her husband, John, craft high-end, specially designed spaces in Greenville.
“To see something from the old life and be able to add an asset to it and to beautify the streets that we walked and grew up on,” Sherman said.
It’s one way she uses her talents to build and encourage generational wealth.
“Through investing, through homeownership, and turning the trajectory, if you would, of time,” Sherman said. “To see our families be in a position where, before, our ancestors never had the opportunity to even think that they would have the opportunity to do.”
Greenville has seen several neighborhoods gentrified.
Being a Black entrepreneur building in communities of color, Sherman hopes to have a positive impact in her hometown.
“We always want to set everybody up for a win-win, because when we’re all winning, my goodness — what a better world, right? When we’re against another company, or when we’re against another race or anything like this — there’s no good to that,” Sherman said. “And so, for us, when we come into a community like this, we come in with the idea of ‘What can we do to make it better?'”
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