Fourth Friday Conversation: Housing Policy Solutions
Join us for a conversation with our SC legislators focused on advancing housing solutions that increase access to stable housing for more South Carolinians.
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Join us for a conversation with our SC legislators focused on advancing housing solutions that increase access to stable housing for more South Carolinians.
Enjoy small plates and tastings from Village Launch chef entrepreneurs! The event also includes wine pairings, craft cocktails and musical entertainment from Devon Scott! PLUS receive a locally-curated gift from Village Launch Entrepreneur graduates! Finish the evening with a live auction to support the Village Launch program.
Join us for this exclusive event at 6:30 pm on Thursday, February 26th at Seratonic Venue & Lounge!
Each ticket is $175 and directly supports Village Launch's mission to equip underestimated entrepreneurs with training, mentorship, and access to resources ($75 of every registration is tax-deductible).
Register for Village Ignite today!
Lunch & Learn Cooking Workshop (Kids Welcome!)
This interactive cooking workshop is designed for adults and children to learn side by side. We’ll cover age-appropriate kitchen skills, nutrition basics, and simple recipes—ending with a shared lunch everyone helped create.
What will you get?
Kitchen Tools & Apron
Recipe Book
Interactive Cooking Experience
Lunch & Learn
21 February, 2026
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
1186 Pendleton St., Greenville, SC 29611 (Green Cottage Kitchen)
Join us for an exciting Volunteer Social!
At the heart of our mission are the dedicated individuals who give their time and labor to strengthen our community. Whether you've been volunteering with us for years or you're looking for a good place to start, we'd love to see you!
We'll enjoy a light dinner and s’mores, and engage with our various enterprises. We have so many different opportunities for volunteers to engage with our community, from a Village Wrench Bike Build, to letter writing campaigns with Village Engage, youth mentorship programs through Propel and FoodShare packing and delivery driving. Come to our Social to celebrate our collective impact and connect with neighbors who care about making a difference.
RSVP today! We can’t wait to see you!
Join us for our Village Launch Market, in partnership with the Village of West Greenville’s Holiday Market!
Shop from 30+ Village Launch vendors and local small businesses, and get in the holiday spirit with free photos with Santa, a s’mores-making station, music from The Darrin Jackson Encounter, children’s crafts, Christmas tree shopping, and so much more!
PLUS, Village Launch Alumni are invited to a special Alumni Reunion at the Market! Connect with other small business owners and Alumni, and learn about upcoming networking opportunities in the new year.
Join us as we celebrate 35 graduates of Village Launch’s Business Entrepreneur Academy! This cohort includes two classes of brand-new businesses and one class of existing businesses, each entrepreneur has completed our intensive, community-powered program designed to turn ideas into thriving ventures.
Our guest speaker is John Gaillard, a long-time mentor and friend of Village Launch who has helped entrepreneurs gain clarity, strategy, and success for decades. Come cheer on these founders and connect with Greenville’s small-business community!
Who Should Attend: Family, friends, mentors, partners, alumni, funders, and supporters of local entrepreneurship. The community is warmly invited.
Doors open at 5:30pm.
Bring the whole crew for a family-friendly spin on Yam Jam, sponsored by Duke Energy!
Help pack sweet potatoes for families in need! PLUS enjoy kids’ garden & cooking demos, shop at the Village Launch Market, & jam to the Jamie Wright Band!
Join us to celebrate the Grand Opening of our new hub!
We’ll have building tours, giveaways, live music, food trucks, a youth poetry slam, Village Launch Market, & much more!
Featuring special appearances from poet Moody Black, a cooking demonstration from Food Network star Chef Stephan Baity, Greenville Drive’s Reedy Rip’it, live performance by Xperience Soul, special presentation by the Phenomenal Ligerette Dance Team, and so much more! You won’t want to miss this!
1186 Pendleton St, Greenville, SC 29611
Join us for our FoodShare Volunteer Delivery Driver Orientation!
As a volunteer driver, you’re not just dropping off boxes; you’re delivering hope, connection, and nourishment right to the doorsteps of your neighbors. In just a couple of hours, you can touch dozens of lives and become a vital part of a growing movement for food justice in Greenville. Every FoodShare box you deliver does more than provide fresh produce — it eases the burden of food insecurity, strengthens community health, and brings joy to families.
Deliveries are simple and flexible — routes take just 1–2 hours, and we provide everything you need to make the process smooth and stress-free.
Interested in becoming FoodShare Volunteer Delivery Driver? Register for our Orientation!
Join us for an unforgettable Tour de France-themed evening in the Blue Ridge Mountains! All supporting Village Wrench’s community bike shop and youth program, Village Quench will feature a 6+ course dinner, wine pairings, craft cocktails, and more. Get your tickets here!
Our monthly free bike repair events are all across Greenville County and ensure that all have access to bike maintenance and safe riding. They are a great opportunity to build relationships with your neighbors, turn a wrench, do crafts with kids, or serve up a doughnut or hot dog. Choose a neighborhood closest to you and contact the site lead to getting in on your bike repair service!
Join us for a virtual info session to learn how you can get involved with Mill Village. Whether you're passionate about healthy food, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, or cycling, there's a place for you here! Current volunteer opportunities.
The Village Launch Market fueled by Fluor is a monthly market for minority and women-owned entrepreneurs to sell their products to the West Greenville neighborhood. MORE INFO!
Our monthly free bike repair events are all across Greenville County and ensure that all have access to bike maintenance and safe riding. They are a great opportunity to build relationships with your neighbors, turn a wrench, do crafts with kids, or serve up a doughnut or hot dog. Choose a neighborhood closest to you and contact the site lead to getting in on your bike repair service!
Village Launch’s Business Entrepreneur Academy (BEA) is a 10-week, cohort-based program that equips entrepreneurs of all backgrounds with the insights, relationships, and tools needed to turn ideas into action. Join these entrepreneurs at their BEA graduation, celebrating a major step in building or expanding their business!
Long Branch Baptist Church
28 Bolt St, Greenville, SC 29605
The Village Launch Market fueled by Fluor is a monthly market for minority and women-owned entrepreneurs to sell their products to the West Greenville neighborhood. MORE INFO!
Our monthly free bike repair events are all across Greenville County and ensure that all have access to bike maintenance and safe riding. They are a great opportunity to build relationships with your neighbors, turn a wrench, do crafts with kids, or serve up a doughnut or hot dog. Choose a neighborhood closest to you and contact the site lead to getting in on your bike repair service!
Join us this month for a conversation about creating change with financial professionals, JustFaith Grads and local change makers on how you can buy, give & invest with intention.
Join us for a timely lunch & learn series at Mill Village Ministries Office on Pendleton Street in Greenville, SC. Our Friday Conversations are an opportunity to come together and discuss important topics related to justice and equity. This year's conversations will focus on finding common ground and taking courageous action against injustice. Whether you're a seasoned advocate or you want to become informed about these issues, this series is for you! We'll have engaging speakers, interactive discussions, and a chance to connect with others. Don't miss out on this chance to explore the intersection of faith and justice in an inclusive environment. Mark your calendars and join us for Fourth Friday Conversations!
The Village Launch Market fueled by Fluor is a monthly market for minority and women-owned entrepreneurs to sell their products to the West Greenville neighborhood. MORE INFO!
Our monthly free bike repair events are all across Greenville County and ensure that all have access to bike maintenance and safe riding. They are a great opportunity to build relationships with your neighbors, turn a wrench, do crafts with kids, or serve up a doughnut or hot dog. Choose a neighborhood closest to you and contact the site lead to getting in on your bike repair service!
Our monthly free bike repair events are all across Greenville County and ensure that all have access to bike maintenance and safe riding. They are a great opportunity to build relationships with your neighbors, turn a wrench, do crafts with kids, or serve up a hot dog. Choose a neighborhood closest to you and contact the site lead to getting in on your bike repair service!
Join us in person or via Zoom for a discussion about the history of racial displacement in Greenville and opportunities to address this issue.
This Fourth Friday Conversations was rescheduled after Hurricane Helene. We will dive further into a topic discussed during our first Faith & Justice Forum: Economic Liberation for All. For Village Engage, economic liberation involves reducing barriers that hinder access to resources, opportunities, and economic decision-making. '
Save the Date for Village Launch’s Third Annual Village Ignite on February 20, 2025.
Join us for an party along the Reedy River to support minority and female entrepreneurs! The culinary line-up includes plated courses from Table301 and featured tastings from Village Launch Entrepreneurs. Each ticket includes a five-course meal. wine pairings, craft cocktail from Vicario, musical entertainment, a live auction, and more!
Join us for this exclusive event at 6:30 pm on Thursday, February 20th at Genevieve's at the Peace Center!
Each ticket is $175 and directly supports Village Launch's mission to equip underestimated entrepreneurs with training, mentorship, and access to resources ($75 of every registration is tax-deductible).
More in Common is a nonpartisan nonprofit research and civic organization working to understand the forces driving us apart, find common ground, and bring people together to address our shared challenges. They conduct unique opinion research, grounded in social psychology, to better understand the complexities and nuances of Americans’ perspectives. They seek to understand not just what Americans think and why.
Senior Associate Julia Coffin and Research Associate Coco Xu will share key finding from More in Common's report, Promising Revelations: Undoing the False Impressions of America's Faithful and we will hear about the critical role that faith leaders can play in healing divides.
Meet us at the Mill Village Ministries Hub to hear about each of our social enterprises and how you can get involved volunteering right away. Light refreshments will be provided.
Our monthly free bike repair events are all across Greenville County and ensure that all have access to bike maintenance and safe riding. They are a great opportunity to build relationships with your neighbors, turn a wrench, do crafts with kids, or serve up a hot dog. Choose a neighborhood closest to you and contact the site lead to getting in on your bike repair service!
Village Launch’s Business Entrepreneur Academy (BEA) is a 10-week, cohort-based program that equips entrepreneurs of all backgrounds with the insights, relationships, and tools needed to turn ideas into action. Join these entrepreneurs at their BEA graduation, celebrating a major step in building or expanding their business! Doors open at 5:30p with featured entrepreneur tables, program begins at 6p!
Location: Long Branch Baptist Church
The Village Launch Market is a monthly market for minority and women-owned entrepreneurs to sell their products to the West Greenville neighborhood. The December market will feature photos with Santa, 20+ vendors, food trucks, live music, family-friendly activities, and more! MORE INFO!
Our monthly free bike repair events are all across Greenville County and ensure that all have access to bike maintenance and safe riding. They are a great opportunity to build relationships with your neighbors, turn a wrench, do crafts with kids, or serve up a hot dog. Choose a neighborhood closest to you and contact the site lead to getting in on your bike repair service!
Join the whole Greenville community as we come together at one long table over the Main Street bridge to celebrate diversity and inclusion, to share a meal and a conversation. Gratefull GVL is not a handout; it is a handshake. It is a way for us to connect to our friends, neighbors and co-workers, across all socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural segments.