For over a decade, the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub was central Arkansas's home for hands-on learning, making, and creating. When the Hub closed its doors in December 2025, the community refused to let it disappear.St. Joseph Center of Arkansas (SJCA) is leading the effort to bring the Hub back — this time as a community-owned cooperative in North Little Rock's Argenta Arts District. The relaunched Hub will expand beyond traditional STEAM education to include agriculture and arts programming, creating a one-of-a-kind space where makers, artists, farmers, and entrepreneurs learn and grow side by side.Programming will include fabrication and digital design, woodworking, electronics, 3D printing, glasswork, pottery, screen printing, agricultural entrepreneurship training, and youth STEAM education serving homeschool families and school districts across the region.The cooperative model ensures the Hub belongs to the community it serves — built by us, owned by us, and sustained by us.Your donation goes directly toward securing a permanent facility for the Hub. Every dollar brings us closer to reopening the doors and putting tools, equipment, and opportunity back in the hands of central Arkansans.Help us save the Hub. Help us build something that lasts.

Lettuce Grow Sponsorships help St Joseph Center rebuild and relocate our working farm after the fire, so we can keep fields planted, classes running, and neighbors gathering. 🌱By sponsoring, you support:Local farmers and gardeners to grow fresh food and increase access for the community 🥕Hands-on education for students, families, community groups and new urban farmersCreating spaces where folks can gather in community.Choose a sponsorship level that fits your capacity and help this community farm take root again.