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Bringing in and keeping money in our local economy while preserving the cultural identity of our community

Welcome to the Hecho en Westwood (formerly the RISE Westwood Collective) website. ​

Hecho en Westwood is a collectively led, organized and operated community group based in Westwood that works to create a community-owned economy. We bring in and keep money in our local economy while helping to preserve the cultural identity of our community.

Hecho en Westwood is made up of three parts, the Hecho en Westwood RNO, the Hecho en Westwood Collective, and the Hecho en Westwood Community Kitchen. 

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Hecho en Westwood RNO

The Hecho en Westwood RNO is a registered neighborhood organization that is building a colloborative partnership network made up of local community members, leaders, small businesses and organizations that collectively work to unify and empower our local community. 

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Hecho en Westwood Collective

The Hecho en Westwood Collective (formerly the RISE Westwood Collective) is a resource sharing network of Latinx/BIPOC owned food-based businesses, artists, and artisans that are predominantly based in Westwood. 

Established in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hecho en Westwood Collective began as an online marketplace that created an accessible and afforable platfrom for small businesses to operate. 

Today the Collective operates as part of Hecho en Westwood to colloboratively organize culturally relevant, community focused events that help create economic opportunities for our collective partners while uplifting the cultural roots of our local community.

HW Collective

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Hecho en Westwood
​Community Kitchen

The Hecho en Westwood Community Kitchen was established in 2022 in order to help create affordable and accessible commercial kitchen space for our collective partners and local community. 

In colloboration with other community partners, we are createing an incubator community kitchen that works directly with our local community and collective partners to provide them with the tools and resources they need to launch their food based business. 

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