The Build Up is a monthly showcase of musicians, performers and visual artists that also features local catered cuisine and craft cocktails. We were able to create income for entertainment and food industry workers at a time when opportunity was limited by pandemic fallout. In this way we created space for people to safely socialize when our community expressed a need for healing through fellowship. Having Started during a time of uncertainty we created sustainable programing that has proving to be a reliable grassroots that will be rooted in our the community for years come.