“The story of The Enterprise Foundation starts with a little church in Washington, D.C., that wanted to do something about housing for the poor. It is the story of an unassuming man who would revolutionize the way America thinks about urban neighborhoods and the people who live there. And it is the story of how a leap of faith eventually would change the lives of hundreds of thousands of low-income people across the country. In addition to being a successful real estate developer, Jim Rouse was a man of enormous skill and endless compassion. When he learned of a mission group from the Church of the Saviour in Washington, D.C., and their success in turning an abandoned storefront into the Potter’s House coffee house, it opened a new chapter in his life.“