The Business Pledge · 2026 Founding Class

We invest in the neighborhoods
we do business in.

Business owners across every neighborhood we serve are coming together to build the human infrastructure layer that protects the neighborhoods we do business in. Property values. Safety. Cleanliness. Community. We handle every service in your name. You get the credit. Your neighborhood gets the results.

A new category of service
The human infrastructure layer that supports your business neighborhood — in a way that has never been done before.
Property value protection
A well-maintained, actively monitored commercial street retains and grows its property value. Neglect compounds. Investment compounds. The businesses that commit to their neighborhood early protect what they have built — and increase what it is worth.
Neighborhood health and safety
Clean streets attract customers. Safe overnight environments reduce incidents and insurance exposure. A neighborhood that is cared for signals to every person who walks through it that the businesses here are invested in the community — and worth returning to.
The layer no one else provides
City services handle roads and emergency response. No existing service takes ownership of an entire commercial street, monitors it overnight, and delivers that work in the name of the businesses who fund it. That is what NVP+ does. That is what has never been done before.
"The city maintains the roads. Who maintains the neighborhood your business does business in?"
Neighborhood Value Plus™
What this is

Owner to owner.
Business to neighborhood.

This is not advertising. This is a monthly commitment from business owners who understand that the health of their neighborhood is the health of their business — and that someone has to show up and do the work.

The whole street. Not just your door.
We clean the entire street you do business on. Every visit is photo-documented. Your business gets the credit for keeping this neighborhood clean.
Overnight. When nobody else is watching.
We check your building between 2 and 3am — every night. You wake up to a photo of your storefront and a message: your business is safe.
You find out first if something is wrong.
Broken window. Graffiti. Suspicious activity. We contact you immediately — with photo, time, and next steps — before you arrive to open.
A documented record of your investment.
Every cleanup and overnight check is timestamped and logged in a monthly report sent directly to you.
Your business in the NVP+ platform.
Listed in the Neighborhood Value Plus™ app — visible to every subscriber in your neighborhood. Your business becomes part of the neighborhood infrastructure.
Services run in your name.
Every service we deliver is attributed to your business in the neighborhood. The street improves. The community sees who made it happen.
The pledge

Two levels of commitment.
One shared purpose.

Every business — regardless of size or revenue — begins at the same level. What you invest is your choice. What you build over time is your legacy.

$50/month
Clean Street Partner
Full street cleanup — the entire stretch you do business on
Before and after photo documentation every visit
Services delivered in your business's name
NVP+ business directory listing
Founding class status — permanent
Monthly neighborhood impact report
Bronze Neighborhood Contributor recognition — within 2 weeks
Full coverage
$100/month
Guardian Safety Partner
Everything in Clean Street Partner, plus:
Personal 2 to 3am overnight safety check of your building
Your business is safe — photo sent every morning
Immediate alert if anything is wrong before you open
Priority first placement in NVP+ business directory
Weekly safety summary with full documentation
Bronze Neighborhood Contributor recognition — within 2 weeks
"We handle it. You get the credit. The neighborhood sees which businesses showed up — and which ones did not."
Wendell Wallace III — Founder, Neighborhood Value Plus™
How the neighborhood unlocks

Your pledge funds your own street immediately.
Enough pledges fund the whole neighborhood.

Every neighborhood tracks its own pledge count against its own unlock threshold — scaled to that neighborhood's actual business population, not a fixed number that's the same everywhere.

Neighborhood unlock threshold
Threshold = a percentage of that neighborhood's total business count — never a flat number across neighborhoods.
Recalculated automatically the instant any business pledges or cancels. Smaller neighborhoods unlock faster — a neighborhood with fewer total businesses needs fewer pledges to reach its percentage.
Scales with size
A neighborhood with fewer total businesses needs fewer pledges to reach its percentage — the bar moves with the neighborhood, not against it.
Real-time
A pledge or cancellation updates that neighborhood's progress bar immediately on the public contributor wall.
Per-neighborhood
Every neighborhood's threshold is its own — a large commercial district and a small residential neighborhood are never held to the same number.
A second, separate threshold — neighborhood security

Street cleanup and Guardian Safety's individual overnight building checks unlock on the threshold above. Scheduled overnight security patrols for the whole neighborhood are a separate, higher bar — tracked only against businesses on the Guardian Safety Partner tier, not the combined pledge count.

Security patrol threshold
Security threshold = a higher percentage of that neighborhood's total business count — calculated only from Guardian Safety Partner pledges.
Set higher than the base unlock threshold because scheduled patrol nights require more committed buy-in than cleanup or individual safety checks. Once crossed, the neighborhood unlocks scheduled overnight security patrols — for example, Friday and Saturday night coverage across the area. Exact percentage is being finalized in R&D.
Before neighborhood unlock
Cleanup limited to pledging businesses' own streets. Overnight safety checks limited to Guardian Safety Partner addresses.
After neighborhood unlock
Full-neighborhood coverage — every resident and every business, whether they pledged or not. Pledging businesses keep their guaranteed individual service and tier recognition.
The recognition program

Every business starts at the same level.
Every year, your recognition grows.

Recognition is earned by years — not by how much you invest or how large your business is. Choose your track below to see how your sign evolves from Bronze to Diamond.

Bronze
Your Business
Year 1 · Est. 2026
Clean Street Partner
Year 1
Bronze Neighborhood Contributor
Your pledge is active. Within 2 weeks your business receives a window recognition display with a QR code linking to the live contributor wall.
Silver
Your Business
Year 2 · Est. 2026
Clean Street Partner
Year 2
Silver Neighborhood Contributor
One full year of investment in your neighborhood. Your window display is replaced with a weather-resistant exterior sign.
Gold
Your Business
Year 3 · Est. 2026
Clean Street Partner
Year 3
Gold Neighborhood Contributor
Two years of documented investment in this street. Your recognition upgrades to a brushed aluminum wall placard.
Platinum
Your Business
Year 4 · Est. 2026
Clean Street Partner
Year 4
Platinum Neighborhood Contributor
Three years of consistent, documented investment. Your business earns an engraved metal plaque.
Diamond
Your Business
Year 5 · Est. 2026
Clean Street Partner
Year 5
Diamond Neighborhood Anchor
Four years of uninterrupted commitment. A solid brass plaque, permanently installed, and a place on the national impact board.
The principle
Every business in the founding class starts the clock at the same moment.
Recognition is earned by years, not dollars
A Clean Street Partner and a Guardian Safety Partner earn identical recognition at every milestone. Longevity is what gets recognized. Investment level does not determine legacy.
The founding class advances together
Every business that joins during this pilot begins Year 1 simultaneously. In year five, the entire founding class reaches Diamond Neighborhood Anchor together — same neighborhoods, same timeline, same recognition. There is no catching up later. This is the beginning.
Your recognition grows as NVP+ grows
Each year NVP+ expands to new neighborhoods, cities, and states, the Diamond Neighborhood Anchor designation carries more weight. The businesses that were here first become the standard every neighborhood that joins after is measured against.
The plaque is permanent. The work already happened.
From Gold onward, the placard or plaque remains on the building as a record of what was built here — not just what is being paid today. The neighborhood remembers who showed up.
Founding contributors

Businesses that have committed

NV
Neighborhood Value Plus™
Portland, Oregon · Technology & Community Platform · Founding member
Founding Partner
TF
Tre·Fin Day Boat Seafood
Ilwaco, Washington · Day boat seafood · Founding member
Founding Partner
TT
Taste Test
Portland, Oregon · Founding member
Founding Partner
DH
Divine Huntings
Portland, Oregon · Founding member
Founding Partner
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Our story

Three generations of community.
One operating system.

In the 1960s, Rev. Wendell Wallace Sr. led a congregation in Portland's inner city that united neighbors across every divide at a time when almost no institution in America did. His wife Leona spent two decades as a community agent — counseling young people, carrying groceries to neighbors in need, raising ten children. Portland called her Granny. She passed on July 4, 2024, at 92.

"I did not build this platform to sell something. I built it to continue what my grandparents started — with better tools. The method changed. The mission never did."
Wendell Wallace III — Founder, Neighborhood Value Plus™
Neighborhood Value Plus™
America's First Neighborhood Operating System · Est. 2024
Questions? Contact Wendell directly — (503) 878-8884 · wendellwallace@neighborhoodvalueplus.com
Neighborhood Value Plus™ and NVP+™ are trademarks of Neighborhood Value Plus LLC. Services are delivered by Neighborhood Value Plus™ on behalf of pledging businesses. NVP+ does not guarantee specific outcomes. Cancel anytime. This pilot is limited to 25 founding business partners. © 2026 Neighborhood Value Plus LLC