40 Acre Trust Jacksonville
A City Within a City, Built to Last.
A 2,500-acre, self-sustaining master community in Jacksonville, Florida: our own homes, schools, university, factories, farms, bank, power and police. The first of many, from Florida and Georgia to every one of the fifty states.
Our gold. Our land. Our future.
We do not have the same access to capital as white America. So we are building our own.
40 Acre Jacksonville is the first of the 40 Acre Trust's plans to build complete, self-sustaining Black American communities, places where families own their homes, children are educated in our own schools, workers are employed in our own factories, and capital comes from our own bank.
Black Americans are among the largest consumer markets in the country. When that spending power flows through our own grocery stores, fashion houses, exchanges and banks, it builds generational wealth for us and strengthens the American economy for everyone.
We will work hand in hand with nations across Africa: they help us, we help them. Their farms, factories and mines; our distribution, our markets, our communities. Together we build something that lasts.
A 2,500-acre master community.
Jacksonville has the land, the port and the growth to anchor the first community. Every road, every utility line and every building is paid for and built by the Trust: housing, education, innovation and industry, all on one connected campus with a downtown of its own.
Land Use Plan
1,500 Family Homes
Energy-efficient 1,500 sq ft homes with solar options, built for walkability, green space and community. Affordable by design.
A University Planned for 50,000 Students
Lecture halls, student housing, a sports complex and research zones that partner directly with the industries on site.
24/7 Security Command
A 40-acre security and technology center, home of the Sentinel Network, the round-the-clock surveillance system that works hand in hand with our own Police Department.
Industrial Employment Hub
A planned factory complex for up to 2,500 workers in clean, advanced manufacturing, connected to the neighborhoods by EV transit.
400 Acres of Farmland
Smart irrigation and mixed crops feed the community first, supply our grocery stores, and teach farm-to-table skills to the next generation.
Downtown Financial District
Our own bank, exchange, fashion houses, grocery flagship, restaurants and shops: a downtown built to keep our dollars circulating in our community.
We just want to be left alone to build.
The community is planned as private and will run its own essential services. We remain part of Duval County and pay our county taxes, but power, water, waste and policing are ours to provide.
Our Own Power
A community power plant with solar arrays and battery storage across every zone.
Our Own Water
Our own water and wastewater treatment, rainwater harvesting and green plumbing.
Our Own Waste Management
A community-owned waste company, recycling center, composting and landfill.
Our Own Roads
Private roads built and maintained by the Trust, with EV charging and bike-friendly streets.
Our Own Police Department
We police ourselves, with officers from our community, backed by 24/7 technology. Families should never have to fear the ones sworn to keep them safe.
Our Own Food
Farms on site and a supply line from Africa stocking our own grocery shelves.
Our goal: the safest community in America.
Our businesses will lock their doors, but they won't have to worry if they forget. And if anyone tries, they'll get caught.
We plan a city within a city with its own police department, subject to Florida law. Our officers come from our community and answer to our community, and they will work alongside advanced security technology.
every hour, every day
Our Own Police Department
We police ourselves. Officers trained to protect and serve the people they live alongside, so no family has to worry about police killing anybody.
The Sentinel Network
High-tech surveillance covering every entrance, street, business district and public space around the clock, monitored from our own command center.
Technology + Officers, Together
Real-time alerts send officers exactly where they're needed in minutes. Technology sees it; our police respond.
Secure Business District
Every shop, bank and storefront in the Financial District is covered, so owners can focus on building, not guarding.
Our goal: every child who qualifies goes to college, paid for.
Families in the community pay into a shared Community Education Fund. Together, we send our children to school. Our plan is that as long as a student qualifies, the fund pays for their degree, all the way through a master's or doctorate in the fields we need.
- Our own private schools and academies, K–12
- Year-round school, six days a week, never seven
- Short breaks, then right back to learning
- A planned university on site for up to 50,000 students
Bachelor's Degree
Our goal: four years of college covered for every qualifying student.
Master's Degree
Students who go on to six years are covered for all six.
Doctorate & Specialty Fields
Up to seven years for doctoral and professional degrees in specific fields.
Own the bank. Own the shelf. Own the label.
Access to capital is the gap. We close it by owning every link in the chain, from the farm to the bank, the grocery store and the clothes on our backs.
Our Own Bank
We plan to build a bank that says yes to us.
- Home and property loans
- Loans to open and grow businesses
- Capital we've never had access to
Our Own Grocery Chain
A distribution network and grocery stores stocked with goods grown and made by our partners in Africa and our own farms.
- Coffee, cocoa and rice
- Peanuts and peanut butter
- Fresh produce from our farmland
Our Own Fashion Houses
Our designers are among the most talented in the world. We'll build fashion houses to make the clothes we wear.
- Black-owned design houses
- Production in our own factories
- Retail on our own downtown
Our Own Commodity Exchange
Our goal is an exchange where coffee, cocoa, rice and peanuts coming in from Africa can be listed and traded.
Our Own Refineries
Our plan includes a refinery in Senegal and a sister refinery here in the U.S.
Africa grows and makes. America distributes. We all prosper.
What we are building in Africa, starting with agriculture, becomes the supply line for our communities here. Products are made in Africa, shipped home, and sold through our own network.
Grow, Make, Mine
- Farms & agro-processingPeanuts, rice, coffee, cocoa
- FactoriesFinished goods made in Africa
- Mining rightsGold, precious metals, copper, cobalt
Process & Move
- Refinery in SenegalGold and precious metals
- Sister refinery in the U.S.Received, refined, vaulted
- Logistics routesPorts to our distribution centers
Bank, Trade, Sell
- Our bankLending to our families and businesses
- Our distribution centersPorts, warehousing and trucking
- Our grocery storesProducts on our shelves
The Trinity: Senegal, The Gambia and Sierra Leone
Senegal
Agriculture comes first: farming and food production to supply our grocery shelves. Plans for mining and a refinery follow.
The Gambia
Home of 40 Acre Trust Gambia: agro-processing of peanuts, rice and mango into finished goods for export.
Sierra Leone
A partnership in development, part of the same supply line from Africa to America.
Built in Africa. Delivered in America. Jobs here at home.
A U.S. Supply Chain
Farm produce and raw goods from our partners in Senegal, The Gambia and Sierra Leone are planned to come into American ports.
Ports, Warehouses, Trucks
From the port, goods move through warehousing and distribution centers we plan to build and run here in the U.S.
American Grocery Stores
Our goal is to build grocery stores in American communities, stocked through that supply chain, with American workers at every step.
It starts in Florida and Georgia. It ends in all fifty states.
Jacksonville is the master community. Smaller communities follow along our logistics routes, each one connected to the distribution network, the bank and the education fund.
Florida & Georgia
- Jacksonville, Florida (2,500-acre master community)
- Valdosta, Georgia (community)
The Southeast Corridor
- Albany, Georgia
- Macon, Georgia
- Alabama (along our logistics routes)
Coast to Coast
- At least one community in every state
- One network, one bank, one fund
The Valdosta legacy community model.
Our Georgia Legacy Housing Plan takes the Valdosta legacy community framework statewide, outside Atlanta, to bring dignified, affordable housing to working families in underserved Georgia counties.
15 Acres, 105 Homes
Each community covers 15 acres: 85 townhouses and 20 single-family homes, with varied bedroom and garage options.
Amenities
A clubhouse, basketball, tennis and racquetball courts, landscaped green areas and a full-service homeowners association.
Affordable Mortgages
The plan is designed with a 2% subsidized mortgage interest rate to make homeownership affordable for families.
Statewide Scale
1,000 communities across Georgia, about 105,000 homes, supported by federal and state housing grants (such as HUD and USDA), Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and mission-aligned partners.
From vision to groundbreaking.
Secure the Land
Acquire 2,500 contiguous acres in the Jacksonville area.
Survey & Permits
Site survey, zoning, and entitlements for the master plan.
Align Partners
Stakeholders, African partner nations and funding partnerships.
Build
Development roadmap, infrastructure first, then homes and schools.
All Our Links
40 Acre Trust Legacy
Our main site, the page you are on.
40ATC Whitepaper
Read the 40ATC whitepaper (PDF).
40 Acre Trust Senegal
Agriculture first, our first Trinity partner.
40 Acre Trust Gambia
Peanut, rice and mango processing.
40 Acre Trust Sierra Leone
Partnership in development.
40ATC
Learn about 40ATC on its own site.
40 Acre Trust Colombia
Legacy housing plan for Colombia.
40 Acre Trust Nigeria
Jobs, power and skills in Nigeria.
Daymark
A daily safety check-in app.
Seurjamz
Patrick's music.
We're ready to move forward with partners who believe in what we're building.
Landowners, builders, educators, farmers, designers, investors and partner nations, let's talk.
Eric, Executive Assistant, eric@40acretrust.xyz
Patrick Gillum, Founder, patrick@40acretrust.xyz · patrick@40acretrust.com