Good Work Network fosters the endeavors of local minority-owned and women-owned businesses. The non-profit’s most recent investment is Roux Carré, an open-air food court on the blossoming Oretha Castle Haley commercial corridor.

Opened during the first week of December, Roux Carré features a central outdoor dining area surrounded on four sides by brightly colored food stalls, which at first appear to be repurposed shipping containers connected like Legos. Each vendor sells and serves their...