William Leaver's Prosperity Sharing

Lever family owned a prosperous grocery company. Young william cut his teeth working in the business. In 18 86, he convinced his brother james to start a stand alone soap company. By 18 87, sunlight soap was such a success leaver brothers had to build a bigger manufacturing facility. Leaver didn't want his company town to look like a company town of cooki cutter houses. Instead, he hired 30 architects, assigning each to a different block. Every house was uniquely designed. He called it prosperity sharing - where he would invest the profits of the company back into the town and create a livable community.