OUR APPROACH
We bring resources and initiatives together around a more resilient economy.
We coordinate capital, knowledge, and relationships around the work already underway, structured around watersheds, supply chains, and community ties. And we prioritize the infrastructure that keeps value rooted in the region.
REGIONAL FOCUS
The Bioregion
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the eastern Piedmont, embracing a regional approach to economic change.
TRANSITION PATHWAYS
Routes to economic change
Circular materials, regenerative food and land, resilient housing, and community health. Working towards outcomes that build on and reinforce each other.
POLY-CAPITAL
Support systems
Capital, knowledge, technical help, and relationships – in the right combinations and order that they're needed.
TRANSITION PATHWAYS
Routes to a stronger future.
Our focus areas act more like pathways, each with unique contexts, challenges, existing momentum, and a theory of change. These pathways were chosen as critical starting points following community input.
Circular Materials & Industry
Keeping materials in use and value in the region.
Regenerative Food, Forestry & Land
Food, land, and water systems that heal as they produce.
Stable, Secure & Affordable Living
Housing and the conditions for people to stay and thrive.
Health, Community Resilience & Prosperity
The shared wellbeing that holds a region together.
Initiators & Partners
RECENT INSIGHTS
Shared knowledge from and for the region
Research, summaries of community gatherings, signals from the broader field, spotlight initiatives, and other announcements.
Spotlight
A Signal from the Field: Using Real Estate Hubs for Regional Resilience
June 10, 2026
Our first Signal points to BioHubs: A Pathway to Regional Resilience, a new paper co-written by our partner Metabolic. It offers a grounded model for anyone planning a real estate development that could anchor regional transformation, not just its own footprint.
