GET INVOLVED

Building our economy together.

At various points throughout the year, our team gathers in rooms with people doing this work. When we gather near you, or about the work you care about, we want you there. Tell us about yourself so we can let you know about future gatherings.

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HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Four different ways of engaging

This work takes many of us joining together to create the type of transition we are looking to make in the region. We have four different options on how you can engage with us.

Grow your work

You are building or managing an initiative that makes this region stronger and could use support.

Support for initiatives

Share your knowledge

You have experience you'd like to share to shape our approach, or to help existing organizations.

Knowledge partners

Fund the work

You fund, lend, or invest, and you are interested in funding or co-orchestrating capital.

Funding this work

Follow the work

You want to follow along through our newsletter, insights, or invites to our open events.

Stay in the loop

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

An invitation to engage.

We convene for different reasons and in different ways. Sometimes by transition pathway and theme, sometimes by location in the region, and sometimes across systems. We ask certain questions in the form below to help us invite you to the gatherings that match your interests.

An invitation when we gather

Several times a year, our team engages in the region. Those weeks are for gathering, listening, and getting to know each other.

Share your voice

Tell us about the work you care about, and we will invite you into aligned gatherings and opportunities to provide direct input via a call.

Receive knowledge

A newsletter carries insights across our region, the wider field, and upcoming gatherings. Completing the below form automatically gets you on this list.

INTRODUCTIONS

Tell us about yourself.

Takes about two minutes to complete.

UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS

Join us at our next gathering.

Our team organizes gatherings multiple times per year. Learn about our next engagements with the region on our events page, or reach out to us to schedule a chat.

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SPOTLIGHT

Some of the people and initiatives we support

CrownTown Compost and Neighborhood Environmental Stewardship Team (NEST)

Composting One Neighborhood at a Time

In Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood, NEST and CrownTown Compost turned a pilot into 10 tons of diverted food waste and a model for the city.

WNC Food Coalition

Putting Local Food on Institutional Plates

WNC Food Coalition is building a 19-county network to shift colleges, hospitals, and other institutions toward buying local food.

UpCycle Fiber Inc.

A Second Life for Textile Waste

UpCycle Fiber turns North Carolina’s discarded textiles into code-ready building insulation, diverting landfill waste while growing a local circular economy.