We Are . . . 

​. . . helping marginalized citizens mobilize community-based resources to empower themselves as vested stakeholders.


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​. . . currently certificated by the Commonwealth of Virginia to be a 501(c)(6) nonprofit cooperative enlisting an organizational format of democratic self-governance in overseeing and facilitating a (re)generative network of local ownership and commerce utilizing a "mutual credit exchange".


. . . bringing sustainable, urban ecosystems to life!
. . . primarily "change agents"--meaning, our shared learning experience together as mindfulness practitioners over the last five years has afforded us the co-creative opportunity to envision, design, and subsequently prototype, a "socioeconomic change-initiative" for Roanoke, Virginia.
While our "change initiative" owes its inception to an idea submitted to TED in 2012 as part of its "The City 2.0" project (see: the 'White Paper'), more recently developed technical and organizational capabilities offer the prospect of even greater community impact.
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Consequently, and inspired in design from the exampled precedent 
of cooperatives like
Mondragon and
Cleveland's Evergreen project, we see these operations possessing the potential to positively impact a vast array of societal "problems" within our region including school-to-prison pipelines, alcohol and substance abuse, an 'outsourcing' of local capacities, and the over-represented incarceration of minorities.
Because our work is informed through relational engagement with community members and stakeholders like yourself, we'd invite you to use the link below to initiate an exploration together . . .