An easy to follow playbook for replicating our model
A franchise for neighborhood self-sufficiency
A software app delivering the features necessary to replicate a financially self-supporting neighborhood
Step-by-step manual for emerging & activating local leadership (Community Stakeholder Alliance)
Community goes into business with itself, for itself, using regenerative practices (Hyper-Local Economy)
Primary beneficiaries: the community (Activating Human Capital)
Unlocks vibrant local economy that grows stronger under stress (Waste-to-Wealth)
Self-governance and autonomy that pays for itself (Life of Our Own Making)
“Buy and produce local” program cuts out the middleman of Amazon, eBay, Visa, PayPal
Community keeps the transaction fees, reinvesting the fees into self-funding mechanism for revitalization
Included features of self-governance:
digital identity and identity verification
communication (chat, social feed)
commerce (a marketplace)
banking (reduce predatory lending)
reputation (a trust score)
arbitration
self-governance