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See the Connections. Find a Path forward

Upstream

Upstream is a digital platform in development for organizations working to strengthen communities and regional economies. It brings together a curated library of research, practices, and tools, and AI-assisted guidance to help users make sense of complex challenges. Regional economic intermediaries, foundations, and community-based organizations will be able to explore curated lessons, research, and best practices, identify potential partners, and develop practical next steps. The goal is to make valuable knowledge easier to understand and use, so people can find their way into opportunity.

Upstream is being built to help make pathways visible.

Bring a Question
Start with a challenge you are working through. How do we connect the right partners? What approaches could we learn from? Where are people missing opportunities? Upstream is being designed to help you frame the question and explore the larger system around it.
Understand the Connections
Explore relevant research, practical tools, and lessons from other communities and regions. Upstream is being designed to connect that knowledge to your situation, making relationships, patterns, and gaps easier to see so you can understand what might work and what needs further exploration.
Choose a Next Step
Turn what you learn into a practical path forward. Identify an approach worth adapting, a potential collaborator, or a question to investigate. Upstream is being built to help you leave with relevant evidence, a clearer option, and next steps you can act on.

Who it Serves

Upstream is being designed for economic development organizations, foundations, and community-based intermediaries that connect people, resources, and opportunity. Whether coordinating state or regional initiatives, guiding investments, or helping communities participate in emerging industries, these organizations need knowledge and partnerships that move work forward. Upstream will help them see connections, learn from a curated knowledge bank, and identify practical pathways toward shared impact.
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Why I'm Building Upstream

Through my work in nonprofit leadership and regional economic development, I have seen how possibility exists when knowledge, people, and resources connect. Too often, opportunity stays in familiar circles. I'm building Upstream to help more people, organizations, and businesses see where they fit, shape what comes next, and turn shared knowledge into shared prosperity. Upstream is in development, with a private interactive demonstration supporting early conversations. The next phase will test a focused knowledge collection and guided workflows for prospective users. I am connecting with regional, philanthropic, and community-based intermediaries to understand their needs and explore pilot opportunities. Help shape what comes next. Interested in testing Upstream, discussing a pilot, or supporting its development? Let's connect
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Opportunity grows when more people can see their way in.