Powering a Connected Local Economy

We believe our best hope for creating real and lasting prosperity is a bottom-up reclaiming of our economies and communities. Join the hundreds of other local businesses, entrepreneurs, farmers, investors, and citizens who are committed to buying, producing, and investing locally.

Together, we're building a resilient, vibrant, and inclusive local economy.

OUR PROGRAMS

Dine Around Seattle | Seattle Restaurant Week

Dozens of Seattle restaurants and 1000s of residents connect over great locally-sourced food during these delicious seasonal events!

Seattle Made

An initiative to grow and support our urban manufacturing and producer economy, supporting hundreds of local makers of everything from beer to belts to beds.

Community Capital

A comprehensive resource for local businesses seeking local capital to grow.

Northwest Sewn

A special collaboration with Muses to revitalize Seattle's sewn goods industry.

OTHER GOOD STUFF

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Special Project: Local Economy Leaders Lab

What would it take to truly transform Seattle’s bifurcated economy—with its growing and deeply damaging inequities—to a community-based economy that is more democratic, diverse, and resilient? With support from the Seattle Foundation, we’re convening a crack team of local economy leaders to collect and vet their best, most inspiring ideas.

Making the Case for Local

The challenges we face, from climate change, to growing inequities, to political disfunction are tightly connected. In The Case for Local, read more about how places with thriving concentrations of small and mid-sized community owned businesses are havens of hope and models for more democratic, diverse, and resilient economies.

Special Project: Revitalizing Seattle's Sewn-Goods Economy

Could Seattle rebuild its sewn-goods industry based on the principles of sustainability and equity? With support from the Duwamish River Opportunity Fund, we’re working with a large group of local designers, manufacturers, service providers, and non-profits to map the current landscape of sewn-goods manufacturing in Seattle, with the goal of developing a road map for a revitalized, next-generation industry.