We are invested in helping you build vibrant communities. We’ve developed resources on placemaking, crowdfunding, and crowdgranting to provide you with inspiration, how-to guides, research, and more, to support your efforts to better where you live, work, and play.
When you’re ready to get started, we’re here to help you get your project off the ground! Whether it’s a grassroots crowdfunding campaign to build a new playground or grow your business, or a new statewide grant program to support local community and economic development – we’re here to help.
Learn how communities are implementing crowdgranting to reach their community and economic development goals.
Epsilon Spires, an arts gallery and venue on Brattleboro’s Main Street, identified the entrance to Brattleboro’s downtown needed activation and took action to bring a new mural to town.
Thanks to a new grant program called Better Places, the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development is providing tools to support community members in creating projects that add vitality to our villages and downtowns.
CreatINg Livable Communities is a pilot partnership that assists Indiana communities in funding place-based projects for aging in place.
Find success stories and inspiration from people and places building vibrant communities.
The Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority highlights Shikha Bhattacharyya, Executive Director of reTHink, Inc. as a leader in community development. Learn more about Shikha and reTHink, Inc.
At Patronicity, we believe that passionate individuals can spur change in their communities. We recently spoke with Clare Murray to learn more about her passion for community and how she serves as a Patron in the City.
We toured the Mont-Royal Avenue in the Plateau borough of Montréal that was transformed into a 1.5 mile open street in the summer of 2022.
Resources to help you run a successful crowdfunding campaign.
We’ll show you how to build your project budget and set your crowdfunding campaign goal.
Crowdfunding is a revolutionary tool for fundraising in the 21st century. We'll help you decide if crowdfunding is right for you.
When your crowdfunding campaign is orchestrated to perfection your team will stay on beat to reach your goals. But how do you get the timing right? We will help you artfully arrange your campaign to get the timing right.
Find placemaking resources, best practices, and the latest trends in the field.
We share 10 of our favorite alley and streetscape projects since 2013.
We share 10 of our favorite community accessibility projects since 2013.
Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. We share best practices for building your next court–from funding strategies to community engagement. In addition, we’ll share examples of successful projects to give you inspiration along the way.