MANZANITA WORKS

local solutions to help resolve regional dilemmas

 MANZANITA WORKS

local solutions to help resolve regional dilemmas

OUR WORK

Just as the Manzanita plant supports our region’s natural ecosystem,

Manzanita Works designs and builds local community benefits

to help working families with their daily lives.


Our Manzanita model ideates multi-stakeholder consortiums

to address the shared concerns of mutual aid or essential workers.


Working together, we can meet current and future community needs at practical economies of scale

that reflect where and how people live and work in our region.


Just as the Manzanita plant supports our region's natural ecosystem, Manzanita Works designs and builds local community benefits

to help working families with their daily lives.


Our Manzanita model ideates multi-stakeholder consortiums to address the shared concerns of

mutual aid or essential workers.


Working together, we can meet current and future community needs at practical economies of scale

that reflect where and how

people live and work in our region.

 OUR MODEL

Manzanita Works' model for closing gaps in regional dilemmas has been applied in transit and childcare since 2020 working with stakeholders across public, private and voluntary civic sectors to benefit the essential workforce.


Enduring Lands Consortium

In Formation

Ravenswood Family Consortium

Established November 2020

Ravenswood Transit Consortium

Established May 2020

PORTFOLIO

Transit

How do we MOVE workers?

Family

How do we NURTURE families?

Housing

How do we HOUSE workers?

Health

How do we PROMOTE wellbeing?

Food

How do we NOURISH families?

Futures

How do we CRAFT the future of work?

ABOUT US

We are a fiscally sponsored project of 
the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Philanthropic Ventures Foundation.
VISION: 
... rebuilding the American Dream with a thriving regional workforce.

MISSION: 
... to support the welfare of workers and their families to live fruitful, dignified lives.