WHAT DO WE DO
Innovate
Shorefast is designing new tools to make capital work more effectively for communities. This includes designing mechanisms to attract and maintain investment in local places, and creating ways to map and visualize how money moves in and out of geographic areas.
Make every purchase an investment in your local economy.
Early Innovations
These examples are just the beginning — we’re actively building out the Institute and will be adding more tools, insights, and resources from communities across the country.
Economic Nutrition
As Canadians look to spend in ways that support the national economy, key information is missing. Shorefast’s Economic Nutrition tool shows the financial breakdown of purchases—what stays local, remains in Canada, or flows elsewhere. Now rolling out to businesses beyond Shorefast, this visibility turns good intentions into real economic impact.
Learn moreCommunity Finance
Building on Shorefast's proven success on Fogo Island, the organization is partnering with Dark Matter Labs to create a groundbreaking investment framework to support regenerative community investment. This innovative financing approach aims to establish new investment classes and standards to support local economies.
Learn moreVisualizations of Local Economies
A series of tools, will be developed with the Canadian Urban Institute, and others that map and illustrate the flows of capital and resources—helping places of all sizes better understand and influence their local economies.
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