UpSpring Newsletter Feb 2016

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Enabling organizations to develop ideas, raise capital, and launch projects for the betterment of communities worldwide.

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Local Investment

Check out these UpSpring supported capital efforts with amazing local stories. Investors welcome!

Meow Wolf is a Santa Fe art collective producing spectacular experiences. Don't miss grand opening weekend March 17-20 of the House of Eternal Return! Get an annual membership or lend money to this business.

SF Greenhouse Grovery a cooperative encouraging the adoption of healthy diets and sourcing local food affordably. Members and investors welcome.

Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority (OOHA) Native American Tribal entity advancing housing, economic well-being and cultural preservation for its people. UpSpring set up the means to raise $3 million to restore their historic plaza and re-build 15 homes.

Learn more here how UpSpring works with mission-driven entrepreneurs on their idea formation, market development and impact investment plan. We embrace the principles of Slow Money for the democratization of capital access.

News Bits

UpSpring recertified 3^rd time as 'B Corporation' with a score of 119. Since becoming the first B Corporation in New Mexico in 2010, we've repeatedly embraced rigorous assessment to "practice what we preach" in measuring our mission of financial, social and environmental sustainability.

We are proud to continue our part in the B Corp community!

UpSpring Fellow completes Degree
Congrats to Julian Rochlitz, UpSpring Fellow, for his Masters in Geographies of Globalization. His thesis explored mobile information services for Ghanaian smallholder farmers. He will join the Development Geography working group at the University of Bonn, Germany, as a PhD candidate and Assistant Lecturer.

Contact Julian here.

Blog

Read our latest blog posts:

Questa Economic Development Regional Report. Publication to move a rural NM community into a sustainable, just local economy that works for everyone. w/ Petroglyphs on the Rio Grande for QEDF.
"Soap Recycling and Gender Empowerment" blog post on a great social enterprise by Elana Zygman.
Learnings from the emerging field of Pay for Success. Third Sector Capital Partner postings associated with Drew’s work there in 2015.

Have a good story? Get in touch to be featured on our blog!

UpSpring is a consulting firm supporting the design, growth, profitability, and measurement of mission driven, market leveraging, and values based ventures across New Mexico, throughout the U.S. and around the world. We support businesses, non-profits, cooperatives, philanthropy, and government to use the power of the marketplace for good.

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