Central Connecticut River Valley KinMakers’ CoLab
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Central Connecticut River Valley KinMakers’ CoLab *
We are not a bioregional accelerator…
We are a kinship repair movement.
We work in the interstitial spaces that traditional economic discourse struggles to navigate—
the rebuilding of trust across difference, the cultivation of collective decision-
making muscle, the reweaving of care economies, and the re-grounding of commerce in land and kinship.
KinMakers CoLab is not a bioregional accelerator, incubator, or innovation hub.
A Kinship Repair Movement— we navigate the upstream design challenges discovered over more than twenty years of community economies design.
Together we navigate a critical crossroads.
Extraordinary farmland.
Deep Indigenous histories.
World-class institutions.
Entrenched inequality.
High potential yet fragile food systems.
Capital that rarely circulates locally.
Join the Field
We are currently:
Designing foundational community-based research
Mapping capital pathways
Forming a Steward Circle
Identifying anchor partners
Preparing for a CT River Valley KinMaker Return
Start here: Fill out the survey to contribute to the field and explore your options.
A Quiet Invitation
The Central Connecticut River Valley could become a living demonstration of what a kinship-based regional economy looks like.
Not as theory.
But as governance, land, food, capital, and community moving in coherence.
The CoLab begins with a simple premise:
Wealth is relationship.
Food is sovereignty.
Capital is a tool — not a master.
If that resonates — let’s build.