Catalyzing Local Wealth for Local Good

Turn Local Wealth Into Local Impact.

Mountain towns are unique. They are places of beauty, culture, and close-knit community—but they also face serious challenges: rising housing costs, workforce shortages, small business struggles, and shrinking public funding. The good news? There’s a growing movement—and proven tools—to help communities like yours turn local resources into local solutions.

Join Dr. Stephanie Gripne of Impact Finance Center and the Town of Vail for a 1.5-day workshop designed specifically for residents, leaders, and wealth holders in mountain communities from across Colorado, and across the country. Join others who want to use capital as a tool for local resilience.

In this workshop, you’ll dive into interactive sessions, practical case studies, and collaborative planning to learn how just 1–5% of local private wealth—combined with philanthropic, corporate, and public funding—can be harnessed to directly benefit your community. Imagine shifting your money from Wall Street to Main Street, with similar returns but greater local impact. Leave knowing how to make your money matter right where you live.

• The fundamentals of impact investing and place-based financial innovation
• How to mobilize community capital from individuals, families, foundations, and public institutions
• Tools to design and fund investments in housing, small business, infrastructure, and sustainability
• The Full Spectrum Capital framework to align grants, investments, and guarantees for impact
• The “Will You Cosign for Your Community?” model for catalyzing low-cost debt
• Building a local capital ecosystem: investor databases, investable pipelines, and financial intermediaries
• How to launch Investor Accelerators and conduct Opportunity Scans

• Local residents, donors, and volunteers ready to act
• Community foundations, chambers, and town officialsNonprofits, small businesses, and real estate developersSecond homeowners and wealth holders who love their mountain town
• Economic development professionals and local investors

• A fresh mindset about how money can serve your community
• A map of where capital is—and where it’s needed
• Practical tools and frameworks to guide your next steps
• A clear action plan tailored to your role
• New relationships with peer communities, investors, and changemakers

For more information, please contact [email protected].

Workshop Agenda – September 4

3:30–5:00 PM — Optional Field Trip

6:00–7:30 PM — Welcome Reception

Workshop Agenda – September 5

8:30 – 9:00 AM - Welcome + Introductions

9:00 – 9:45 AM - Full Spectrum Capital 101

9:45 – 10:00 AM - Break

10:00 – 10:45 AM - Nonprofit Financial Innovation & Impact Investing

11:00 – 12:00 PM - Opportunity Scan: Uncovering Investable Needs

12:00 – 1:30 PM - Lunch Break

1:30 – 2:15 PM - Opportunity Scans & Investor Accelerators Discussion

2:15 – 3:00 PM - Intermediary Landscape Scan: Who's Who in Impact Investing

3:00 – 3:15 PM - Break

3:15 – 4:00 PM -Lecture + Discussion: Building a Marketplace

4:00 – 4:30 PM - Wrap-Up & Next Steps

4:30 – 6:00 PM - Community Reception & Social Venture Marketplace

Host or Publisher Impact Finance Center