Place-Based Projects is a creative studio dedicated to uplifting bioregional efforts through strategy, storytelling, and experience.
We help communities uncover their regenerative potential, then turn that into stories, identity, and momentum.
We take a bioregional approach
Our mission is to strengthen community ties and increase dedication to to place.
We work with organizations in small towns and rural communities, place-focused developers and projects, and tourism and destination organizations to transform how we live together.
What We Do
We work closely with our clients to determine the best scope of work.
We meet you where you are and help you reach your goals.
Define your place
Our research process enables us to uncover the essence of your community that can only exist in situ. We then turn that into a clear, compelling identity.
Brand strategy
Messaging + positioning
Narrative development
Tell your story
We seek out, record, and tell the stories that make people care about your place. We seek out underrepresented stories and voices and highlight narratives of resilience, adaptability, and collective empowerment.
Community storytelling
Content + media
Campaign direction
Activate your future
We make stories real so your place doesn’t just sound better, it works better. We facilitate cross-functional relationships to turn a coherent narrative into a living story.
Community and resilience building
Strategic roadmapping
Experience and placemaking guidance
Clients & Collaborators
Siskiyou Permaculture
Ashland Climate Collaborative
Northwest Nature Shop
Temple Emek Shalom
"Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there"
— Gary Snyder
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"Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there" — Gary Snyder 〰️
About Us
At Place-Based Projects, we are committed to creating and activating coherent narratives of place.
We work to distill, uncover, and uplift local, bioregional efforts in our own home bioregion in Southern Oregon and further afield.
Contact Us
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We acknowledge we work on the ancestral lands of the Native tribes that lived and still live in what we call the Klamath-Siskiyou region including the Cow Creek Umpqua, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians, Takelma, Tolowea Dee-ni’, Tututni, Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla, Klamath, Chit-dee-ni’ (Chetco), Modoc, Shasta, Karuk, Yurok, Hoopa Valley Reservation, Konomihu, New River Shasta, and potentially others.*
We pay our respects and reparations and give a percentage of our profits to regional nonprofits
*borrowed with permission from KS Wild