Commonplace Cooperative

We're a community-owned, community-run 'platform cooperative' — basically a tech startup but good.

We’re on a mission to foster community collaboration in pursuit of a sustainable future built by and for locals. We have three angles:

Building technology, to make local cooperation easy, powerful, & fun.
Offering services, to uplift existing collaborations.
Developing projects, to foster understanding and mutual aid.

We envision a community-owned social internet.

Our cornerstone project is coming soon: a social media platform built to help local people to support one another & improve their shared community. We’re improving on technology pioneered by social networks, crowdfunding platforms, and local forums. But it’s not a tech company—it’s a platform cooperative, and if you’re on it, you own it.

Our current focus is on solidarity in Rhode Island.

While one day our tools will be used worldwide, our current area of operation is Rhode Island. We work with many communities, but are particularly focused on meeting the acute needs of Rhode Island’s budding ‘solidarity economy,’ including social justice organizations and worker-owned cooperatives.

Let's collaborate on MACHINES, MEDIA, and MOVEMENTS

Machines: We build simple, beautiful websites and other digital infrastructure.
Media: We make documentaries and other publications to help locals tell their stories.
Movements: We work with organizers to educate, empower, & celebrate our community.

Want to learn more? Join the movement? Work together on your community's next big thing? Let's connect!

Email: <commonplace.cooperative@gmail.com>

There's a place for everyone at Commonplace :-)