THE WORK
Made with people. For places.
Good work grows from knowing a place and the people in it. Here are some ideas, relationships, and projects we've helped bring to life.
SELECTED WORK
Projects with purpose.
A few examples of research, design, and community work.
CARROLL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Love, Carroll
A resident-centered identity built around the stories, relationships, and everyday experiences that make a place feel like home.
Led by Brooke Love through Carroll County Tourism
RADFORD, VIRGINIA
RADroots
Exploring how food, art, and nature can bring people together and reveal new possibilites for a city's future.
Work led by Brooke Love
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
Local food, local futures
Working with markets, growers, and community partners to strengthen connections between local food and local life.
Selected work from Brooke Love's broader practice
EMERGING WORK
What helps places adapt?
An evolving research practice asking why similar changes lead to different outcomes, and what helps people build lasting capacity.
Research direction in development
RELATIONSHIPS MATTER
People we work alongside.
Our work takes shape with organizations and communities.
THE WAY WE SHOW UP
Different roles.
Shared work.
Sometimes we lead. Sometimes we join a team already doing the work. We listen, researc, make things together, and help good ideas find their way into everyday life.
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Love Local works through trusted referrals and selected partnerships to ensure shared values, purpose, and possibility.