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The ecosystem map

One region, mapped.

The entrepreneur’s journey is the spine — Plan, Launch, Grow. Everything else is the support that keeps it moving: who funds you, who regulates you, who teaches you, where you cook, and who buys.

The Southeastern Connecticut food-business ecosystem The entrepreneur’s journey runs across the center as a spine from Plan to Launch to Grow, with five support layers in orbit: funders and lenders, regulators, educators and advisors, kitchen spaces, and buyers and markets. 01 Plan 02 Launch 03 Grow Funders & lenders seCTer · grants · CDFIs Regulators Uncas · Ledge Light · DCP Educators & advisors CT SBDC · SCORE · Rose City Kitchen spaces Altru · shared & commissary Buyers & markets retail · co-ops · CT Grown

Version 1. The full interactive map and Peter’s own ecosystem diagram reconcile as the predevelopment process moves forward — this is the shape it takes.