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About Us | Local Community Development
Cross-Econ is a Canadian community-controlled development network. We build for community organizations that develop their local economy, networks, and neighbourhoods.
Strategic partners of nonprofits and other sectors make objective data-driven funding decisions. Our team develops advanced local analytics to promote impactful community stories. We share our data in inclusive community-controlled spaces to support the efforts of inspiring small organizations.
A community development network.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we gather in our office on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron Nations.
Cross-Econ is committed to reconciliation through local Indigenous data and network governance for the self-determined pursuit of economic, social, and cultural development. Our overall commitment and work responding to the TRC Calls to Action is ongoing.
Katie Wilhelm, RGD
Partner, Community Engagement
Katie is a Top 20 under 40 award-winning Indigenous designer and consultant based in London. She is a London Chamber of Commerce Board Member and First Nations Collaborative Council Member with the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO).
Steven Pearce
Founder and CEO
With research experience for rural and urban economic development teams as well as large multinational corporations to family businesses, Steven is a community and local economy analytics enthusiast. London, ON has been his home since moving from Toronto to attend Western University.
Eric Jin
Full Stack Developer
Eric is a Master of Engineering in software engineering student at Western University.
Mariappan Vineeth
Full Stack Developer
Vineeth is a Master of Science in computer science student at Western University.
