Over the last year, we:

✧ Raised an additional $50,000 in grant funding

✧ Incorporated our legal entity, a US-based non-profit organization (with a 501c3 fiscal sponsor)

✧ Hosted two residencies, with cohorts of 10 people each, in rural areas in Izu and Nagano

✧ Developed relationships with city governments and locals, learned different renovation techniques, and produced installations

✧ Researched 100+ properties, visited 25+, and explored 5 different areas of rural Japan

✧ Established our first community home in Nagano Prefecture

✧ Spoken at a fair number of well-known conferences, including Japan's largest crypto conference (IVS), DAO / ETH Tokyo, NCC, Minka Summit (focused on akiya / kominka renovation)

✧ Featured on various articles, graduate theses, architectural papers, and podcasts