CURRENT PROJECTS

Three ways the inquiry is becoming practical.

These projects are at different stages. One is already working, one is preparing its first application and selection round, and one is a for-profit business that will support Andrew, continue this work and dedicate a defined share of net profit to useful local projects.

They are not a finished program or the complete definition of OverDevelopment. Each makes a different part of the larger inquiry more observable, practical, or testable.

Working public toolOngoing

Pelican Watch

What becomes possible when public records and local decisions are easier to find, examine, and understand?

Pelican Watch is an ongoing civic reference tool that makes local government records and public decisions easier to examine. It already exists and operates independently as a working tool. It represents the observational side of OverDevelopment: preserving the source material, explaining what can be verified, and helping people see how local decisions are made.

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Food-access projectPreparing first round

Edible Commons

Can one shared landscape reconnect food, practical knowledge, land, and ordinary community life?

Edible Commons is preparing its first application and selection round for a $500 publicly accessible food-and-education project. No hub has been selected and applications are not yet open.

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Financial experimentLaunching

The Shop

Can hyperlocal satire become a profitable business while dedicating a defined share of its success to useful local work?

The Shop turns locally specific observations and satire into physical merchandise. The immediate goal is to build a sustainable, profitable business that generates meaningful personal profit for Andrew and supports the continued work behind OverDevelopment.

This is a for-profit project intended to produce meaningful personal profit for Andrew and support the continued work behind OverDevelopment. For every $2,000 in net profit generated by the Shop, $500 will be dedicated to local projects. Edible Commons will receive the first funding under this pledge.

Local production is the goal.

The Shop currently uses print-on-demand fulfillment so it can launch without carrying inventory. As order volume grows and local production becomes financially and operationally practical, eligible products will be moved to local printers as quickly as possible.

The goal is to keep more of the production, spending, and work behind the Shop closer to home.

TikTok will be its primary local marketing channel.

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These projects serve different purposes: Pelican Watch makes public information more usable, Edible Commons develops a practical possibility, and the Shop tests whether local attention and commerce can generate resources for further work.

Their status will be described honestly as they develop. Ideas may change and experiments may fail. The use and results of money dedicated to local projects will be documented publicly.