Central Coast, California
Regional Initiative
Accelerating collaboration for a resilient future
At LegacyWorks, we recognize that to tackle the pressing challenges facing our Central Coast communities, we must accelerate our ability to collaborate. Our goal at the LegacyWorks Central Coast is to serve our community by cultivating trust-based partnerships and catalyzing collaboration that enhances social and environmental resilience.
Our approach: Building trust and removing barriers
Effective collaboration begins with trust. Our approach focuses on removing barriers to partnership, strengthening networks, and facilitating the flow of information, resources, and funding to support effective collaboration. By providing the necessary capacity, we support communities in achieving meaningful outcomes that address critical needs and create lasting impacts. Our initiatives are designed to fill gaps that unlock potential, shift culture, and build the resilience that drives transformative, systemic, and long-term change.
Our services
The LegacyWorks team brings diverse skills and experience as facilitators, project managers, process designers, capacity builders, strategists, financiers, grant writers, communications strategists, implementers, and other intermediary roles where we may effectively serve a community’s diverse interests.
Together, we create a thriving Central Coast to drive change
LegacyWorks Central Coast is dedicated to inspiring collective action and co-creating solutions that reflect the needs and aspirations of our communities. Our vision is clear: a thriving Central Coast where ecosystems, economies, and societies flourish. Our impact areas are:
Community Resilience
Thriving Food and Agriculture Systems
Clean Water and Healthy Watersheds
Land Conservation, Wildlife and Biodiversity
Regenerative Economies
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Monet Goode
FOUNDER
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Emmett Marsh
DESIGN DIRECTOR
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Eleanor Parks
SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR
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Jamie Kokot
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
Partner with us! Let’s co-create a resilient Central Coast—together.
We’d love to hear from you! Whether you have questions, ideas, or would like to partner with us, please don't hesitate to reach out. Together, we can build a resilient future for the Central Coast.
For inquiries, please contact Ellen Kwiatkowski, Co-Director of the Central Coast Regional Initiative.
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Central Coast Partners
“LegacyWorks proved to be just what we needed in Isla Vista to focus collaboration towards a common goal of opening our Community Center. Their guidance and expertise allowed us to be our best and leap forward in the process unlike ever before.”
– Jonathan A. Abboud, Isla Vista Community Services District
