Impact
Measured in businesses, not page views.
A website can be more than a website. For a small business it can mean being discovered, trusted, and finally competing on fair ground.
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Businesses supported
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Volunteer hours
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Student creators
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Communities reached
Sample figures shown for layout — replace with real numbers in data/impact.ts before launch.
What actually improves
Be discovered
Show up when neighbors search for exactly what the business offers.
Communicate clearly
Hours, menu, prices, and directions — answered before anyone has to call.
Build credibility
A professional presence signals the same care that goes into the work itself.
Serve customers more easily
Fewer repeated questions, smoother ordering, simpler scheduling.
Preserve its story
The history behind a family business, told properly and kept online.
Compete in a digital economy
The same quality of tools larger competitors already have.
Feel confident with technology
Owners leave understanding their tools — and how to change them.
How we measure
Numbers we can look a business owner in the eye and repeat.
Launches, not mockups
We count a project only when it's live, owned by the business, and documented for its owner. Unfinished work doesn't make the tally.
Hours that teach twice
Volunteer hours track real contribution — and every hour spent building is also an hour of professional training for a student.
Owners left independent
Our favorite metric: after handoff, can the owner update their own site? We design the whole process around making that answer yes.
Reported honestly
We publish figures only when we can stand behind them. Where numbers on this site are placeholders, they're labeled as placeholders.
Help us grow these numbers honestly.
Referrals, sponsorship, mentorship — every form of partnership becomes another business lifted.
07Community
Built with communities, not just for them.
Built with communities, not just for them.The people behind these businesses are the story. Our photography direction is documentary and dignified — owners at work, students alongside them, neighborhoods as they are.
The flat-top at 7am — breakfast service begins
Design review — student team, week four
Hands pressing tortillas, as they have for years
Storefront on 1st Street, late afternoon
Walking an owner through their new site
Frames reserve space for real documentary photography — no staged handshakes, no stock smiles. Swap images in components/sections/Community.tsx.