Helping people make impact where they live.
Stacey Price is no stranger to building communities. With a passion for vibrant place and a belief that people are central and strong together, she has spent her career growing eco-systems through collaboration--- connecting brands with consumers, business with resources and space, and people with passion driven projects that create impact. Now, together with a vast and talented network of partners she wants to help you do the same!
Founder + Chief Community Catalyst
In 2012, Price with 199 other entrepreneurs joined President Obama as he signed the Crowdfunding legislation, allowing people to play a more active part in local investment.
Stacey Price
Stacey Price has over two decades of experience activating community. Price, first an economic development consultant and now a talented curator and CEO, is on a mission to grow the maker economy. In 2017 she launched Shop Made in DC, a new generation incubator that uses inventive space to empower and scale DC artisans. Since opening she and her team have launched Shop Made in Virginia and Shop Made in Maryland, supporting over 800 artists with access to customers, education and capital. In less than 5 years, she has helped launch 8 locations and generate nearly $5 million back to local makers.
Creatively connecting community and commerce is her strategy for vibrant ecosystems. As a Washington, DC based social entrepreneur, she spends her days nurturing independent business while closely advising municipalities, developers, and nonprofits to plan, create and manage projects that grow the local economy. As former Executive Director of Think Local First DC , she helped launch incubator programs such as MADE IN DC and StartUP Kitchen and worked on policy supporting independent business growth.
She has married her background in business and communication with her passion for education and vibrant local economy to help scale 1000s of independent retail brands. Using experience as a tool for engagement, Stacey has planned campaigns, conferences, festivals, pop-up retail events and marketplaces. Since 2014, she has been working with property owners and developers in the DC Metro Area to re-imagine mix-use properties to include temporary activation, collaborative retail and small batch production space; all working to improve their bottom-line while providing low-entry to market opportunities for small business.
Stacey has a Masters Degree in Corporate Communication from Radford University, completing her thesis work in Social Capital and Community Engagement. She currently serves on the board of directors for Pyramid Atlantic and MESS HALL, both production spaces for DMV makers, as well as Visit Alexandria.