IMAGINE BUILDING A MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
ONE PLACE. ONE SYSTEM. SHARED IMPACT.
The Hub is a bold vision for shared community infrastructure—bringing nonprofits, businesses, workforce partners, entrepreneurs and neighbors together to share resources, create opportunity and strengthen the connections that make Bonner County thrive.
Why the hub
Bonner County has an abundance of people doing good work.
We are solving many
of the same problems
– separately.
DUPLICATED
INFRASTRUCTURE
Organizations independently pay for offices, meeting rooms, technology, equipment, administrative support and other resources that could potentially be shared.
competing for
the same dollars
Organizations often turn to the same donors and funders—not only to deliver their missions, but to maintain the infrastructure required to do it.
FRAGMENTED
ACCESS
People navigate organizations, services and opportunities scattered across the community rather than finding connection through a coordinated ecosystem.
OUR GREATEST STRENGTH MAY ALSO BE OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY.
Did you know Bonner County has 3x the
national average of nonprofits per capita?
Bonner County's extraordinary nonprofit sector is a reflection of who we are: people see a need and step forward to meet it.
But every organization also needs space, technology, administration, fundraising, meeting rooms and infrastructure.
What if we could preserve the independence and passion of those organizations while sharing more of what happens behind the scenes?
What if we invested once and multiplied the impact?
Instead of continually investing in separate infrastructure, what could become possible if we invested in the ecosystem itself?
THIS ISN'T JUST AN IDEA.
We’re Already Building the Model.
- 14,300 SF
- 35+ nonprofit + for-profit partners
- Shared meeting spaces
- Shared technology + resources
- Cross-organizational collaboration
What began organically has shown us what happens when organizations stop simply working near one another and begin working with one another.
PROVEN BEYOND BONNER COUNTY
We’re Not Alone in This Thinking.
- Together Center — Redmond, WA
nonprofit + human services campus - Community Building — Spokane, WA
mission-driven organizations + community - Innovation Den — Coeur d'Alene, ID
entrepreneurship + economic development - Lake Isabella Community Hub — Lake Isabella, CA
rural community + economic-development hub
The question isn't whether the model can work.
It's what becomes possible when we scale it.
the opportunity is already here.
We don't need to build it.
We need to activate it.
This isn't a rendering of something we hope to build someday.
This is the old Coldwater Creek Campus—a 12 acre campus with a 220,000-square-foot building and 16,000 square-foot warehouse already standing in Bonner County, with offices, gathering spaces, flex space, parking, infrastructure and room to grow.
CREC already occupies and operates approximately 14,300 square feet here.
The opportunity before us is to take what is already working inside our walls and imagine it across the campus.
$9.9M
Current Asking Price
12 Acre
Existing Campus
156,050 SF
Available for Activation
16K SF
Freestanding Warehouse
the current campus
An established ecosystem is already here.
- VA Clinic
- Sentec
- Litehouse Foods (IT Department)
- Calvary Chapel
- Wobby Hoddy
- Loft 31
- LDW Enterprises
- Community Resource EnVision Center
Already Built.
Already Operating.
Available Today.
Many missions. One shared ecosystem.
Not every organization needs to move. Not every service needs a permanent office. The opportunity is to ask a bigger question: which spaces, services and infrastructure could we share—and what could each organization do with the resources that frees up?
NONPROFIT + COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Affordable offices • shared services • collaboration • mission delivery
INTER-GENERATIONAL GATHERING
Community events • classes • clubs • celebrations • connection
BUSINESS + ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Entrepreneurs • small businesses • incubation • mentorship • local enterprise
WORKFORCE
+ SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Career training • continuing education • employment connections
EDUCATION + LIFELONG LEARNING
Library • history • lectures • classes • community learning
CREATIVE +
MAKER SPACES
Arts • fabrication • studios • workshops • hands-on learning
CHILDCARE +
FAMILY SPACES
Childcare • youth programming • family resources • play + learning
HEALTH +
WELLBEING
Physical health • mental health • wellness • recreation • support
A third place for connection, community and belonging.
We're Building A System That Creates Belonging.
A place where people in need and people meeting needs intersect.
Where creativity, connection and compassion flow freely.
Where a retiree finds purpose. An entrepreneur finds a mentor. A family finds help. A nonprofit finds a partner. A student finds opportunity. And a neighbor finds community.
A place where you can't always tell who came to give and who came to receive—because everyone has something to contribute.
WhaT HAPPENS WHEN WE SHARE MORE.
A Bold Vision Deserves Rigorous Questions.
We're not presenting a finished plan. We're building one.
Help us answer what's possible.
The Hub won't be created by CREC alone. It will require people willing to bring perspective, challenge assumptions, open doors, share expertise and—when the time is right—invest.
