ThrdPlace started simply as a discussion – a beer-with-breakfast gathering of friends. As it so happens we are a mixed-bag of professional urbanists and armchair urbanophiles. But as friends do, we shared our (mis)adventures here in Los Angeles. It was through our discussions that we identified a simple, shared problem: an inability for community members…

Apolis co-creates products with manufacturers and directly allows the market to determine the future of each item we produce. It is a hands-on model to provide people access to opportunity. We call it “advocacy through industry.” In 2004, brothers Raan & Shea Parton, founded Apolis with a simple idea that people can live better lives…