Sprout Summit 2025: Launching Circular Solutions to Drive Economic and Community Resilience
Mar 31, 2025
Sustainability as a Business Efficiency Strategy
Sprout Summit 2025 wasn’t just another conversation about climate—it was a high-impact launchpad for economic innovation. Designed to deliver measurable outcomes, the summit kicked off targeted circular economy initiatives across food systems, infrastructure, workforce development, and conservation.
👉 Bottom line: Sustainability is no longer a buzzword—it’s smart business.
♻️ Why Circular = Efficient = Competitive
Circular models are rooted in reducing waste and maximizing value—core principles of business efficiency.
From lower supply chain costs to new revenue streams through resource recovery, sustainability is a clear path to ROI.
Whether you're innovating in energy, food, or logistics, Sprout Summit showed that circular strategies lead to competitive advantage.
🚀 What’s Next: Activator Groups in Action
New Activator Groups are forming now to turn ideas into scalable models that drive both sustainability and growth.
These groups are focused on:
- Food: Local food production, edible landscapes, and community gardening
- Water: Watershed health, conservation, and access
- Waste: Circular waste systems that recover resources
- Energy: Renewable solutions and local energy projects
- Transportation: Low-impact commuting and smart infrastructure
- Wild Card: To create a sustainable, inclusive, and actionable roadmap that turns economic systems into shared community assets.
These are real-time R&D teams where businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies co-create scalable solutions.
🤝 Get Involved
Is your business focused on innovation, resilience, or green job creation? Then this is the moment to act.
🔹 Join an Activator Group
🔹 Partner on a Pilot Project
🔹 Help Plan Sprout Summit 2.0
What is Sprout Summit? Watch the Video!
Thank you to MCM 11 - McMinnville Community Media for capturing this inaugural event.
Sprout Summit - What is Sprout Summit? (2min)
Sprout Summit 2025 (full length)
Sprout Summit - Activator Group Presentations 2025 (30min)
📬 Contact Us
For more information or to get involved:
📩 Sprout Summit
sproutsummit@gmail.com
📩 Zero Waste McMinnville
info@zerowastemcminnville.org
🌐 zerowastemcminnville.org
📩 McMinnville Economic Development Partnership (MEDP)
info@mcminnvillebusiness.com
🌐 mcminnvillebusiness.com
🌱 Oregon’s Future is Circular
Let’s build the model together.
✉️ Join the Movement and fill out the interest form at the link.
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