Impact and
Service by
Design
Service by
Design
Grants & Funding Strategies
We structure, refine, and align funding opportunities across federal, state, and private sources. Our role often includes narrative development, eligibility strategy, match documentation, and realignment when projects need to pivot midstream.
Example: In 2025, we facilitated, restructured and won a USDA planning grant for our client. We ensured eligibility alignment between a manufacturing partner and a farmer applicant — preserving the project while strengthening its long-term operational framework.
Cross-Sector Partnerships
We align stakeholders who don’t typically sit at the same table. Our role is to translate across industries — ensuring that timelines, expectations, compliance, and creative vision move in sync. We help farmers speak manufacturing, manufacturers speak funding, and creatives understand infrastructure.
Example: In 2025, we assisted in a collaboration between hemp farmers, a processing facility, and a textile innovator to structure a farm-to-fabric supply chain in the US — aligning cost and logistic requirements, operational timelines, and long-term, sustainable manufacturing goals into one cohesive framework.
Supply Chain & Materials Innovation
Our work at the intersection of agriculture, manufacturing, and product development — helping translate raw material potential into functional, scalable systems. Our focus includes domestic supply-chain alignment, material innovation, production retrofits, and strategic R&D pathways that connect farming to finished goods.
Example: We are currently engaged in ongoing research and development with Hemp Plastic Company, exploring hemp-based bioplastics and product applications. This work includes assessing material performance, manufacturing feasibility, and scalable pathways for bringing hemp-derived alternatives into real-world production environments.
Event & Cultural Production
We design and curate events with clients and community at the center. Not every gathering needs to revolve around materials or innovation — sometimes the goal is connection itself. We move away from traditional, uncurated networking formats and instead create intentional spaces where conversation flows naturally and relationships form without pressure.
We connect creatives, communities, and subject matter experts to ensure each experience is engaging, thoughtful, and well-structured. The goal isn’t forced interaction — it’s meaningful exchange. If people leave inspired, informed, or having learned something new, even better.
Example: The Hemp Exchange, taking place Saturday, September 19, 2026, is a curated business-creative gathering designed with sponsors and strategic partners at the center. Built as a sponsor-forward, consumer-facing platform, the event blends innovation, design, and cross-sector collaboration in an environment that feels fluid but operates with purpose.
Rather than traditional, unstructured networking, The Hemp Exchange is intentionally designed to deliver visibility, meaningful connection, and strategic alignment for participating sponsors and clients — while creating space for creatives, innovators, and community leaders to engage in authentic exchange.
Rooted in connection. Designed to evolve.
CYC brings people, ideas, and infrastructure together to build work that adapts, grows, and responds to the communities it serves.
