Shorefast Foundation / Fogo Island Inn
Fogo island, Canada
Founder & CEO · Social
Zita Cobb grew up on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, a cod-fishing community devastated by the 1992 moratorium. She made a fortune in tech, then returned to build the Fogo Island Inn (rooms from $3,000/night) using traditional construction skills, with all profits flowing to the Shorefast Foundation. The model: radical hospitality as economic resilience. 100% of Inn profits fund community programs: artist residencies, skills transmission, education. Pioneered the concept of 'Business on Behalf of Pla
Place Making · Co-Being · Resolve · Patrimoine
Website · Curated by Florian Guillaume
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