We believe in building strong communities through collaboration and connection. By uniting civic leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, and engaged citizens around a shared vision for their cities, we strive to foster thriving and inclusive hometowns.Tom Tom began in the spring of 2012 as a community festival an attempt to bring people together to celebrate the creativity and entrepreneurship of Charlottesville, Virginia. The following year, the Tom Tom Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization) was formed to steward the event and expand its focus to a fuller suite of themes required to make flourishing, opportunity-filled hometowns, including education, health, data, climate, and justice. We believe finding solutions relies on having conversations, and thats what we do best. By bringing multi-sector leaders together to discuss the innovative (and often undersung) solutions happening across the country, were helping facilitate the collaborative path forward that cities need most.