Small businesses are the connective tissue of rural communities, but the people running them often can't access the capital, coaching, or sustainability planning they need. With Edward Jones, the Main Street Initiative delivers all three to the operators holding their towns together.

The US is short roughly a billion tree seedlings a year, and the supply chain is contracting just as demand surges. We visited operators across 20 states to map every nursery that matters — and designed the financing facility we think can change the trajectory.

Small landowners are responsible for a third of California's fuel reduction goal, but they're the least able to afford the upfront costs of treatment. We're piloting two new carbon-crediting approaches with 25 landowners across 2,000 high-burn-probability acres in Northern California.