The Lodi, California based strategy studio of Matt Teresi.
EBMUD's federal license for Camanche and Pardee is being renewed for the first time since 1981. A letter to the District on what the next fifty years could hold, and how to add your organization's name.
For a century, knowledge work chained us to a desk. Dictation and agentic AI have handed the body back its oldest freedoms: to walk, to rest, to think while moving. The main points Dictation crossed a quality threshold and is now the better input method for knowledge work. Agents are
The 2025 California Grape Crush Report landed last week, and the chart provided really hit me. 2.62 million tons. That's the total California crush for 2025 -- 8% below 2024, 23% below the five-year average, and the lightest crop on record since 1999. Lodi Chardonnay came in
Every city in the Central Valley is trying to solve the same problem: how do you get young families to move here — and stay? The conventional playbook is economic development incentives, housing starts, and marketing campaigns. These matter. But they miss the thing that actually makes families choose a
A Catalyst Site Activation Strategy for Downtown Lodi This document presents an independent analysis of catalyst site opportunities in Downtown Lodi, timed to the public review of the Downtown Specific Plan (DTSP). It builds on the legacy established by the 1995 Central City Revitalization Concept Plan, examines comparable California downtowns
In January 2026, the City of Lodi invited public input on its draft Economic Development Strategic Plan. The following is a letter I submitted to the Lodi City Council during that process, offering observations drawn from the documented transformations of comparable California wine country downtowns. I'm sharing it
A home for community-focused strategy work and writings. The brackets are intentional. They represent how I think about what I do — clarifying, not creating from scratch. The work is paying attention. Seeking Godly wisdom, noticing what's already there, and clarifying it for the people who need