The 38 places that built America are reemerging to innovate America.
The Great 38 is a regional intelligence, visibility, storytelling, and resource platform amplifying the people, places, and progress powering America’s future.
38 Places. One Backbone. Limitless Future.
By the numbers, under review.
The Great 38 platform may include candidate, prototype, internal, community-submitted, or methodology-review metrics.
How The Great 38 operates as a regional backbone.
Beacon
See what others overlook. Signal before consensus.
Bridge
Create routes that connect founders to capital, operators, customers, and institutions.
Build
Help founders build their companies, communities, and lasting infrastructure.
Broaden
Broaden awareness of what's possible in foundational markets.
Regional intelligence layer
A clearer view of the 38 places — surfaced through metrics, signals, support pathways, and an open methodology.
I’m in the region
For residents, founders, local organizations, institutions, civic leaders, community groups, churches, nonprofits, schools, entrepreneurs, and businesses.
Register / Share Your ConnectionI want to support the region
For funders, sponsors, corporate partners, volunteers, researchers, universities, media, technical assistance providers, investors, and civic partners.
Support / Partner With the RegionAll inquiries, registrations, submissions, and expressions of interest are collected through B.PM Brands’ inquiry form and reviewed before any follow-up or public use.
Help improve The Great 38.
Share feedback, corrections, questions, or ideas through the B.PM Brands inquiry form. The Great 38 is currently in beta — features, data displays, and public-use status labels may continue to evolve.