Four days after the 2016 election, a writer and a coffee shop owner in Green Bay sat down and said "What are we going to do to make this a better world?" Six months later, they had a board of directors, over $100K in community funding, a marketing strategy, a nonprofit designation, and a fully formed book and author festival that included over 80 panels, workshops, author readings, and events for kids to help promote literacy and bring new ideas to the community. We'll tell you how we did it.