Architecting and operating a 145-acre immersive art park, concert venue, and retreat center that integrated large-scale art installations, technology infrastructure, and community systems into a unified experiential ecosystem. A completed project demonstrating real-world execution of visionary ideas at community scale.
Everland was a 145-acre immersive art park, concert venue, and retreat center located southwest of Denver, Colorado. Operating from 2019 to 2021, the project integrated large-scale art installations, permanent monolithic sculptures, a five-story tree net, stages, cabins, glamping areas, and natural spaces into a unified experiential environment. The project hosted concerts, festivals, workshops, spiritual retreats, educational gatherings, private events, and fundraisers, serving thousands of visitors, artists, and retreat participants.
This was community-scale worldbuilding: creating an immersive environment where art, technology, land, and people integrated into a single ecosystem. The project required systems thinking at every level, from technology infrastructure to event production to community coordination. Operating year-round with up to 25 people living on site, the complexity demanded infrastructure that enabled rather than constrained the vision.
As co-founder and Director of Innovations, the role encompassed ecosystem-level ownership: building and maintaining all technology and operational infrastructure, producing and coordinating all events, working directly with leadership and community, and coordinating teams of 30+ people during major events. This was lived experience, not advisory work.
Operating a 145-acre immersive art park with thousands of members, year-round events, and complex logistics required more than off-the-shelf solutions. The Everland App was architected as a custom, web-based operating system that functioned as the central nervous system for the entire project, consolidating fragmented processes into a unified platform.
The Everland App transformed operations by consolidating membership management, event ticketing, retreat registration, hospitality systems, asset management, staff coordination, and emergency workflows into a single platform. This unified system eliminated administrative friction, provided real-time operational visibility, and enabled coordination at scale across a large outdoor environment with limited connectivity.
Architected a comprehensive membership platform supporting thousands of members with secure access, profile management, and engagement tracking. The system handled liability waivers, photo and video releases, and membership tiers, providing a foundation for community engagement and operational compliance.
Built integrated ticketing and reservation systems enabling event registration, capacity management, and payment processing. The platform coordinated concerts, festivals, workshops, and private events while maintaining real-time availability and managing complex logistics across multiple venues and timeframes.
Designed comprehensive retreat registration and hospitality management systems coordinating lodging assignments, meal planning, workshop scheduling, and participant communication. The platform managed complex logistics for spiritual retreats, educational gatherings, and multi-day experiences while ensuring seamless guest experiences.
Architected asset and resource management systems tracking equipment, facilities, and infrastructure across 145 acres. The platform enabled efficient allocation of resources, maintenance scheduling, and inventory management, ensuring operational continuity across a large outdoor environment.
Built role-based access control systems enabling secure staff collaboration while maintaining operational security. The platform managed permissions for different staff roles, volunteers, and leadership, ensuring appropriate access to systems and information while protecting sensitive operational data.
Designed internal communication systems and emergency response workflows enabling coordination across a large outdoor environment. The platform facilitated staff communication, emergency protocols, and operational coordination, ensuring safety and continuity even in challenging connectivity conditions.
Operating a technology-dependent immersive environment across 145 acres of forested landscape without reliable broadband required creative infrastructure solutions. The technology stack was architected for reliability, safety, and operational continuity in challenging conditions.
The technology infrastructure enabled reliable operations across a large outdoor environment despite connectivity challenges. Mesh networks provided coverage across the property, multiple satellite internet systems ensured redundancy, and networking architecture designed for safety and coordination enabled seamless operations even during events with hundreds of participants.
Deployed mesh network infrastructure across 145 acres, providing wireless connectivity throughout the property. The network architecture enabled staff coordination, emergency communication, and operational systems to function reliably across a large outdoor environment, ensuring connectivity even in remote areas of the property.
Architected redundant satellite internet systems to overcome the lack of reliable broadband connectivity. Multiple satellite connections provided redundancy and ensured operational continuity, enabling the Everland App and critical systems to function even when primary connections were unavailable.
Designed networking infrastructure prioritizing safety and operational coordination. The system enabled real-time communication, emergency response workflows, and staff coordination across a large outdoor environment, ensuring operational continuity and safety even during complex events with hundreds of participants.
Built accounting and operational visibility systems providing real-time insights into financial performance, resource utilization, and operational metrics. The platform enabled data-driven decision-making, financial tracking, and strategic planning, ensuring sustainable operations across a complex, multi-faceted project.
Everland was designed as an immersive art park where large-scale installations, natural spaces, and community experiences integrated into a unified environment. The project featured permanent art installations, monolithic sculptures, a five-story tree net, stages, cabins, glamping areas, and natural spaces that created deeply immersive, emotional, and mystical experiences.
The experiential environment design created spaces where guests wandered through forests to discover large-scale art, tree-nets, lofted lounges, and nature nests. Playful, awe-inspiring art, storylines, messages, prompts, and poems invited exploration, while the integration of art, technology, and community facilitated connection and a childlike sense of wonder.
Produced and coordinated all events including concerts, festivals, workshops, spiritual retreats, educational gatherings, private events, and fundraisers. The role required coordinating teams of 30+ people during major events, managing complex logistics, and ensuring seamless experiences for hundreds of participants while maintaining the immersive, emotional quality that defined Everland.
Led creative direction and community storytelling, working directly with artists, staff, volunteers, and community members to shape the experiential narrative. The role involved integrating art installations, natural spaces, and community experiences into a unified story that invited exploration, connection, and wonder.
Led fundraising efforts and strategic leadership, working with leadership to secure resources, build partnerships, and sustain operations. The role required articulating vision, building relationships, and converting interest into sustained support for a complex, multi-faceted project operating at community scale.
Lived on site for years, providing ecosystem-level ownership of all technology, systems, and operational infrastructure. This lived experience enabled deep understanding of operational needs, rapid iteration on systems, and continuous improvement of infrastructure based on real-world usage and feedback from staff, volunteers, and community members.
As co-founder and Director of Innovations, the role required ecosystem-level thinking: understanding how technology, art, land, and people integrated into a single system, identifying operational friction, and architecting solutions that enabled rather than constrained the vision. This was not advisory work or partial involvement: it was complete ownership of all technology, systems, and operational infrastructure.
The project demonstrated real-world execution of visionary ideas at community scale. Operating year-round with up to 25 people living on site, coordinating teams of 30+ during major events, and managing thousands of members required infrastructure that scaled with complexity. The Everland App and technology systems were architected to eliminate friction, provide operational visibility, and enable coordination at scale.
Everland operated from 2019 to 2021 as a completed, time-bounded project that reshaped how immersive experiences are built and operated. The project demonstrated that visionary ideas can be executed in the real world at community scale, that technology and art can integrate into unified ecosystems, and that systems thinking applies to experiential worldbuilding as much as enterprise operations. This work established foundational capabilities in building entire ecosystems, thriving in complexity and constraint, and executing ambitious ideas in the real world.