It Started With a Math Problem.
Hard work used to be enough. Then the math stopped working. We built Prosperity-Works to fix it.
The Pacific County Gap
We’re business owners right here in Ocean Park. We’ve felt the same pressure everyone else feels. Main Street businesses want to pay people more—but the math has stopped working.
Since 2019, we watched our community split in two. The cost of basic survival (housing) skyrocketed, while the ability of local businesses to pay (wages) couldn't keep up.
We asked the question every small business eventually asks: Why is it so expensive to be small?
The Ladder is Broken
Local Economic Data (Since 2019)
Avg. Business Revenue: ▲ 12%
The Big-Business Cheat Code
When a Fortune 500 company negotiates benefits, they bring 50,000 employees to the table. When a local restaurant negotiates, they bring five.
The Result?
Small-town employers pay significantly more for the exact same healthcare plans, payroll services, and workers comp that large corporations get at a discount. The system extracts wealth from rural communities and funnels it upward.
So we decided to flip the equation. No more exporting our profit. No more playing alone.
Community Capitalism
Prosperity-Works is a community-based Professional Employer Organization (PEO). We combine hundreds of local workers into one large group to unlock corporate-scale negotiation power.
Lower Costs
Our target is 8–14% savings on employer overhead.
Better Jobs
Local workers gain access to Fortune 500–level healthcare and benefits.
Local Reinvestment
Surplus revenue stays here, funding childcare and housing infrastructure.
This isn’t charity. It’s a smarter economic engine—a model built for small towns, not skyscrapers.
Neighbors First
Antony & Cora
Co-Founders, Prosperity-Works
We live and work right here in Ocean Park. We run Willapa Wild, Oysterville Sea Farms, and several local ventures that depend on rural labor and seasonal rhythms.
We’ve met payroll, worried through slow months, and built companies from scratch. We know the pressure because we live it.
We’re not a faceless app. You’ll find us on Bay Avenue, at the oyster farm, or grabbing a coffee in town—always happy to talk numbers.