GatherGov Manifesto

Our mission is to help real estate owners and developers make better, faster, and more confident decisions — before anyone else can.

Narrative Arbitrage

One of the deepest drivers is that real estate markets move slowly, but local government narratives can shift fast.

Narrative arbitrage exists between these two timelines. We capture this spread and give our clients the ability to get ahead of the market — through analyzing local government discussions, debates, and decision making processes in real time.

All Politics is Local [1]

All politics is local is a popular phrase in US politics. It reflects the layers of complexity in our government. The U.S. political landscape is a maze of jurisdictions — states, counties, cities, towns, and special districts — each with its own rules, timelines, and agendas. This fragmentation creates a complex web of influence over real estate, making the landscape opaque, slow, and unpredictable.


Local governments regularly hold public meetings that shape development — streamed, recorded, and documented in minutes. But in reality, accessing and interpreting this information is time-consuming and fragmented, buried across countless formats and systems.


GatherGov aggregates this data and cuts through the noise.


Units of US Local Government

Finding Alpha

Narrative arbitrage in local governments is alpha. Examples of narrative arbitrage:

  • Office-to-residential Planning commissioner says in a meeting "We're starting to look at rezoning some commercial corridors for mixed-use."
  • Moratorium warning Citizens complain in a city council meeting that "too many self-storage units are being approved."
  • Emerging incentives Economic development staff starts pitching "green tech" growth — mentions tax breaks for data centers during a budget hearing.

Our clients operate with the mental model "There are constantly shifting pockets of opportunity and risk in the market. If I can spot the shifts first, before my competitors, I can win."

GatherGov is the radar system and decision-support engine that helps our clients do exactly that:

Accelerate site selection: Avoid wasting time on projects that are dead-on-arrival — we help owners and developers de-risk their pipeline and accelerate site selection by learning about projects currently stalled or recently approved/denied by a municipality

Early Warning Systems: Moratoriums, sentiment shifts, rezoning notices, public opposition — signals that let owners and developers act before it's on the front page of the local newspaper.

Market Discovery: "Where should we go next? Where is local government sentiment towards X positive?" GatherGov helps owners and developers find out where to focus attention and resources.

Competitor Intel: Owners and developers can track competitors’ moves and block them when needed — an offensive and defensive advantage.

Winning Outcomes for our Clients

  • This municipality is becoming friendly to office-residential conversions — let's get in before brokers start talking about it.
  • "I own a self storage facility in X municipality. Someone has just submitted an application for another self storage facility. My team is looking to prepare to block upcoming supply."
  • "Sentiment on BESS is turning — lobby to delay moratorium."
  • "Sentiment on short-term-rentals is starting to turn in this location — time to sell our assets before the hammer comes down."

Stay Ahead of Local Policy. Protect Your Assets. Maximize Returns.