Outposts
The Alliance meets in person too.
Five Local Outposts. Real rooms, real people, growing every month since we started.
11,000+
Registered members across five Outposts
64 mo.
Straight months of growth, in every city
An Outpost isn't a support group and it isn't a networking mixer. It's a professional, restorative space where autonomy is respected, not just recovered from. Allies gather, collaborate, and build real social capital, then go back to their own work, sharper for it. Easing isolation is a natural byproduct. It isn't the point.
What Actually Happens Here
Outposts run on the same three Pillars as everything else in the Alliance. Here's what that looks like in a room, not a brochure.
Connection
Somatic Sovereignty
After-hours socials, Coworking coffees, and small intimate lunches fill most of the calendar. Outposts tend to have some anchor events too such as Outpost Anniversary, a Friendsgiving potluck, or retreats. These are low lift, high turnout, the kind of events where a first-time visitor becomes a regular. When the weather holds, expect a hike, a paddle, or a tubing run down whatever river is closest.
Collaborative Learning
Self-Leadership
Cross-sectional sessions on AI, leadership, marketing, and other practical skills, run by Allies, for Allies. Nobody's selling a course here. It's the same peer-taught approach the whole Alliance runs on, just in a room instead of an inbox.
Community Impact
Sovereign Career
Habitat for Humanity builds, food bank shifts, environmental cleanups, workforce development projects. This is where an Outpost's reputation gets built in the wider city, not just among its own members, exactly the kind of local visibility a remote career rarely gets by accident.
Why Allies Keep Showing Up
A remote career hands you flexibility and quietly takes back the things an office used to give you without asking: a hallway conversation, a peer's gut check, a reason to leave the house that has nothing to do with output.
A real Outpost hands those back on purpose. Confidence, feedback, and accountability you can't equip yourself with alone.
Doors into the region's talent, clients, and opportunities a remote Ally would otherwise never see. A seat that already has your name on it before you walk in.
The Outposts
Asheville, NC
The flagship Outpost, where Thrive Remotely started.
5,600+ Allies
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Known locally as the Triangle Outpost
3,000+ Allies
Wilmington, NC
The smallest Outpost by membership, and month after month the most engaged. Wilmington's Allies show up harder than anywhere else in the network.
500+ Allies
Community Calendar
Upcoming events for Outposts and other remote working communities.
All Day Coworking at Bamboo + Happy Hour | Tue, Oct 20, 10:00 AM | Ann Arbor, MI
October WFH Happy Hour! | Tue, Oct 20, 5:30 PM | Boise, ID
Weekly Wednesday Morning Cowork | Wed, Oct 21, 9:00 AM | Washington, DC
October Social at Seoul Food | Wed, Oct 21, 6:00 PM | Charlotte, NC
AVL Digital Nomads | Travel Talk | Wed, Oct 21, 6:30 PM | Asheville, NC
The Stranger Hour: A Non-Networking Experiment | Thu, Oct 22, 6:00 PM | Asheville, NC
Manifesting Self | Thu, Oct 22, 6:00 PM | Asheville, NC
#CasualFridays Co-working @ Podium Finish Coffee & Bikes | Fri, Oct 23, 12:00 PM | El Paso, TX
Downtown Durham Pub Crawl | Fri, Oct 23, 7:00 PM | Durham, NC
Remote Workers Give Back: Volunteer w/ Rescue Runners | Sun, Oct 25, 8:00 AM | El Paso, TX
Solo Together Summit | Mon, Oct 26, 9:00 AM | Cary, NC
October Social @ Double Stamp Brewery | Tue, Oct 27, 6:00 PM | Greenville, SC
Spooky story hour at the ciderhouse | Tue, Oct 27, 6:45 PM | Boise, ID
Weekly Wednesday Morning Cowork | Wed, Oct 28, 9:00 AM | Washington, DC
Table for Eight: Women's Dinner at Tavolata | Wed, Oct 28, 6:30 PM | Boise, ID
Classy Cocktails at Capella on 9 | Thu, Oct 29, 6:30 PM | Asheville , NC
Not in one of these cities yet?
The Alliance is a federation, not a franchise. Every Outpost is founded and run independently by a local Vanguard, and starting one is more accessible than most people assume.
STEP 1
Talk to a Vanguard Coach
No business plan required. A short conversation about your city, your goals, and what support looks like.
STEP 2
Set up your Meetup group
Thrive Remotely passes through a reduced network rate, $25 a month instead of the standard $45, at cost. Approval typically takes about a day.
STEP 3
Run your first event
Social and low-stakes. A coworking coffee or a casual meetup is enough to prove the concept and see who shows up.
You're not on your own. New Outpost Vanguards get onboarding coaching calls and join a standing monthly call with every other Outpost Vanguard in the network. A website isn't required to start, most Outposts run entirely on Meetup.
Talk to a Vanguard coach
Send us a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
