Matthew Martindale

Matthew Martindale is the founder of Glens Falls is the Future, a civic tool built for the Glens Falls region. He grew up in Hartford, in Washington County, part of the same region the company now serves.

Glens Falls is the Future gives neighbors, local businesses, and government a single place to find each other and act. Someone posts a signal about a need, an idea, or something to share. The right people nearby find it. Something happens in the real world. It is built to strengthen the community it serves rather than extract from it. No ads. No outside investors. Independently funded and locally owned.

His involvement in the region predates the company. He was an early sponsor and a board member of Muralgarten, the free public art park taking shape in the city's East End, where around thirty murals are turning a former rail yard into a year-round destination and a catalyst for one of the most economically disadvantaged parts of Glens Falls. He is an ongoing sponsor of the Mind Blown Festival, a free all-ages rock festival and mental health resource fair that brings music fans together and connects them with real-time peer support. With his wife, he established the Luong-Martindale Fund, a donor-advised fund supporting charitable work in the community.

What connects all of it is a belief that the places people live are worth building on purpose. That community is something you can strengthen with the right tools and steady attention, not just watch erode. That the future worth wanting is local.