The Pomegranate Center's original website domain, pomegranatecenter.org, is no longer affiliated with the Center or with Milenko Matanović. The domain registration lapsed after the nonprofit closed and has since been acquired by an unrelated third party. Please do not visit it — it may contain harmful content. This site, pomegranate.org, is the only authorized web presence.
For thirty-four years, the Pomegranate Center brought people together to develop plans for the future and to design and build community gathering places — over sixty parks, plazas, and public spaces across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Founded by artist and community activator Milenko Matanović, the Center proved that when people collaborate to create something beautiful, everyone rises to their best.
The nonprofit closed in 2020 due to COVID, but the ideas behind it — participatory democracy, art as community betterment, the belief that collaboration comes naturally to all of us — continue. Milenko consults, trains, and mentors future leaders in the principals of collaboration enhanced through the Pomegranate Method.
Watch this site for information coming soon about new 2026 publications from Milenko.