Selected Projects
Empowered clients with
new insights.
We learn from your operations and data to uncover what actually moves your bottom line.
Meridian learns about your business challenges and through our data analysis process, builds strategies that help you reach your goals. Each project below is a unique outcome from a similar process, one that provides the client with a clearer picture of how their business actually fits into the world it operates inside. We help you see the big picture and identify opportunities for action.
Customer Insights · Marketing & Business Operations
The Log Cabin Restaurant
↗ logcabin1933.com
Partnered with a historic fine-dining operator to bring their guest data together in one place. Reservation history, point-of-sale transactions, and guest relationship records had been living in three separate systems with no easy way to connect them. The engagement consolidated all three into a single operational database that now drives both day-to-day service and longer-term marketing decisions.
Key Outcomes
→Identified untapped revenue opportunities within the existing guest base and built a custom dashboard to surface those insights for marketing and operational decision-making
→Built a pre-service briefing tool that gives front-of-house staff the guest context they need to deliver a more personalized dining experience, without having to step away from the floor to find it
→Designed a loyalty framework that helps the team identify and prioritize their most valuable long-term guests, giving the business a clearer picture of who keeps coming back and why
Industries That Benefit
New York City · Civic Intelligence
OpenCitizen
↗ opencitizen.net
OpenCitizen is a living database that reports on changing events within New York City. During the Democratic Mayoral Primary, OpenCitizen synthesized every candidate's policy proposals — including their websites, policy plans, debate statements, and press coverage — and organized all of the information into a single source of truth. The candidates policies were then presented in an apples-to-apples format, allowing voters to directly compare proposals. This allowed readers to easily understand what each candidate was promising, not just what their campaigns wanted the public to hear.
Key Outcomes
→Collected and organized 740+ documents — campaign websites, housing plans, public safety white papers, and news coverage from 23 outlets — into a single searchable library across all 14 candidates
→Identified where candidates agreed, differed, or went silent on the issues New Yorkers care about most: rent, school quality, subway safety, and the city's response to federal policy — drawn directly from each candidate's own words, not summaries or spin
→Produced 7 newsletters during the 2025 primary that turned hundreds of pages of policy documents into clear comparisons — showing what each candidate's promises would mean for a renter, a small business owner, a parent, or a longtime resident
Industries That Benefit
Space Utilization · Architectural Design · San Diego County
Native Finance
↗ nativecatalyst.org
The design and architectural program for Native Finance's Community Center was derived from a series of studies on space utilization and design of co-working spaces, geospatial analysis for regional site location, and regional architectural styles in and around San Diego County. The community center will provide personal financial services to local residents as well as act as a community hub with a cafe, convenience store and local programming events.
Key Outcomes
→Trade area analysis mapping population demographics, mobility patterns, and competing facilities within a 50-mile radius
→Space utilization model projecting occupancy scenarios across three program configurations: convenience store, cafe, and community space
→The architecture draws on regional styles and community needs, pairing historical precedents with contemporary construction methods
Industries That Benefit