LAUREN BAILEY - UPWARD PROJECTS
Business Advice, Brand Building & Creating A Loyal Community
Join us for lunch, an informal conversation, and a tour of the historic Upward Projects HQ, where Lauren Bailey dishes out advice and strategy for creative businesses.
As Co-Founder and CEO of Postino and Upward Projects, Lauren has helped build more than 35 restaurants across five brands and seven states—all while creating places that feel distinctly connected to their neighborhoods and communities.
We’ll talk brand building, marketing, designing with historic preservation in mind, and creating a community people genuinely want to be part of—with plenty of time for Q&A and candid conversation along the way.
EVENT DETAILS
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
1pm - 2:30pm
Upward Projects HQ
Central Phoenix
3443 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Cost: $40
Lunch and refreshments provided courtesy of Upward Projects
(Ticket price includes sales tax)
LAUREN BAILEY
Lauren Bailey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Postino and leads parent company Upward Projects, the restaurant development and hospitality group known for one thing, making people feel good. Lauren focuses on strategy, conceptualization and development for over 35 restaurants over five brands in seven states. Named in the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing companies for four consecutive years, Upward Projects places an emphasis on preparing high-quality food and adapting and reusing historically relevant buildings that are an integral part of the neighborhoods they serve. A proud ASU graduate with dual degrees in Communication and Fine Art, Lauren has been inducted into the Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame as “Restaurateur of the Year” and honored as a “Food Pioneer” by the Arizona Restaurant Association.
UPWARD PROJECTS
Upward Projects is a Phoenix-based restaurant development and hospitality group behind Postino, Windsor, Churn Ice Cream, Federal Pizza, and the new Lado A Lado. Known for creating places that make people feel good, the company has grown to more than 35 restaurants across seven states while staying closely connected to the neighborhoods it serves. Its approach blends hospitality, design, community, and adaptive reuse, often giving new life to historically relevant buildings and creating spaces that feel like a natural part of their surroundings.
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