I have a psychologist friend who specializes in working with gifted and is concerned about the lack of opportunity for children (especially our higher level gifted) finding peers for building social relationships and connectedness.

He is doing some research and working on a business model to address that. If you would be willing to do so, please participate in his research by filling out this online survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/kidnekted

I hope he is able to successfully establish a new option. As many of us have experienced, it can be very difficult to find friends with similar intellect and interests, even in a highly populated area.