Sustainable. Resilient. Viable.
Strategies, Solutions & Capital for Community Renewal & Resilience
Sustainable. Resilient. Viable.
Strategies, Solutions & Capital for Community Renewal & Resilience
Expect The Unexpected
In an era of escalating volatility and systemic uncertainty - driven by economic instability, extreme weather events, environmental disruptions, shifting public policies, aging infrastructure, geopolitical tensions, and health crises - communities must expect the unexpected. Ensuring long-term viability requires continuous adaptation, strategic planning, innovation, and investments that are both sustainable and resilient. A community’s ability to sustain and enhance the well-being of its people, organizations, and businesses depends on proactive stewardship of its economy, environment, natural resources, infrastructure, fiscal health, and essential public services.
Viable communities address immediate needs while cultivating resilience, enabling them to adapt to future challenges and seize emerging opportunities. Beyond merely 'bouncing back' after crises, viable communities possess the foresight and strength to 'bounce forward', using disruptions as catalysts for progress and transformation. They foster economic stability, social cohesion, human progress, equatable access to opportunities, and environmental stewardship while maintaining quality infrastructure that safeguards the safety, health, education, and long-term prosperity of a community, its residents, organizations, and businesses alike.
Fostering Prosperity
Fostering prosperity starts with a comprehensive assessment of a community’s strengths, resources, and potential across critical focus areas. By taking a holistic approach and examining its hubs, dynamic centers of activities that drive social connection, economic opportunities, cultural expression, public health, environmental sustainability, and overall quality of life, we gain a deep understanding of each hub’s unique role and its broader community ecosystem.
Our hub-focused approach uncovers the unique characteristics and interdependencies within a community, guiding the development of actionable, forward-thinking strategies that integrate innovative planning with practical, economically viable solutions.
Through comprehensive cost-benefit analyses, we systematically evaluate financial feasibility, value at risk, risk mitigation and adaptation costs, and projected economic returns. Our rigorous process prioritizes high-impact projects, those that deliver the greatest return on investment and effort, while fostering sustainable economic progress, strengthening community resilience, and ensuring long-term viability.
Resilient Execution
We bridge the gap between vision and execution, turning strategic community goals into actionable, high-impact solutions. Our approach goes beyond traditional planning by ensuring that initiatives are collaborative, practical, resilient, and effectively implemented. Partnering with communities, we develop comprehensive action plans that outline viable funding and implementation strategies, incorporating proven project management practices, measurable performance metrics, and clear timelines.
Ensuring long-term community viability goes beyond building or upgrading assets. It requires efficient systems, adaptable processes, strategic investment, and strong social cohesion. While resilient infrastructure and enhancements to the built environment are essential, human well-being is equally critical. This includes expanding housing options, strengthening workforce development, reducing child poverty and food insecurity, advancing environmental stewardship, fostering collaboration and transparency, and shaping public policies that support a resilient economy.
Capital Solutions
Sustainability and resilience require more than strategy - they require capital. Unfortunately, government funding for communities, particularly at the federal and state/provincial levels, is often unpredictable and insufficient, especially amid shifting political priorities. To bridge this gap, we leverage diverse funding sources and innovative revenue-generation strategies to ensure initiatives support and enhance long-term viability.
We collaborate with private and non-profit institutional investors, as well as individual investors seeking stable, long-term returns in community revitalization, historic preservation, and public utility infrastructure, including renewable energy assets. We also facilitate capital investment vehicles, including community investment funds, energy and historic facility preservation funds, and community bonds, empowering local businesses and individuals to invest directly in projects that drive economic renewal and strengthen community engagement.
To enhance investment appeal and maximize funding potential, we identify and monetize tax credits, government incentives, grants, and environmental credits, unlocking additional capital streams that broaden financing opportunities. Recognizing that traditional local revenue sources and tax base growth often fall short, we help communities develop market-based funding mechanisms, optimize service revenues, and implement utilization-based fee programs. These strategies support long-term investments while reducing reliance on tax revenues, ensuring financial sustainability for critical community initiatives.