THERE HAS BEEN NO SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROCESS OF IMPROVING PLACES IN OVER 70 YEARS.
Now’s Your Chance To Earn Goodwill & Make History.


This trillion-dollar industry’s revolution began January 1, 2023.
Support It Now: Grow your work by creating a better future for all.

Support the world's first initiative that accelerates economic revitalization, urban redevelopment, regenerative agriculture, environmental restoration, disaster recovery, & climate resilience.

TWO KINDS OF RISING PLACES SUPPORTERS:
Corporate Sponsor or Institutional Partner.



Be a Corporate Sponsor. Be seen
as a champion of green, inclusive, resilient economic revitalization.

RISING PLACES Sponsors

For-profit companies can become a
RISING PLACES Corporate Sponsor.

There are four levels to fit any budget: Global Sponsor,
National Sponsor, State Sponsor and Sustainer.
LEARN MORE NOW



Be an Institutional Partner. Advance your foundation, non-profit, public agency or professional association.

RISING PLACES Partners

Professional associations, foundations, non-profits, government agencies & academic institutions can become a RISING PLACES Partner. There are 4 levels to fit any budget: Global Partner, National Partner, Partner and Ally.
LEARN MORE NOW

As A Corporate Sponsor Or Institutional Partner, Hit Your ESG Goals As A Champion Of Green, Nonpartisan, Youth-Inclusive, Entrepreneur-Powered Revitalization & Disaster Resilience.

AFTER 70 YEARS WITHOUT MAJOR CHANGE, A REVOLUTION
IS COMING TO THE PROCESS OF IMPROVING PLACES.

January 1, 2023: Research phase of RISING PLACES began.
January 1, 2024: Development of RISING PLACES begins.
January 1, 2025: RISING PLACES initiative goes live.

Over 80% Of Economic Renewal Efforts Fail. That’s About To End, Thanks To Your Pre-Launch Support.
After 70 years without significant advances, a revolution is coming to the practice of community regeneration.

Most community “leaders” are passive and reactive, just waiting for the private sector to propose projects. That’s not a path to equitable, resilient regeneration of local built, natural, and socioeconomic assets.

Leaders lack a reliable, proven process to attract sufficient funding, partners, and expertise for lasting, inclusive economic growth.  Recovery, revitalization, and resilience are best achieved together.

PLACE DOCTORS help communities plug the gaps in their current process, and then help them get accredited as a RISING PLACE. This helps them attract public funding and private investors/developers. This initiative is supported by Corporate Sponsors and Institutional Partners.

As A Founding Supporter During This Pre-Launch Period, You'll
Help Pioneer A New Dawn Of Success For The Practices Of
Revitalization, Redevelopment, Recovery, and Resilience.

You’re also invited to join our ReCOLLEGE faculty.
Grow your income via the “Amazon.com” of renewal knowledge.

RISING PLACES
PRE-LAUNCH PARTY

Jan.1 2023-Dec. 31, 2024

Join the Pre-Launch Party to save 50%, and
get a FREE 1-hour one-on-one consult with Storm Cunningham!

After 2 years of intensive research and development, our RISING PLACES initiative will be delivered on-time, fully-tested on January 1, 2025, so we’re celebrating.

You’ll get a 50% pre-launch discount on your Sponsor or Partner enrollment prior to January 1, 2025, when RisingPlaces.org goes live.

 Pay your 2025 dues as a Sponsor or Partner now, and lock-in that discounted rate for as long as you remain a Sponsor or Partner.

And, if you act soon, you can get a FREE one-on-one 1-hour consultation with Storm Cunningham (a $400 value) to help you strategize about how best to leverage your RISING PLACES supporter status to advance your mission. (see below for details)

NOW, YOU CAN GET A FREE, 1-HOUR STRATEGY CONSULT WITH
THE WORLD'S #1 EXPERT ON COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION,
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION & CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
This special offer started August 1, 2023, and won't last long.

Storm Cunningham wrote the books on community revitalization, nature restoration & disaster resilience:
The Restoration Economy (BK, 2002); Rewealth (McGraw-Hill, 2008); and RECONOMICS (KDP, 2020).

His hourly consulting rate is $400, but you can consult with Storm for a one hour FREE when you become a RISING PLACES supporter of any kind: Corporate Sponsor or Institutional Partner

Help your company, institution or community get the most from your support of RISING PLACES when it launches January 1, 2025 by strategically preparing during this pre-launch period. Whether your goal is to boost revenue, membership or reputation, RISING PLACES can quickly make it happen.

Storm keynoting annual conference of the Planning Institute of Australia in 2015

Storm started his adult life as a Green Beret with the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group.

From that over-achieving beginning, he went on to become the world’s leading consultant, author and speaker on the fast-growing “re” disciplines, industries and practices that are creating safer, healthier, wealthier places for all: redevelopment, reuse, regeneration, renewal, renovation, etc.

George Ochs, Managing Director of Real Assets at JP Morgan, calls Storm “The world’s thought-leader on community revitalization and natural resource restoration.” 
In 2019, Sarah Sieloff, Executive Director of CCLR said “Storm Cunningham is so far ahead of the community revitalization game, I’m in awe.”  Learn more about Storm Cunningham.

BECOME A RISING PLACES SUPPORTER TODAY.
Free strategy consult is available for a VERY limited time.
It will end as soon as Storm's available time slots are filled.

LUBRICATE YOUR COMMUNITY

Communities are complex. Opportunities and leaders can emerge anywhere, at any time. So can obstacles: natural disasters, loss of funding, NIMBYism, fear of change, pessimism, partisan politics, broken campaign promises, plans not implemented, projects delayed to death, bursts of revitalization that fizzle out, etc.

The RECONOMICS Process facilitated locally by certified PLACE DOCTORS is designed to ensure progress, no matter what. They build on community strengths, and bypass impediments. The process of creating revitalization and resilience must itself be resilient to produce a steady flow.

Steady Progress. No Excuses.

WHY MOST REVITALIZATION & RESILIENCE EFFORTS FAIL

Revitalization and resilience are universal goals, but are too complex to be achieved within silos. Your community probably has talented economic developers, planners, designers, builders, developers and non-profits. You might have some visionary plans, projects, initiatives and leaders. But some key missing pieces are sabotaging success.
All of those players and activities can contribute to revitalization and resilience. None can achieve them alone. In fact, they usually can’t even succeed together.
They lack three crucial elements needed to deal with the complexities of
economic, social and environmental renewal:

1.) Informed Stakeholders: Engagement events like town halls, visioning workshops and design charrettes are well-intentioned, but are often feel-good exercises producing documents that rot on a shelf. A community cooperates effectively and moves forward together when all stakeholders (especially local youth) understand what needs to be achieved, and how to help achieve it. Education of a proven method is key.
2.) Ongoing Effort: Resilient prosperity doesn’t come from one-time projects or transient political administrations. It requires renewal momentum that constantly increases confidence in a better local future. That confidence builds resources by attracting residents, employers and investors, and by retaining those you have. Activation of actual projects is key.
3.) Real-time Feedback: Plans are usually obsolete the day they are published, becoming more so daily. Delayed feedback creates chaos. Leaders and residents alike need to know when the community is advancing, when it’s stalled, and when it’s receding. Monitoring of progress is key.

All three of those missing pieces are provided by the RECONOMICS Process created locally by PLACE DOCTORS.

Become a Corporate Sponsor or Institutional Partner.

The non-profit RECONOMICS Institute (Washington, DC) invites you to support
the RISING PLACES initiative globally or nationally as a Partner or Sponsor,.

Learn More Below.

Storm Cunningham, E.D. RECONOMICS Institute

RECONOMICS Institute unveiled
Pre-Launch Phase of RISING PLACES
on August 1, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Launching January 1, 2025, communities
will be able to apply for accreditation
as a RISING PLACE.

The goal? Green, entrepreneur-powered, youth-inclusive community revitalization & resilience.

Over 80% Of Economic Renewal Efforts Fail.  That’s About To End.

AFTER 70 YEARS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, A
REVOLUTION IS COMING TO COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION

THE REVOLUTION IS ADVANCING ON THREE FRONTS:

FACILITATORS

Certified PLACE DOCTORS facilitate  public funding and private partners by cultivating what attracts them: increasing local health, wealth, housing, safety & unity. Learn about PLACE DOCTOR certification.

SUPPORTERS

Three categories of supporters are helping us fund and advance the RISING PLACES initiative:
Corporate Sponsors and Institutional Partners.

RESOURCES

The ReCOLLEGE is like the “Amazon.com” of community revitalization and resilience expertise: every service or consultant you need for regenerative projects, plans, programs, and initiatives in one place.

Helping public & private funders find great places to grow resilient, equitable economies.
Helping public & private leaders of all ages create great places in which to live, work & invest.

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