Why do you need an ongoing, collaborative, local renewal program?
Tired of inefficient, stop-start, project-by-project redevelopment? Stuck in an endless planning cycle? Want to build confidence in your community's (or region's) future via a continuous program that produces action and gathers momentum?
Tired of top-down redevelopment initiatives that only pay lip-service to public engagement? You can solve all of these problems via RevitalizFORUM: the web tool that provides a state-of-the-art regeneration program "in a box": just add citizens and go.
Rather than having to "reinvent the wheel", you can focus immediately on the 6 key activities that are crucial to rebuilding your future: 1) Creating a shared vision to drive strategies and plans; 2) Creating a catalog of local renewal opportunities for both government and private investors/entrepreneurs;
3) making the policy changes that will create a local "renewal culture"; 4) integrating and regionalizing projects for efficiency; 5) Engaging all stakeholders: citizens, businesses, schools, non-profits, and government; and 6) Creating public-public, public-private, and private-private partnerships to get projects done when financing is scarce.
RevitalizFORUM quickly and easily integrates all of your local renewal agendas: brownfields, watersheds, economic development, sustainability, social equity, historic preservation, downtown renewal, "smart growth", agricultural renewal, etc.
You've probably heard of the crowdsourcing trend. It's used by Fortune 500 companies to design new products; by the National Archives to improve their online service, and by the Pentagon to design military vehicles. RevitalizFORUM uses crowdsourcing technology. It empowers citizens to guide and assist both public agencies and private redevelopers in creating a better future for their communities.