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August 4, 2023

RISE and Shine: A Roadmap to Resilience

How Fernleaf’s Game-Changing Tool Is Uncovering the Hidden Impact of Flooding on Vulnerable Communities As Hampton Roads endures more frequent and increasingly severe flooding events, vulnerabl
RISE & Shine - Resilient Enterprise Solutions RISE Challenge Winner Home Raising Academy
August 22, 2022

RISE and Shine: Resilient Enterprise Solutions

First-of-its-kind Home Raising Academy trains public and private sector professionals – With sea levels projected to rise significantly over the next three to five decades, cities in Hampton Roads ar
RISE Innovator - Abby Johnson RISE Challenge Winner Executive Director - VPA
June 8, 2022

RISE and Shine: Virginia PACE Authority (VPA)

RISE Challenge winner VPA’s C-PACE program offers borrowers a new, cost-effective way to finance resilience improvements – Building a resilient economy includes developing structures that can withsta
RISE Innovator - Jim Nigg RISE Challenge Winner CEO & Founder - Constructis
April 8, 2022

RISE Innovator Spotlight

Jim Nigg: Constructis Founder and CEO – Inspiration can strike at any time. The key is to recognize it when you see it. For Jim Nigg, CEO and founder of Constructis, a company based on the concept of
Innovator - Juliette Murphy RISE Challenge Winner Co-Founder/CEO FloodMapp
December 22, 2021

RISE Innovator Spotlight

Juliette Murphy: FloodMapp co-founder and CEO – Navigating flooded streets is not just an inconvenience. It can be life threatening. Last year alone, nearly a third of the 139 flood fatalities report
Rise & Shine - Wetlands Watch RISE Challenge Winner CBLP-A Program
December 14, 2021

RISE and Shine: Wetlands Watch

RISE Challenge winner Wetlands Watch pilots first high school level “green” landscape certification program – A new program recently launched by RISE Challenge winner Wetlands Watch and partners is o