RISE Blog
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
June 16, 2023
LISC Hampton Roads and RISE Resilience Partner to Launch Innovation Challenge
LISC Hampton Roads and RISE today announced a new partnership focused on addressing resilience threats faced by vulnerable communities in the region — culminating in the launch of an innovation challe
June 16, 2023
LISC Hampton Roads and RISE Resilience Partner to Launch Innovation Challenge
Norfolk, VA—June 7, 2023 —LISC Hampton Roads and RISE today announced a new partnership focused on addressing resilience threats faced by vulnerable communities in the region — culminating in the laun
March 17, 2023
Natrx co-founder and CEO Leonard Nelson – Innovator Spotlight Q&A
In the effort to help coastal communities become more resilient to sea level rise and flooding, Natrx CEO and co-founder Leonard Nelson says his company doesn’t fit neatly into any one box.
– In the
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
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
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
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
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