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November 22, 2024

12 Finalists Named in $1 Million Community Resilience Challenge

Nonprofits LISC Hampton Roads and RISE seek solutions to chronic problems in underserved communities – Nonprofits LISC Hampton Roads and RISE seek solutions to chronic problems in underserved communi

November 7, 2024

RISE Awards $1.2 Million to Riverine Community Resilience Challenge Winners

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

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

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