“The opportunity exists for Renaissance Downtowns USA to help rebuild and reshape our country in a time of desperate need. The contents of our Social Impact Pursuit reflect not only the problems that we are all aware of, but also the solutions that we are so desperately seeking.  This is in our core DNA.”

– Donald Monti, CEO

IMPACT DRIVEN

 

RDUSA is committed to addressing some of the most pressing issues facing the nation today, beginning with our youth who represent our country’s next generation of leadership.  Disinvested communities, suburban sprawl, lack of housing options, unemployment and rising levels of poverty are some of America’s most urgent socio-economic challenges that our team focuses on daily through the work we do.

RDUSA’s holistic and comprehensive approach to social impact real estate development provides structural solutions that are uniquely tailored to communities with the highest need.  Our impact-driven real estate model can help to respond to these critical needs.

OUR MODEL INCLUDES

INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT

  • Crowdsourced Placemaking (CSPM)
  • Public-Private Partnership
  • Community Informational Office
  • Dedicated Community Liaison
  • Monthly Meet-Ups & Programming
  • Website & Social Media Engagement
  • Participatory Grant Programs
  • Tactical Urbanism

COMMUNITY BENEFITS

  • Attainable Housing
  • Local Hiring
  • Local Contracting
  • Jobs & Business Referral Center
  • Development Fees for Community Facilities & Programming
  • No Eminent Domain or Displacement
  • Potential Revenue-Sharing

SUSTAINABILITY

  • LEED Neighborhood Development
  • Water Efficiency
  • Heat Island Reduction
  • Car-Sharing
  • Pedestrian & Bicycle Paths
  • Urban Gardens
  • Civic & Open Space
  • Public Frontage

IMPACT MEASUREMENT & REPORTING

RDUSA is one of the first real estate companies of its kind to create a proprietary impact framework to measure, monitor and guide planning and development efforts to improve the positive impact in each of the communities they work in.