A new report details how cities can leverage private investment in building more resilient and integrated infrastructure. A Roadmap for Resilience summarizes projects that create both public value and private investment opportunities, and that will create a robust pipeline of investable resilient infrastructure projects to benefit communities and society.
Cities are built around silos. Water treatment plants are handled by the water utility; roads and bridges fall to the department of transportation; power grids are maintained by electric companies. Under this system, there are some major gaps—needs at the seams of sectors can go unmet, failures in one area can domino into another—but, more [...]
re:focus partners CEO sits alongside Mayors and thought leaders to explore inspired ideas springing from cities and define what works.
Paying for the City: New Forms of Finance Shalini Vajjhala (Founder & CEO, re:focus partners)
There are some investments that follow the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We buy insurance before driving a car, get a flu shot during the cold months, and floss and brush our teeth in order to stave off painful trips to the dentist. These are personal investments [...]
re:focus partners CEO helped to define success for resilient infrastructure projects at the California Adaptation Forum.
On Friday, May 16th, I was in Washington, D.C., during a torrential downpour. Flash flood warnings stretched from Virginia, across Washington and out to Maryland. Undoubtedly, thousands of basements were flooded and roads were closed when water rushed out of streams and into places where water isn’t supposed to go.
Two Infrustructure Challenges Shalini Vajjhala, founder and CEO of re:Focus Partners, joins a panel discuss on infrastructure. She proposes a shift from issues to problem solving and suggests organizers eliminate industry jargon.
Watch re:focus partners CEO Discuss The Future Of Infrastructure
We are now living in the era of big data. The White House’s recent announcement on sharing data to help communities prepare for climate change is a fantastic example of the power of big data to address global challenges.