A partner reaches out, or a shared contact introduces us. We listen to what happened, what the community wants, and what is already underway.
Through community engagement, charrettes, brainstorming sessions, and structured conversations, we work alongside community members to organize and document the long-term recovery goals they have already identified.
Through ongoing conversations and focused research, we test ideas, learn what matters most, and hone in on the priorities the community wants to carry forward.
Our professionals develop concepts, models, maps, data, strategies, and analysis in close contact with the partner.
We deliver work the partner can use and carry forward to make key decisions, apply for funding, or bring others along. The work is aligned to the community's capacity.
Emergency response is the first phase of recovery. Long-term rebuilding is the last. Between them is a quieter period, when public attention fades but decisions with thirty-year consequences are being made. REGN operates in this interim. This is when a community sets its direction, deciding what to rebuild, where, and how, often while its own planning and technical staff are stretched thin by the scale of the disaster itself. We add capacity at that specific moment, working in service of goals the community sets.
REGN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Our services are entirely pro bono, supported by donations, grants, and partners, so communities recovering from disaster can reach professional planning they would otherwise go without.
How that support comes together evolves with each engagement while the aim remains to keep high-quality service within reach.
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The work is organized into two committees. Most engagements draw on both.
Spatial, environmental, and visual tools that help a community understand options and make informed decisions.
Operational, financial, and communications support that helps a partner fund, manage, and sustain its recovery work.
We work with community organizations, nonprofits, foundations, and local groups leading recovery on the ground. We add professional capacity in service of the goals they set.
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