Community Development Projects

 

 

Objectives achieve economies of scale in small towns, coastal areas. river and rural communities through the application of a team effort across multiple communities that share in the marketing and sales costs. 

Commercial Strategies with Economies of Scale 

Mission create new sustainable wealth and economic opportunities by: 

• improving local knowledge and expertise, ensure accountability and responsibility by participants, 

• educating clients to ensure respect for local values and traditions, 

• utilizing market forces to achieve economies of scale and purchasing power, developing markets for products and services, focusing on sustainable projects in tourism, energy efficiency and supply chain, generating capital resources for small enterprises, and partnering with local government and nonprofits to reach into a community. 

Projects that Draw on Local History Traditions and Talents 

Arezza is a local, collective, multidisciplinary, private, sustainable community economic development business that focuses on projects that create new entrepreneurial opportunities in local areas around the world: 

1. made specifically for your community and unique to your region,  

2. via a multidisciplinary approach that rests on the following income creating pillars: education and training, energy efficiency, travel related services and local products, 

3. drawing on resources and expertise in a carefully constructed partnership unique to the culture, values and needs of your territory,

4. entrepreneurial - to create, try something new, and to succeed, 

5. sustainable with quality skills that empower individuals in the community and in respect of the environment,  

A Collective Multidisciplinary Approach to Wealth Creation 

 Where history and culture, knowledge and learning, local citizens and visitors, the past and the future come together and, building on past achievements, create new opportunities; communities are selected because of geographical location and proximity to transport assets. 

A Revenue Sharing Program

Special Purpose Vehicles - SPVs - are created for each participating community, each capitalized at US$ 50 thousand. Individual investors participate with cash or in kind up to US$ 5,000 with shares of US$ 100. 

Investors can participate in one or more SPVs and can own up to 50 percent in each entity. The balance of SPV shares are owned by Arezza (the project sponsor), local stakeholders (public, private and non-profit) and staff who receive compensation from the local revenue sharing program.

Local SPVs are independent of each other but benefit from a joint marketing, sales and management program.

Shipping Cargo Projects Energy Community

 

Working Locally and Globally to Create New Opportunities 

Arezza utilizes pay per use, on-demand services and other resilient value-driven outcomes in the sharing and circular economies such as pay-per-mile to satisfy client preferences in a collaborative system that delivers seamless customer experiences designed for maximum transparency, value, cost effectiveness and environmental sustainability for paying customers and service providers.

Collaborations in the Pay-per-Use Economy

SHIPPING

Local Regional and Global Intermodal Hubs 

Multi Modal Waterborne and Land Transport

Marine Facilities Environmental and Regulatory Liabilities

CARGO

A New Supply Chain for Buyers and Suppliers

Environmental Equipment for the Transportation Industry 

         PROJECTS

  Domestic and Export Sales Solutions

                          An Inter Modal Plan for the US Waterways

                                      ENERGY

Microgrids Hydrogen & DERs

Digital Logistics

Production and Delivery of Green Hydrogen

COMMUNITY

Travel Planning and Destination Management

Transit Logistics

Preserving and Divulging the Cultural Heritage of Your Community

Business Travel Services

Linking Manufacturing and Services

Collaborative Systems and Seamless Customer Experiences

Geography Community and Climate Change

Thesis Increased urbanization and mass migrations over the last century are key to understanding human factors in climate change; these are best understood by a careful reading of history and geography in your community. Regions of the Earth that are successfully addressing environmental problems should assist other communities, regardless of their location, set an example and provide knowledge and expertise.

Geography as defined by Halford Mackinder, bridges the gap between arts and science; it connects history and culture with the environment. Man and not nature initiates activities but nature in large measure controls -Fernand Braudel. Those working in harmony with environmental influences will triumph over those who strive against them - WH Parker. Human nature is motivated by fear, self interest and honor – Thucydides.

Sustainable Communities are created by addressing resource protection, climate change, air and water quality and availability, human health and well-being.

  

My Community the Washington DC, Potomac River and Middle Atlantic Region of the United States is characterized by a highly educated and knowledgeable citizenry that is very sensitive to environmental issues and is engaged locally and regionally.

Key Issues Affecting Climate Change

urbanization, traffic gridlock, population increases, community migrations

agricultural runoffs from rivers and tributaries into

Chesapeake Bay and the Maryland Eastern Shore

farming in the outlying Chesapeake region and urban area water quality issues have led to bacteria in the waters, resulting in swimming bans in the bay, rivers and the ocean.

budget limitations  have led to reduced inspection of watersheds, hence less maintenance and increases in storm water failures allowing tens of thousands of pounds of nutrients to enter the waterways.

education there is still a disconnect between the scientific community and the public at large; climate issues are still not part of mainstream thinking and daily life even in socially and economically sophisticated communities.  

Local Solutions to Climate Change Governments at all levels are engineering political solutions:

o   an agreement between EPA and Agricultural Organizations to implement pollution reduction programs aimed at restoring the Bay to health by 2025, and

o   local food production and consumption, a plastic bag tax, green roofs, bike and car sharing programs, light rail and other forms of public transport

Real success in mitigating climate change will be achieved when environmentally sound practices are adopted by a majority of the local population; in democratic societies, this can be achieved when small businesses and entrepreneurs – join government, nonprofit and volunteer groups in this effort.

Issues are taken more seriously when your lively hood depends on it. Hence, information, education and training lead to sustainable wealth creation.

Global Solutions to Climate Change At the dawn of the 20^th Century only 14 percent of the world’s population lived in cities; by 2025, 75 percent will be in urban settings. There are already 468 cities with over a million in population; 40 of these cities have more than 10 million residents.

These circumstances lead to continued economic, social, security, environment and climate problems. Increasingly there is a devolution from supranational and national to regional and local institutions to tackle these issue.

The more fortunate communities have an obligation to share their know-how, expertise and experience in climate change; it is in their interest to do so.

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