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.

Arezza - Knowledge Tourism

 Travel Planning and Destination Management in the United States and Italy

The Knowledge Tourism concept brings together local customs, values, and traditions with expertise in a variety of disciplines to learn, experience and expand knowledge of the territory in a holistic program that addresses:

Community histories that take-into-account the shaping of economic development projects

Geography and historic trade routes that consider river, lake and coastal navigation, highways, wagon trails and rail routes to ensure sustainability and resilience.

Industry Commerce Agriculture and Sustainability

Places transitioning from traditional industrial and commercial activities to technologically innovative ones; in some instances, they are also able to re-establish their traditional economic activities with a successful application of the so-called knowledge economy and, in the process, becoming once again competitive in the world marketplace;

Best Experienced in the Company of Local Friends and Experts

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world economy right up there with real estate, autos, and financial services. It is also highly segmented: business travel, meetings, cruises, family vacations, food, and wine travel, responsible, sustainable, ethical, and more.

Cultural Tourism assumes uniquely local dimensions wherever you go; the activities that you, the local or global visitor, select and, irrespective of the length of your stay, are unique of the community you are visiting and rooted into the local economy, culture and traditions.

Knowledge Tourism Means Doing and Going Where the Locals Go

The Environment the importance to a community of environmental issues and practices like energy efficiency and water conservation cannot be underestimated, especially if tourism is an important contributor to the local economy.

Educated Travelers select destinations primarily on-the-basis of cultural, gastronomic, wellness and similar preferences; increasingly, they expect that the places they visit reflect their values on key issues like recycling practices, air and water quality, as well as the availability and quality of public transit.

Business Travelers require efficient plans to meet trip objectives. This may entail visiting several locations in a compressed period-of-time to seek investment and sales opportunities. They look to Main Streets shopping and entertainment venues, Historic Districts and other community neighborhoods that have or plan to put in place energy savings measures as well as other environmental safeguards that help reduce the cost of doing business in that local area.

A Successful Destination is defined as one that develops projects built around existing facilities that need upgrading and/or expansion to manage tourism flows and local production capabilities to enhance community offerings.

Communities as Anchors for Local and Regional Travel

Cultural Anchors Museums, Theaters and other Historic Buildings located on Main Street and in Historic Districts are repositories of a community’s values and traditions. Each Local Project integrates architecture with digital media and engages visitors through interaction with local citizens.

The best way to travel is in the company of people who live and work in the places you visit

Green Leases for Properties and Communities

Green leases also known as aligned, high performance, or energy efficient leases align the financial and energy incentives of building owners and tenants so they can work together to save money, conserve resources, and ensure the efficient operation of buildings. A green lease is a lease of space in a green building that is designed, constructed and operated to achieve sustainability, water efficiency, energy savings and indoor environment quality.
Building Leases spell out how energy costs are divided between tenants and owners. Often, these leases are not structured in a way that promotes energy savings. Tenants have no incentive to save energy in their leased premises because energy costs are based on tenant square footage. Building owners have no incentive to invest in energy efficiency because the operating expenses are passed onto tenants.
Green Leases promote energy efficiency by creating lease structures which equitably align the costs and benefits of efficiency investments between building owners and tenants.

​​ A Landlord Tenant Energy Partnership

The Landlord Tenant Energy Partnership is led by the Institute for Market Transformation with the Retails Industry Leaders Association and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Participants have access to guidance in implementing energy efficiency steps, lease negotiations and property operations.

An Energy Savings Checklist replace inefficient incandescent bulbs with CFL bulbs; install and correctly set a programmable thermostat; switch out your showerhead for an efficient WaterSense model; use a power strip for electronics and appliances; set the refrigerator to 36°F - 40°F and the freezer to 0°F - 5°F. use shades and insulated drapes to block out the sun in the summer and reduce heat loss in winter.

Energy Management nearly all renters pay their own energy bills but have little say over the efficiency and quality of the appliances and windows in their home. 

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An Eco Museum in Your Community

A local, collective, private and public, entrepreneurial and sustainable economic development effort to create new employment and wealth opportunities:

Local a project made specifically for your community that draws on the history, traditions and talents that are unique to your town and region; shared, and paid for in part, with the participation and resources of visiting individuals, families, businesses, non profits and many others.

Collective a multidisciplinary approach that rests on the following wealth creating pillars:

o   Education and Training

o   Water Conservation and Management

o   Energy Savings and Creation Programs

o   Tourism services

o   Local typical products

The way out of a low wage, dead end job spiral: continuous acquisition of new collective knowledge

Private and Public drawing on the resources, expertise and vantage points of both in a carefully constructed partnership that is unique to the culture, values and needs of your territory

Entrepreneurial the freedom to be creative, to try something new, to fail in order to succeed!

Sustainable quality skills that empower the individual to create new wealth in the community in respect of the environment

Why  a Museum we cannot think of any other place -  anywhere - where history and culture, knowledge and learning, local citizens and visitors, the past and the future can come together and, building on past achievements, create new opportunities.

can we help make one for you

tema@arezza.net

Un Eco Museo nel Tuo Territorio

Un progetto locale, collettivo, imprenditoriale, pubblico e privato, per uno sviluppo economico sostenibile mirato a creare nuove opportunità di lavoro e di benessere sociale:

Locale un progetto realizzato appositamente per la tua comunità che attinge alla storia, le tradizioni ed i talenti unici della tua città e regione; condiviso, e pagato in parte, con la partecipazione e le risorse di persone e famiglie in visita, le imprese, i non profit e tanti altri soggetti.

Collettivo un approccio multidisciplinare allo sviluppo locale con:

o   Istruzione e formazione

o   Gestione delle risorse idriche

o   Risparmio energetico  e sviluppo di nuove risorse

o   Servizi turistici

o   Prodotti tipici locali

La via d'uscita dalla stagnazione economica: la continua acquisizione del sapere collettivo

Pubblico e Privato puntando ad un utilizzo efficace di risorse, competenze ed i vantaggi di entrambi in un partenariato costruito con la massima attenzione alla cultura, i valori e le esigenze del tuo territorio

Imprenditoriale libertà di creare e provare qualcosa di nuovo, anche fallire per poi avere successo!

Sostenibilità competenze professionali valide che consentono di creare un nuovo benessere socio-economico nel rispetto dell'ambiente

Perchè un museo c’è forse un altro luogo in cui la storia e la cultura, il sapere e l'apprendere, il cittadino ed  il visitatore, il passato e il futuro possono incontrarsi e, partendo dalle tradizioni locali, creare delle nuove opportunità.

possiamo contribuire a crearne uno anche per te

Per Saperne di Piu'
tema@arezza.net