Infill Score (www.infillscore.com) is a tool to help revitalize communities, create jobs & a more sustainable future. Discover your Infill Score & explore more than 30 strategies to accelerate infill. Powered by Crowdbrite. Brought to you by the team at Buildbrite. Creating SMARTER cities together. https://www.infillscore.com/ Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.infillscore.com/blog/team https://www.infillscore.com/blog/team <h3><div><strong>ADVISORS</strong></div></h3><div>Tony Lashbrook, Rick Holliday, Will Fleissig, Patrick Wright, Charles Long, Mary Lydon, Jim Mayer, Kate Meis, Fred Silva – and a host of civic leaders throughout California and the west.</div><div><strong>BIO</strong></div><div>Darin Dinsmore is the founder of Crowdbrite and Buildbrite. He's been working with the California Forward infrastructure action team to help develop new finance tools for municipalities to help implement their projects.  Working collaboratively they have launched <a href="https://t.yesware.com/tl/9b84f2925bbce74851c4ddd5f8ff595edfd0b75f/e030a89e7c92e3b23fea2421811f4ea2/d676f47d11dd0b7f8cc22f69145c9002?ytl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eifdistrict.com%2F" target="_blank">www.EIFdistrict.com</a> as an online resource to connect communities to capital. We are Beta Testing new tool born out of the EPA Infill work in Fresno  - <a href="http://%20www.infillscore.com." target="_blank">www.infillscore.com.</a>   His team has also been working on [UN]shelving city planning documents and helping to activate & implement them.  His projects have recently been featured in Fast Company magazine.</div><blockquote> <div> <div><strong>New tools to Revitalize our Communities</strong></div> </div> </blockquote><div><span>Civic Accelerator participants will learn about new tools and techniques for revitalizing communities.  </span>These include finance tools such as enhanced infrastructure finance districts and how these may prime the pump for reinvestment in our communities.  New approaches and technologies for unshelving & activating city plans will also be explored. Lastly new online tools to help implement plans and generate place-based economic development will be explored. New technologies are connecting communities to new capital for community revitalization, infrastructure projects and public-private partnerships.</div><img...<a href=https://www.infillscore.com/blog/team>Read More</a> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0700 https://www.infillscore.com/blog/the-works https://www.infillscore.com/blog/the-works <h3><div><strong>Take the Self Assessment Survey</strong></div></h3><div>The survey is primarily designed for planners, elected officials and economic development specialists to use to assess their infill readiness.  Local business and the development community may also be interested in learning more about innovative strategies to promote infill and community revitalization.</div><div>If you have not heard of all of the 30 strategies that have been identified, take the time to learn more & work through the detailed checklists.  Your score is calculated using weighted averages across the 30 strategies.  If you are currently utilizing new strategies that have not been identified – please add them in the other category.  The highest score for strategy number one is 10 points, strategy number four – parking and the bonus strategy for state/local initiatives receive five points each.  All the remaining strategies received three points each (yes that totals 104!)</div><div>The survey follows the worksheet below and is divided into two main categories – building a strong foundation, and funding.  If you have the time please review the entire EPA document and use it for reference as needed.  You'll receive an email summary of your score and by sharing infillscore.com with five colleagues and on social media you will receive a free complete report of your results.</div><img src=//user-images.strikinglycdn.com/res/hrscywv4p/image/upload/c_limit,f_auto,h_2000,q_90,w_1200/117451/Infill_Score_Worksheet_zd7rs1.png></img><br><a href=https://www.infillscore.com/blog/the-works>Read More</a>