2013 ANNUAL REPORT

The mission of Re:Vision is to work with people in marginalized neighborhoods to develop leaders, cultivate community food systems, and grow a resilient local

VISIONOur vision is a world of self-sufficient, localized communities who are part of an interdependent global system, where individuals act as stewards and live with respect towards their local environmental, economic and social systems. The sum of these communities’ efforts contributes to a shift in societal values and ultimately a world that lives within the ecological limits of the planet.

To be a catalyst for localization by building place-based models that strengthen local economies, build community wealth, cultivate resident leadership, and fortify internal capacity towards self-sufficiency, resiliency, and sustainability.

BOARD MEMBERSSarah Laverty – President

Sarah Parmar – Vice PresidentCharlie McDaniel - Treasurer

Susanne Lewis - Secretary

STAFF MEMBERSEric Kornacki – Executive Director

Joseph Teipel – Director of OperationsPatty Grado – Director of Community Promotoras

Alyssa Meier – Urban Farm ManagerBarbara Frommell – Development Coordinator

PROMOTORAS

The mission of Re:Vision is to work with people in marginalized neighborhoods to develop leaders, cultivate community food systems, and grow a resilient local

Alyssa AltJessica GeorgeAndy Vermouth

Mark Lewis

Jonathan LangerIndira Guzman-Sais

Susan Jurow

Mayra OlivasMatilde GarciaAntonia GarciaPerla Mendez

Yuirdia BahenaChristobal RodriguezGabriela Rodriguez

Fransisca Luna

FROM OURLEADERSHIP

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OUR WORK, OUR IMPACT

2013IN

REVIEW

SUPPORTERS& FINANCIALS

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AHEAD

RE:VISION’SPROGRAMS

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OUR WORK, OUR IMPACT

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LOOKINGAHEAD

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OUR WORK, OUR IMPACT

OUR CHALLENGE

WESTWOOD POPULATION(2010)

Youngest neighborhood in Denver (36% are below the age of 18)

of the population lives below the poverty line, (compared to 14.8% of families in Denver)

Average household income is $33,826(well below the Denver average of $47,371) Over 37% of Westwood residents are obese,

more than double the Denver average of 19.6%

52% backyard gardening familiesdo not have healthcare coverage

say that in a typical week, they do not play a sport or participate in fitness activities

27% of children live with single parents

Community reports not feeling connected and/or safe in Westwood 54% of employees work in service sector (cleaning, food service, automotive service)

30 jobs created$2.5MM in annual revenue

1000+ member-households

backyard gardening families report having household income of $25,000 or less; average of 5 persons in family; poverty level for this many people in the family is over $27,000)

65%

Unemployment in Westwood is 15%

compared to 7.2% for Denver (2008 – 2012

5-year estimates)

Within a 3-minute driving distance of Re:Vision’s office, households spend $16.6MM annually on groceries, yet only $3.0MM is purchased

within same 3-minute trade area (economic leakage for food - $13.6MM)

59% 66%

15,486 35%

300 families

participated in the backyard gardening program in 2013

862 37580,000square feet of land used for food production in 2013 as part of Re:Farm (including Ubuntu and Kepner urban farms)

INDIVIDUALS CHILDREN

Trained and hired 10 residents as promotoras – community health workers who connect with families one-on-one

TRAIN THE TRAINER MODELWorkshops and trainings in health & nutrition, community organizing, leadership development, built environment and

community research for promotoras

Create businesses through the co-operative business model.

Launching the Westwood Food Cooperative in 2014

Food Hub + Neighborhood Grocery StoreCommercial Kitchen + Greenhouse & Urban Farms

Increase access to healthy, affordable food for over

100,000 residents

POTENTIALECONOMIC IMPACT

of backyard garden survey respondents are overweight or obese

47% have no highschool diploma

35% of the residents are

foreign-born and one in four adults do

not speak English

OUR IMPACT

Promotoras weave a network of relationships and resources, connecting to over 400 households in the community

backyard gardening families say their garden saves them money on food

75% 42,500lbs produce

Total yield Re:Farm (including backyard gardens & urban farms) in 2013

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OUR WORK, OUR IMPACT

OUR CHALLENGE

WESTWOOD POPULATION(2010)

Youngest neighborhood in Denver (36% are below the age of 18)

of the population lives below the poverty line, (compared to 14.8% of families in Denver)

Average household income is $33,826(well below the Denver average of $47,371) Over 37% of Westwood residents are obese,

more than double the Denver average of 19.6%

52% backyard gardening familiesdo not have healthcare coverage

say that in a typical week, they do not play a sport or participate in fitness activities

27% of children live with single parents

Community reports not feeling connected and/or safe in Westwood 54% of employees work in service sector (cleaning, food service, automotive service)

30 jobs created$2.5MM in annual revenue

1000+ member-households

backyard gardening families report having household income of $25,000 or less; average of 5 persons in family; poverty level for this many people in the family is over $27,000)

65%

Unemployment in Westwood is 15%

compared to 7.2% for Denver (2008 – 2012

5-year estimates)

Within a 3-minute driving distance of Re:Vision’s office, households spend $16.6MM annually on groceries, yet only $3.0MM is purchased

within same 3-minute trade area (economic leakage for food - $13.6MM)

59% 66%

15,486 35%

300 families

participated in the backyard gardening program in 2013

862 37580,000square feet of land used for food production in 2013 as part of Re:Farm (including Ubuntu and Kepner urban farms)

INDIVIDUALS CHILDREN

Trained and hired 10 residents as promotoras – community health workers who connect with families one-on-one

TRAIN THE TRAINER MODELWorkshops and trainings in health & nutrition, community organizing, leadership development, built environment and

community research for promotoras

Create businesses through the co-operative business model.

Launching the Westwood Food Cooperative in 2014

Food Hub + Neighborhood Grocery StoreCommercial Kitchen + Greenhouse & Urban Farms

Increase access to healthy, affordable food for over

100,000 residents

POTENTIALECONOMIC IMPACT

of backyard garden survey respondents are overweight or obese

47% have no highschool diploma

35% of the residents are

foreign-born and one in four adults do

not speak English

OUR IMPACT

Promotoras weave a network of relationships and resources, connecting to over 400 households in the community

backyard gardening families say their garden saves them money on food

75% 42,500lbs produce

Total yield Re:Farm (including backyard gardens & urban farms) in 2013

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2013 was an exciting year for Re:Vision. We were honored to unanimously win Entrepreneur of the Year at the fourth annual Slow Money National Gathering, and soon after be awarded a $300,000 grant from the USDA. The funding and attention generated by Slow Money and USDA were a tremendous catalyst to take our work to the next level and begin the work of building a community cooperative that transitions ownership of the Re:Farm program to the neighborhood.

While we worked toward these big plans, we are proud to announce 2013 continued to grow our signature backyard garden program, serving more families than any year in the past. 2013 also saw Re:Vision launch one of the first two-tiered CSA’s in Denver – selling produce from our community farms

LETTER FROM BOARD PRESIDENT

This would not have been possible without the vision and dedication of incredible people—an amazing and invested staff, talented community Promotoras, a community that believes in change, and our partners and supporters.

at a higher rate to those with a higher income, to support a lower rate for those in the community we serve. This would not have been possible without the vision and dedication of incredible people—an amazing and invested staff, talented community Promotoras, a community that believes in change, and our partners and supporters.

We are proud of our achievements in 2013 and eager to share the next chapter. We can’t wait to see what we accomplish in 2014!

Thanks,

SARAH LAVERTY 2013 Board President

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Growing Community sums up the theme of 2013 for Re:Vision! You’ll notice that we have dropped the ‘International’ from our name. While it was hard to part with the initial intent of the organization towards international development, the decision accurately reflects the true nature of our work - growing local, resilient and thriving communities. By limiting our focus to local communities, we feel that we are actually growing our impact!

2013 was a monumental year for Re:Vision. As noted by our Board President, Re:Vision ‘pitched’ along with 24 food entrepreneurs from around the country, at the Slow Money Annual Convergence, and won a $50,000 prize as Entrepreneur of the Year for its project, the Westwood Food Cooperative. Shortly afterwards, Re:Vision won a $300,000 award for the Westwood Food Cooperative from the United States Department of Agriculture Community Food Project Competitive Grant. Out of over 140 proposals received from around the country, Re:Vision had the 4th highest score!

We believe that this revolutionary idea is the future of growing and building models that transform low-income communities and ripple into the rest of society.

LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Capitalizing on this momentum, the Westwood Food Cooperative has begun to coalesce, driven by the vision that a community-owned enterprise could not only provide the healthy food options that the neighborhood was lacking, but also create an economic model that builds wealth within the community. We believe that this revolutionary idea is the future of growing and building models that transform low-income communities and ripple into the rest of society. Be bringing ownership local, we can re-grow communities to provide good paying jobs and financial security, strengthen connections amongst neighbors, and most importantly, create resilient economies that are regenerative, not extractive.

In cooperation,

ERIC KORNACKIRe:Vision Executive Director

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Backyard GardensThe backyard garden program continues to be Re:Vision’s most important initiative – dollar for dollar, it is one of the most cost effective strategies for increasing access to healthy food in low-income communities. 2013 was a banner year for the Re:Farm backyard garden program with 203 families participating, over 160 repeating from the previous year.

· Total yield of backyard gardens (families): 27,500 lbs of food and the Yield/square foot backyard gardens: .5 lbs of food

· 63% backyard gardening families eat more veggies because of their garden

· 73% backyard gardening families sell some produce to increase their household income

· 75% backyard gardening families say their garden saves them money on food

· 84% said they ate less fast food & 86% said they were more physically active

· 90% said they feel better about their future

Ubuntu Urban FarmIn 2013, Re:Vision completed the first growing season in partnership with the Somali Bantu refugee community in Denver. Members of over 40 households were able to farm for the first time in over 20 years, learning new techniques applicable to growing food in a city (and with Colorado’s crazy weather patterns) while also revitalizing the skills and knowledge from generations of ancestral farming knowledge.

The Ubuntu Urban Farm, located on a long residential lot in Westwood, has the potential to produce over 40,000 pounds of food annually. Although it takes several years to reach peak fertility, the hard work of the Somali Bantu – alongside hundreds of volunteer members – grew an impressive 15,000 pounds of food in 2013! 7

Kepner Educational FarmsStarted in 2009 as a school garden in partnership with Kepner Middle School, in 2013, Re:Vision began developing plans to redevelop the garden into an educational farm focused on experiential learning. Completing the construction of a greenhouse to serve as a future outdoor learning-laboratory was the first step, and Re:Vision is currently developing plans for future redevelopment, to include: learning gardens beds that incorporate science, math, art and technology into the garden and demonstrate different growing techniques such as companion planting, permaculture, and perennial gardening.

Food DistributionPart of Re:Vision’s food system initiative is to make healthy food accessible and affordable for residents, regardless of household income. Given that healthy food commonly is more expensive than processed foods, and that organic is more expensive than conventionally grown produce, this goal at first seems impossible. But given that Re:Vision’s Re:Farm program builds a foundation of locally-grown produce, the goal is to create a vertically-integrated food system that is owned by the community, thus lowering cost while increasing access. In 2013, Re:Vision launched a pioneering CSA (community supported agriculture) program that offered weekly boxes of freshly picked, organic produce – all grown within the community – at an affordable price. Based on a social enterprise model, Re:Vision sold half the weekly shares to affluent families outside of the community and half of the shares to community members at a lower rate, resulting in over 40 families purchasing shares.

Re:farm Denver is Re:Vision’s flagship program to help neighborhoods with inadequate access to healthy and affordable food create their own food system – food that is grown in the community, by the community and for the community.

Using a unique resident-led approach, the Re:Farm program helps marginalized communities create a community food system that includes food production utilizing household yards and vacant lots, direct-to-consumer distribution, and eventually food processing and retail distribution. The result is an initiative that is owned by the community, creates a resilient food system, and leads to a healthy and thriving community.

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A community food system cannot exist without a community behind it. And to create a community where one doesn’t exist requires a change of thinking – creating new norms, cultures, ideas, relationships. Re:Vision is very intentional about developing leaders from within the community and empowering them to become change-makers. In 2013, Re:Vision employed 9 promotoras – community health workers – that actively lead and model change. These passionate women (and one man!) do a little bit of everything – community outreach, teaching, coaching, listening, laughing, connecting, and most importantly, weaving together a patchwork of people and families that come from diverse backgrounds, but all share a common vision – to create a healthy, thriving, and safe community where their children can grow up.

Re:Vision’s promotoras worked extensively with professors from the University of Colorado to document how learning was transmitted within the community. Re:Vision promotoras receive ongoing training and education, and are then tasked with taking these lessons and teaching them to other community members.

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As part of Re:Vision’s Re:Own initiative to develop community-owned and operated businesses, particularly along the co-op business model, Re:Vision began holding numerous community meetings to discuss ideas. Countless residents expressed their support and excitement for a community-owned grocery store.

As part of Re:Vision’s Re:Own initiative to develop community-owned and operated businesses, particularly along the co-op business model, Re:Vision began holding numerous community meetings to discuss ideas. Countless residents expressed their support and excitement for a community-owned grocery store. Re:Vision is using the opportunity to build capacity for residents to run their own organization. This involves leadership development, and other professional development needs, such as effective communication, reading financial statements, board governance, business planning and market research. Look for big things from the Westwood Food Co-operative in 2014!

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SLOW MONEYIn April, Re:Vision was selected as one of 25 food-entrepreneurs to ‘pitch’ at the national Slow Money Gathering in Boulder, CO. Each entrepreneur was allowed 3 minutes to present their work to a group of investors, activists, and locavores, who selected the best group to win a $50,000 award. Although Re:Vision was the only non-profit organization – and we presented a for-profit community-owned food cooperative – Re:Vision unanimously won the audience and judges vote! With the $50,000 Re:Vision was able to begin implementing plans for the Westwood Food Cooperative – a community-owned business that would take future ownership of Re:Vision’s Re:Farm program and develop a neighborhood grocery store, food hub, and commercial kitchen facility, all owned and operated by members of the community!

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMPETITIVE COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS PROGRAMRe:Vision was proud to win a $300,000 3-year grant from the USDA CFP in 2013 for it’s Westwood Food Cooperative Initiative! Out of over 140 proposals submitted nationwide, Re:Vision scored #4. With this funding, Re:Vision will be able to launch the Westwood Food Cooperative and lay the foundation for a future community-owned grocery store. Re:Vision believes that the community co-op model could become the future model for other low-income communities around the country to model.

COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATIONThe Colorado Health Foundation has a mission to make Colorado the healthiest state in the country. CHF has been one of the largest supporters of Re:Vision’s backyard garden and promotora program, and in 2013, awarded Re:Vision a 2-year, $240,000 grant extension to help 300 families in 2014 and 400 in 2015. Additionally, Re:Vision worked with community partners in Westwood, such as Councilman Paul Lopez, LiveWell Westwood, the Urban Land Conservancy, BuCU West, and Extreme Community Makeover to apply for the Health Foundation’s Healthy Places Initiative – Westwood was selected as one of three communities in Colorado to receive a $1MM grant to make improvements to the built environment in order to increase physical activity and access to healthy food. Re:Vision was selected by its partner organizations to be the fiscal sponsor of the grant!

SUSTAINABLE FOOD POLICY COUNCILRe:Vision was one of the founding members of Denver’s Sustainable Food Policy Council, established by former Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper in 2011. Since then, Re:Vision has been a vocal leader on addressing the lack of healthy affordable food in low-income communities. Building partnerships with organizations and food policy leaders across Denver has strengthened Re:Vision’s community work, as well as establishing Re:Vision as a thought leader on food policy in Denver. In 2013, Re:Vision spearheaded a policy initiative to allow for the residential sale of uncut fresh produce straight from a gardener’s house or community garden plot. This policy would potentially allow low-income families to earn extra money by selling food directly from their garden, as well as establishing strong community relationships, and food security for our most vulnerable residents.

AWARDS, NOMINATIONS, RECOGNITION

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COMMUNITY HARVEST FESTIVALRe:Vision celebrated its 3rd Annual community HarvestFestival, a gathering to celebrate the bounty of the growing season. Over 150 people throughout the southwest Denver community, representing many different cultures, ethnicities, and races, shared their proudly-grown produce and family recipes. Somali Bantu elders shared stories of their journey to America, Mexican-American immigrants traded recipes and growing tips from their garden, and most importantly, children of both communities made new friends and played together.

EVENTS

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Harvest Festival >

< Slow Money Award

SUPPORTERS

GRANTSUnited States Department of Agriculture (2013-2016)Colorado Health Foundation (2014-15)Slow Money Denver Foundation Denver Health Laura Jane Musser Fund SparkPlug Foundation BrightMountain Foundation Anschutz Family Foundation Social Venture Partners Denver Foundation Technical Assistance Rocky Mountain Farmers Union John G Duncan Trust Boettcher Foundation

INDIVIDUALS$10,000+Shawn Sowden

$2,500 to $9,999Dick & Carol LewisCharlie & Kim McDanielSarah & P.J. ParmarKim and Rob Roberts

$1,000 to $2,500Anonymous Katherine CararaJuliet GoldenIan & Katie GreerLisel MorrisAndrew Vermouth *DONATIONS MADE JAN 1, 2013 - DEC 31, 2013

$500 – $999Brandon AppelhausJacob BornsteinJames CarterJonathan LangerSarah LavertyMark LewisChristi LongsdorfKris McKeeJosh & Susanna NyczJoseph & Ashley Teipel

$250 – $499 Alyssa AltAudrey CoffmanShana Colbin DunnJeffrey Del CastilloDan GrossSarah HideyStan Kornacki Jennifer KnightSean KimseyBill OliverRoberta OliverJoe & Gwen PollaraMichelle SturmChris & Ruth Teipel

$100 - $249Bethany ApplegateLes & Karen BonnellJessica BonnellGlenn FeeScott FlemingBarb FrommellMichelle FullerMichael GalvinJessica GeorgeAllison GleichmanMark GulleyJennifer HeffernSylvester HoustonHi HowardGaye & Mark JenkinsEric KornackiSusie LewisMegan Lord

Teri MeehanAnn MertzElizabeth NortonYael NyholmDiane OtsukaShana PattersonKyle ReppertElaine SandlerMolly SchneiderWes SmitzJulie StoneAmy SwansonBradley SwansonWinter WalkerCurtis WinarJanice Yates

Under $100Eric AltmanEmily AndrewsDonna Baker-BreningstallJane BauerColin BeckLauren BeedeKaren BensenMandie BirchemKaye BoekeAngela BomgaarsTodd & Tonia BonnellMindy BrayKriste BrushaberMonique CassidyBonnie ChapmanFord ChurchChristina ClarkSusan CongerAndrew CourtneyCheryl CufreChris DormanJonathan & Gwen FeifarekEric FlaaFrances GabbaySherry GillespieTheresa GoldhamerDonald GutierrezMyra Hagan

Cara HarjesTeresa HarshMonica HeinbaughLindsay HerronSusan HinsmanCody HoskinsBrianna JohnsonSusan JurowAriella KnightHeidi KriegerKathlene LynMaria MarbachKaren MarcinkoskiKayla MaurielloMary MauroKelley McHaleKelly MenegocciGini MennengaEmily MertzAndy MertzCarolyn MurphyDave & Kay NeuhauselKenna NortonMichelle NyczKevin O’ConnorJason OliverNoelle PawlowskiKara PennMary RaderJordan & Christina RogulPaul RowlandLea SamartinoKarla SchultzMolly SheaAndrew SmithElizabeth SnowRachel TalpersBrad & Pam VanderpoolDaisha VersawKaitlin WasikKaren WorminghausJesse YedinakAngela YostHarris Zlatarevic

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FINANCIALS

Assets Assets Cash Grants and Accounts Receivable Other Current Assets Total Assets

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Accounts Payable Other Liabilities Total Liabilities Net Assets Unrestricted Net Investment in Fixed Assets Total Equity Total Liabilities and Equity

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES (PROFIT & LOSS)Revenue and Other Support Foundations Grants Government Contracts Corporate Individual Donors Program Earned Income In-kind Contributions Other income Total Revenue and Other Support

Expenses Program Services Management and General Fundraising

Total Expenses

Change in Net Assets

Net Assets, Beginning of Year

Net Assets, End of Year

2013$23,913

$238,776$69,009

$331,698

$17,159 $7,661

$24,820

$245,792$61,086

$306,878$331,698

$329,608$119,822$58,849$52,424$38,346$26,607$25,366

$625,422

$318,411$33,436$33,281

$385,128

$240,294

$66,584

$306,878

2012$3,174

$73,061$36,682$112,917

$15,259$31,075$46,333

$39,355$27,229$66,584$112,917

$152,640$152,034

$5,425$52,424

$9,719$15,868$5,979

$376,907

$258,231$31,385$34,334

$323,950

$52,957

$13,627

$66,584

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At a high level, Re:Vision begins with a shared belief that creating a sustainable world begins one community and one person at a time. Self-sufficient, resilient communities are healthy, sustainable communities. To be most effective, and to build the broadest range of support, solutions must be placed-based, resident-led and community-supported, and make an immediate impact on improving people’s quality of life.

Re:Vision has three main strategies for creating self-sufficient communities:

ESTABLISH COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS

increasing neighborhood food production through backyard gardens and urban farms, and food distribution models that increase access and affordability to healthy food for all residents.

THEORY OF CHANGE

CORE STRATEGIES

FOSTER RESIDENT EMPOWERMENT

empowering residents to take control of their community through leadership development and a train-the-trainer approach, and employing residents as community organizers and health workers, called promotoras.

CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

growing a local food economy that creates good paying jobs and increased economic opportunity for neighborhood enterprises, and that builds community wealth through cooperative business models.

GUIDING MODELS

Models that guide our strategies to create self-sufficient communities.

ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMET

build upon strengths and resources, not deficiencies

• Conduct community needs/asset assessments to drive development of solutions.

• Develop leadership and build capacity for resident-led programming, building relationships and establishing trust.

• Work to leverage the existing resources – human, cultural, physical, financial – to develop place-based solutions that are appropriate in size, cost, and scale for the community.

COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING

creating local wealth

• Create a local economy beginning with a local food system. Increase economic opportunities, build assets in the community that will stay in the community utilizing the cooperative business model and other vehicles for local ownership. • Learn, innovate, and replicate cooperative businesses that support each other through shared administration, technical support, knowledge, and financial resources.

• Develop micro-business training courses, and business incubation services such as business planning, accounting, and marketing to support locally grown businesses.

NETWORK ORGANIZINGengagement to build community support, trust, and partnerships

• Emphasize resident-led approaches and decision making to ensure local ownership and long-term sustainability.

• Create many entry points for participation. Keep stakeholders informed and engaged by communicating value based on their needs & interests.

• Leverage partnerships, build allies and coalitions amongst stakeholders to achieve deeper impact, create a broad range of support, intersection with other issues, and develop a powerful voice for advocacy/policy. • Interlink programs offered in the same community for efficiency and focus of community member investment.

A theory of change explains how an organization will achieve its intended impact, based on key inputs and activities and their relationship to intended outcomes.

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At a high level, Re:Vision begins with a shared belief that creating a sustainable world begins one community and one person at a time. Self-sufficient, resilient communities are healthy, sustainable communities. To be most effective, and to build the broadest range of support, solutions must be placed-based, resident-led and community-supported, and make an immediate impact on improving people’s quality of life.

Re:Vision has three main strategies for creating self-sufficient communities:

ESTABLISH COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS

increasing neighborhood food production through backyard gardens and urban farms, and food distribution models that increase access and affordability to healthy food for all residents.

THEORY OF CHANGE

CORE STRATEGIES

FOSTER RESIDENT EMPOWERMENT

empowering residents to take control of their community through leadership development and a train-the-trainer approach, and employing residents as community organizers and health workers, called promotoras.

CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

growing a local food economy that creates good paying jobs and increased economic opportunity for neighborhood enterprises, and that builds community wealth through cooperative business models.

GUIDING MODELS

Models that guide our strategies to create self-sufficient communities.

ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMET

build upon strengths and resources, not deficiencies

• Conduct community needs/asset assessments to drive development of solutions.

• Develop leadership and build capacity for resident-led programming, building relationships and establishing trust.

• Work to leverage the existing resources – human, cultural, physical, financial – to develop place-based solutions that are appropriate in size, cost, and scale for the community.

COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING

creating local wealth

• Create a local economy beginning with a local food system. Increase economic opportunities, build assets in the community that will stay in the community utilizing the cooperative business model and other vehicles for local ownership. • Learn, innovate, and replicate cooperative businesses that support each other through shared administration, technical support, knowledge, and financial resources.

• Develop micro-business training courses, and business incubation services such as business planning, accounting, and marketing to support locally grown businesses.

NETWORK ORGANIZINGengagement to build community support, trust, and partnerships

• Emphasize resident-led approaches and decision making to ensure local ownership and long-term sustainability.

• Create many entry points for participation. Keep stakeholders informed and engaged by communicating value based on their needs & interests.

• Leverage partnerships, build allies and coalitions amongst stakeholders to achieve deeper impact, create a broad range of support, intersection with other issues, and develop a powerful voice for advocacy/policy. • Interlink programs offered in the same community for efficiency and focus of community member investment.

A theory of change explains how an organization will achieve its intended impact, based on key inputs and activities and their relationship to intended outcomes.

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