Engaging diverse sectors of the community - Regulators, Designers, Business Owners, Environmental Groups - to identify key issues and connect with resources.

Understanding predevelopment and current regional conditions, particularly related to key issues identified during Phase 1.

Identifying nature's strategies that solve for gaps identified in Phase 2. Abstract those strategies into research topics or real world design solutions.

(credit: Berger Partnership) Honing ideas from Phase 3 for use by in-the-ground projects or research. Identifying teams and process to move projects forward.