The Land Activation Sprint
A fixed-scope engagement that turns underused public parcels into a ranked, funded, board-ready land portfolio — sized to your department's purchasing authority.
What you end up holding
A ranked portfolio of every candidate parcel, with the reasoning attached
Funding programs matched to each parcel, with deadlines and match requirements
A labor and delivery path for the work you decide to pursue
A briefing packet your board, council, or manager can act on
The package
What you receive
A portfolio your team can act on and a package your board can approve.
- What is this land worth under active management?
- Where does the money come from?
- Who actually does the work?
- How do we prove it worked?
Opportunity map
Every candidate parcel in your jurisdiction, assembled from public records and rendered before you commit to anything.
Ranked portfolio
Sites ordered by activation potential, with the scoring shown so your team can defend the order.
Site action cards
One card per priority site: recommended action, sequencing, cost range, and the labor path to deliver it.
Funding narrative
Matched programs and windows with the framing language your grant writer can lift directly.
Executive briefing pack
A board- and council-ready package: the ask, the evidence, and the decision in front of them.
Live workspace
The portfolio stays live after delivery. The PDF is an export, not the product.
The sequence
How it works
From first look to delivered portfolio to ongoing management. Every procurement step happens in the platform, so nothing stalls waiting on a scanned signature or a forwarded attachment.
First look
See your community mapped
Enter your jurisdiction and we render candidate parcels from public records. No form, no login, no data prep.
Scoping
Scope to your own budget and purchasing path
You tell us your procurement route and ceiling. We propose the largest bundle that fits inside it — never one that forces a solicitation you did not plan for.
Approval
Route it to everyone who has to say yes
List every reviewer, signer, committee, and vote. Each participant gets their own link, and your champion watches the package move in real time.
Signature & PO
Sign and encumber without leaving the platform
In-platform signature with a full audit trail, vendor packet, insurance and registration checklist, and purchase order captured against the engagement.
Delivery
Kickoff with whatever you have — or nothing at all
Shapefile, spreadsheet, address list, or public records only. The portfolio, action cards, and briefing are delivered on a fixed schedule.
Ongoing
Keep the portfolio live
Re-scoring, grant calendar, and an evidence log that carries into the next plan cycle and the next budget request.
What happens after the Sprint
The Sprint tells you what to do. Most agencies do not need another plan — they need the work done and the paperwork behind it. That is the part that follows.
- 1Diagnose
The Sprint
Every candidate parcel scored and ranked, funding matched, and a briefing your board can vote on.
- 2Execute
Activation
The ranked list becomes submitted applications, scoped bid packages, and work in the ground.
- 3Prove
Evidence
Completed work is documented the way a funder, an auditor, and a registry each need to see it.
- 4Renew
Portfolio
The portfolio stays live, re-scores as conditions change, and carries into the next budget request.
The four execution engines
Each one is bought on its own, scoped to a project or a year. What each covers — and where it stops — is stated up front so nothing is assumed on either side.
Funding Capture
Each matched program becomes a submitted application: narrative built from the parcel evidence, budget built from the site action cards, attachments and letters assembled, deadlines tracked to submission.
- Who
- Our team drafts and assembles; your authorized official reviews and signs.
- You end up with
- A submitted application package with a confirmation record.
- Where it stops
- We do not sign or certify on the agency's behalf, and no fee is tied to a percentage of any award.
Contractor Activation
Site action cards are turned into buyable work: scope of work, bid package, qualified contractors surfaced from the network, quote comparison, and an award recommendation your purchasing office can act on.
- Who
- Our team prepares the package; your purchasing office runs the award.
- You end up with
- A bid package, comparable quotes, and a written award recommendation.
- Where it stops
- We do not award contracts, hold agency funds, or act as the contractor of record.
Implementation Oversight
Milestone tracking, field verification with photo and location evidence, change-order review, and closeout — project management capacity without adding a position.
- Who
- Our team tracks and verifies; your staff keeps decision authority.
- You end up with
- A milestone record and a closeout file per site.
- Where it stops
- Oversight and documentation only — not engineering, design, or construction supervision of record.
Evidence & MRV
Every completed site produces the documentation a funder, an auditor, and a measurement pathway each require — hours, local hire, practice, acreage, and measured outcomes tied to the parcel.
- Who
- Generated by the platform from the work record, reviewed by our team.
- You end up with
- An evidence file per site and an annual portfolio report.
- Where it stops
- We prepare documentation to a registry-ready standard; we are not the verifier and do not issue credits.
Where are you starting from?
Move five sliders. We will name where you are, what to start with, and what the follow-on work looks like — then carry your goal into the scoping conversation so you are not filling out a cold form.
Everything on the table, not just the ones you would act on first.
Work in the ground, not just studied.
Grants, state programs, and cost-share you would go after.
Honest number. It decides how much we carry.
Budget cycle, grant deadline, or a council that has already asked.
Your read
Updates as you move the sliders.
You are not short on ideas — you are short on delivery capacity. The Sprint is the shortest path to the part that matters: work in the ground with the paperwork behind it.
Start with
Sprint Core
The full Land Activation Sprint: complete site set, action cards, and a live executive briefing.
A full site set with action cards and a live briefing is the scope that produces something your board can vote on.
Follow-on work your answers imply
- Funding Capture
- Contractor Activation
- Implementation Oversight
- Evidence & MRV
Scope the Portfolio year up front — the evidence log is what your next budget request and your funder reporting both draw from.
Your goal, in your numbers
Activate 4 sites out of 25 under review with outside funding where it fits, before the next budget cycle, with about 8 staff hours a month.
Nothing is saved or sent until you submit the scoping form.
Fit and investment
We do not guess your budget. During scoping you declare your purchasing path and ceiling, and the platform proposes the largest bundle that fits inside it. Anything above your informal-purchase threshold automatically switches to a formal solicitation track with a bid-response kit attached — instead of stalling.
Parcel Pulse
A bounded self-serve diagnostic. Capped parcel count, automated scoring, one summary brief.
- Fixed number of parcels scored
- Automated opportunity ranking
- Single summary brief
- No live workshop or analyst hours
Best for: Heritage Communities and first looks
Sprint Focus
A single-question Sprint on a reduced site set, with the briefing delivered by video.
- Reduced site set
- Site action cards
- Funding narrative for the priority sites
- Recorded briefing
Best for: One decision, one budget cycle
Sprint Core
The full Land Activation Sprint: complete site set, action cards, and a live executive briefing.
- Full site set scored and ranked
- Site action cards with cost and labor paths
- Funding and program match narrative
- Live executive briefing
- Board-ready briefing pack
Best for: Anchor Communities
Sprint Plus
An expanded site set with an on-site workshop and a multi-committee briefing pack.
- Expanded site set
- On-site working session
- Multi-committee briefing pack
- Implementation sequencing
Best for: Multi-department adoption
Regional Sprint
Multi-jurisdiction scope, packaged by member town and timed to the grant cycle.
- Every participating jurisdiction scored
- Per-member deliverable packaging
- Regional priority sequencing
- Grant-cycle timing
Best for: Regional Conveners
Portfolio
The annual workspace: re-scoring, grant calendar, evidence log, and annual plan reporting.
- Continuous re-scoring as conditions change
- Funding and grant calendar
- Evidence log for grant and budget reporting
- Annual plan progress reporting
Best for: After the first Sprint is delivered
Enhancements
Added to any bundle, priced independently.
- Additional site blocks
- Workforce program design
- Extra committee or council briefings
- Evidence and verification add-on
- White-label member-benefit packaging
Who this is built for
Anchor Communities
Departments with a dedicated director, a capital planning cycle, and authority to procure professional services directly.
Regional Conveners
Regional planning commissions, councils of government, economic development districts, and watershed or conservancy districts serving multiple member jurisdictions.
Corridor Partners
Trade, export, and inward-investment officials who route opportunity sets to the communities they serve.
Heritage Communities
Volunteer-led and lean-staff jurisdictions where the board votes on purchases and there is no ongoing software line.
Scope a Land Activation Sprint
Tell us how your agency buys and we'll propose the largest scope that fits inside it — never one that forces a solicitation you did not plan for.