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Cooperative community development

R3SET Agency

Communities shaping
their own future.

A cooperatively owned agency connecting community voices, practical tools, and the people who can carry an idea forward.

Participants gathered at the Small Cities, Big Futures Idea Jam
Small Cities, Big Futures Idea Jam. A R3SET workshop, photographed as part of the original event coverage.

Our role

Co-founding & systems development

Reaction Foundry founder Devin Shea co-founded R3SET with John Lewis. Devin’s role connects innovation, systems, and technology with the agency’s community development work.

Why we’re invested

The people closest to a challenge should help shape the response.

R3SET puts the Foundry’s interest in collaborative innovation into practice: bring people into the same conversation, make a shared plan, and build the tools to act on it. Cooperative ownership gives that work a longer-term purpose.

The work in focus

01

Convene

ID3A Jams bring different community perspectives into a shared planning process.

02

Design

Translate the conversation into priorities, opportunities, and potential partnerships.

03

Build

Connect community development with practical technology, media, and education.

Impact & progress

A shared vision is a useful beginning.

The Roots Rising ID3A Jam produced planning priorities around youth development, food access, mentorship, and partnerships. These are documented workshop findings; longer-term community outcomes are a separate part of the story.

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