Strategic services to build communities where everyone rises.
We partner with governments, ecosystems, and companies to design and activate high-impact strategies that fuel shared growth.
Mission-Driven & Collaborative
Partnering with changemakers to grow communities that lift all.
We work with governments, ecosystems, and organizations to create strategies where connection leads to collective success.
Direct & High-Impact
Helping leaders design community strategies where everyone gains.
We turn vision into action for public, private, and civic partners committed to impact.
Visionary & Aspirational
Designing ecosystems of opportunity—for cities, companies, and the people they serve.
Together, we architect strategies that unlock potential and build rising tides.
Our Services
Ecosystem & Community Growth Strategy
Economic Development Advisory
Strategic Communications Planning
Flagship Event Architecture
Stakeholder Engagement & Public Outreach
Content & Narrative Infrastructure
Expertise
Economic Development
• Workforce
• Talent Development
• Education
• Community Engagement
Environmental
• Sustainability
• Utilities
• Public Outreach
• Water & Wastewater
Community Building
• Customer & Audience Development
• Event Design & Execution
• Thought Leadership
• Long-Term Strategy Build Out
Acknowledgements
Rising Tide Partners:
2025 RTP & Leucadia Wastewater District (LWD) won 2nd place for Community Engagement and Outreach: Project of the Year, Small Agency (Less than 5MGD) by the California Water Environment Association.
2023 RTP & Leucadia Wastewater District (LWD) won the California Association of Sanitation (CASA) Agency’s Small Agency Public Outreach and Education Project of the Year Award.
2023 RTP, Fresh Brewed Tech, & the City of Escondido won the Award of Excellence for the AgTech Hackathon by the California Association of Local Economic Developers (CALED).
2021 RTP & Leucadia Wastewater District (LWD) won the California Association of Sanitation Agency’s Small Agency Public Outreach and Education Project of the Year Award.
San Diego Press Club Award, Barreling Business: A Look at Vista's Brewing Economic Development Growth.
Kevin Ham, Economic Development Director, City of Vista, elected as the 2019 Jeffrey A. Finkle International Economic Development Council Organizational (IEDC) Leadership Award recipient.
2019 RTP & Leucadia Wastewater District won the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) San Diego Film Festival Award.
2018 Leucadia Wastewater District Community Engagement and Outreach Best Use of Social Media Award by the California Water Environment Association.
2017 Leucadia Wastewater District, The District won the California Association of Sanitation Agency’s Small Agency Public Outreach and Education Project of the Year Award.
2017 Leucadia Wastewater District, The District won the California Water One year without a sewer spill Environment Association’s San Diego Local section 2016 Community Engagement & Outreach Project of the Year Award.
2016 - Leucadia Wastewater District won the California Association of Sanitation Agencies "Public Outreach of the Year (Small Plant)" Award
Fresh Brewed Tech:
Fresh Brewed Tech is honored to be named one of the top local newsletters by the San Diego Press Club in October 2019. Our team was also recognized for our WebSideStory Mafia series and the Original Godfathers of San Diego Tech photo essay during the 46th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards
Society of Professional Journalist, San Diego Chapter: Award for Digital News Site, Fresh Brewed Tech and Original Godfathers of San Diego Tech, photo feature.
Neal Bloom:
San Diego Metro Magazine Top 40 Under 40
San Diego Business Journal, SD 500 Influential Business Leaders