Where Your Biggest Challenges Meet Bold New Solutions
Rally partners with municipalities, corporations, and community organizations to act as an external innovation department—sourcing, testing, and scaling untested solutions and approaches to the social and environmental challenges you face.
Current Innovation District Partners
Most cities, counties, and companies don’t have the time, staff capacity, or structures to discover, vet, and pilot new approaches. Rally fills that gap with a proven, lower-risk process that helps you access innovations that align with your policy priorities, business goals, and community commitments.
The Opportunity
Communities and businesses face complex challenges—mobility, housing, workforce, sustainability. Traditional approaches are costly, slow, and high-risk.
Innovation District Pilots give you a faster, lower-risk path. We source solutions and approaches you wouldn’t otherwise see, manage the pilot in a real-world setting, and deliver the data and community feedback you need before committing major resources.
How It Work
Strategic Alignment – We work with your leadership to identify the social, environmental, or business challenges most critical to your mission.
Solution Sourcing – From our 100+ venture portfolio and global network, we bring you entrepreneurs with market-ready ideas.
Pilot Development – We co-design the pilot, defining objectives, metrics, timelines, and roles.
Implementation & Engagement – Rally manages execution, coordinates stakeholders, and ensures resident or customer voice is included.
Evaluation & Next Steps – We deliver outcomes, data, and recommendations for scaling or adapting the solution.
Who We Work With
Municipalities – De-risk policy and budget priorities by testing innovations before procurement, while building public trust through evidence-based results.
Corporations – Source solutions aligned with CSR, sustainability, and core business needs—reducing uncertainty while creating employee and customer engagement opportunities.
Community Organizations & Main Streets – Pilot grassroots innovations that amplify resident voice, strengthen vitality, and lower the risk of pursuing untested approaches.
What We Mean by “Innovation District Pilot”
A short-term, real-world test inside a defined area—neighborhoods, campuses, or other assets—designed to reduce risk, generate measurable outcomes, capture community feedback, and provide a roadmap for scaling.
Innovation Examples In Action
Sustainable Construction & Placemaking – Block n’ Lock’s modular building system piloted with the City of Orlando created a garden structure at an urban farm.
Circular Materials & Waste Reduction – Genovisi’s recycled lighting piloted in Orlando garages cut energy use by up to 80%.
STEM Education Access – Thimble Academy’s mobile lab brought reusable kits and tech education to underserved community centers.
Plastic Waste to Fertilizer – WriggleBrew’s NSF-backed pilot converted plastic waste into fertilizer, tested with 4 Roots Farm.
Why Rally
From Idea to Impact – We’ve taken ventures from concept to adoption in neighborhoods, campuses, and corporations.
Trusted Partnerships – City of Orlando, Orange County Government, Main Streets, and corporate anchors.
Proven Process – From challenge framing to post-pilot scaling, we manage every step to lower your risk and increase success.
Let’s Build Your Innovation Platform
This isn’t just a project—it’s the start of a continuous pipeline of solutions for your most pressing challenges. Take the first step by completing this short form.
