HighTide is proud to announce that the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC), in collaboration with HighTide and with the support of Seminole, Orange, and Volusia counties and the cities of Cape Canaveral, Winter Springs, Longwood, Altamonte Springs, Sanford, and Casselberry, has been awarded the 2025 Aliceann Wohlbruck NADO Impact Award in Technology category on July 14, 2025.

The Regional Resilience Collaborative (R2C), a program of ECFRPC launched a first-of-its-kind pilot cohort to help local governments translate extreme rainfall modeling into actionable flood mitigation strategies. In response to local needs, the cohort aims to strengthen participation in the Community Rating System (CRS) through advanced documentation and tools. These efforts not only secure better CRS ratings and lower insurance costs for residents but also foster a more flood-aware public.

To successfully improve regional CRS network and to develop a scalable model for the rest of the country, HighTide leveraged the ECFRPC’s extreme rainfall data and the Arkly platform to make property-level flood depth data publicly accessible. HighTide developed a CRS Toolkit that, in combination with Arkly, enabled communities to earn CRS credits through resident-facing outreach and documentation. Additionally, the project established a CRS Cohort to facilitate collaboration and peer learning; all participating communities voted unanimously to continue meeting on a quarterly basis, and the ideas shared through the cohort contributed to the City of Cape Canaveral improving its CRS rating by two classes.

“We’re grateful for the continued partnership with ECFRPC and thrilled to see that the cohort we started together is already benefiting communities in Florida,”

Adrian Santiago Tate

Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder at HighTide Intelligence

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NOTES TO THE EDITORS

The East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC) is a non-profit organization that serves Brevard, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia counties in Florida. ECFRPC is on a mission to address regional issues through communication and collaboration to develop strategies for a healthy, sustainable, thriving, and resilient region.

The East Central Florida Regional Resilience Collaborative (R2C) is an intergovernmental collaborative established to enhance regional resilience in East Central Florida. It is on a mission to empower communities to advance resilience strategies that strengthen and protect built infrastructure and the natural environment, enhance health and equity, and ensure a thriving economy.

HighTide Intelligence is a flood risk data company on a mission to accelerate flood adaptation with data-driven technology. Click here to meet the team.

For information or questions, please contact:

Adrian F. Santiago Tate

info@hightide.ai

+1 (772) 261-3632