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The Ray Joins America’s Great Corridors of Commerce Initiative
The Ray has announced a contract with the Build America Bureau at the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to provide specialized geospatial analysis and corridor mapping for the America’s Great Corridors of Commerce (AGCC) initiative.
Read MoreSouthwire, Georgia Power and The Ray Unveil Native Habitat Initiative Along Energy Rights-of-Way in Carrollton
New multi-company initiative demonstrates how utility corridors can double as ecological havens and resilient natural infrastructure.
Southwire Company, LLC, Georgia Power, and nonprofit infrastructure innovator The Ray have joined forces on an innovative land management initiative in Carroll County, transforming a traditional energy transmission corridor into a thriving native wildflower meadow.
Read MoreThe Ray and Montana DOT Map out Geospatial Deal
The Ray is partnering with Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), developing geospatial analysis tools to enhance safety, mobility and resource conservation across the north-west U.S.
Read MoreNew Toolkit Helps Georgia Communities Understand and Engage on Data Center Development
Drawdown Georgia's free educational resource explains what data centers are, how they affect local communities, and what questions to ask as projects proliferate in Georgia
Drawdown Georgia has a free toolkit designed to help residents, local officials, and community leaders understand data centers and engage knowledgeably in decisions happening in their own backyards.
Read MoreNatural Capital in Action: The Ray Expands Southeast Pollinator Habitat Network
New installations at Cox Enterprises properties add five sites to a broader effort to strengthen ecological connectivity across the Southeast.
The Ray and Cox Enterprises have joined forces to advance native ecological corridors across the Southeast, successfully establishing five new pollinator zones at Cox locations throughout Georgia and Florida in 2026.
Read MoreStrong by Form Closes €5.8M To Make Wood as Strong as Steel and Concrete
The team is developing Woodflow-core, the world’s first wooden slab that can match the strength of steel and concrete while being 80% lighter.
Strong by Form, a past participant of the Biomimicry Institute's Ray of Hope Accelerator, has just closed €5.8M of its €10 million Series A round to develop Woodflow-core, the world’s first wooden slab that can match the strength of steel and concrete while being 80% lighter.
Read MoreThe Ray and GDOT Partner to expand monarch butterfly habitats across roadsides in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) and The Ray have partnered to establish monarch butterfly pollinator meadows at nine Georgia DOT highway right-of-way sites across the state. The nine meadows represent Georgia DOT’s first installed acres banked through the Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for the Monarch Butterfly on Energy and Transportation Lands, a voluntary conservation initiative that encourages transportation agencies to create, maintain, and manage monarch butterfly habitat on transportation lands.
Read MoreThe Built Environment Has a Nature Problem
The Biomimicry Institute, Together With Industry Leaders, Is Issuing a Pledge to Change It and Is Calling for Signatories to Join Them
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The Ray Hosts a Webinar with the Connected Construction Data Alliance Transportation Pooled Fund
The Ray recently hosted a webinar with the Connected Construction Data Alliance (CCDA) Transportation Pooled Fund Featiromg State DOT Leaders
Read MoreAugust 2026 Newsletter
"Brightening Our Corner"
The Ray C. Anderson Foundation has issued its quarterly newsletter. Featured stories are included from the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech, The Ray, The Biomimicry Institute's Ray of Hope Accelerator, and Drawdown Georgia.
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