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Codesigning the Future of Cities Through
Regenerative Placemaking
Reimagining How We Live, Build, and Belong
Generation Regeneration takes you inside the regenerative placemaking movement, models, and mindsets transforming real estate from a transactional industry into a force for healing — of people, communities, and ecosystems. You'll discover what's breaking the system, but more importantly, what's replacing it. Across the world, new approaches are already working: community-driven developments, biophilic design, circular building practices, social-infrastructure innovations, and place-based frameworks that restore vitality to neighborhoods while strengthening cultural identity and belonging.
Tony Cho is a placemaking visionary who combines spiritual enlightenment, a mission to preserve the environment, and decades of real estate development success. He knows how to dream and really manifest it.
Dan Buettner
#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Zones
Before picking up Generation Regeneration, I didn't realize how much our cities—and our lives—could be transformed by this revolutionary concept. Tony Cho breaks down complex ideas into something simple, accessible, and downright inspiring.
Vishen Lakhiani
Founder of Mindvalley and New York Times bestselling author
A complete and thorough introduction to the world of regenerative placemaking. Totally accessible to all, and a reminder that hope is far from lost for this planet.
Donna Deegan
Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida
Cho offers practical solutions rooted in optimism and bold thinking, perfectly aligning with the challenges of our time. His work is essential reading for anyone who believes that our cities and communities can not only sustain us but regenerate us.
Peter H. Diamandis
New York Times bestselling author of Abundance
Co-Designing the Future of Cities Through Regenerative Placemaking
A visionary guide for leaders, creators, and changemakers ready to shape a more interconnected, resilient, and life-affirming world. Generation Regeneration brings forward a blueprint for co-designing cities — and communities — that restore ecosystems, cultivate human thriving, and ignite collaborative innovation.
This book is for anyone who's tired of watching our cities—and our communities—fall apart under outdated and extractive systems. It's for architects and planners who want to design for connection, not just density. For developers and investors ready to create spaces that heal rather than isolate. For community leaders, policymakers, and conscious citizens who know we can—and must—build differently.
What happens next is up to us. We can let the status quo keep driving disconnection, environmental degradation, and social inequality—or we can regenerate our cities and, in doing so, restore community, resilience, and shared wellbeing.
Tony has partnered with WorthyBooks, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to place copies of his upcoming book in public libraries nationwide — so that readers everywhere can access his framework for regenerative placemaking and community-led urban futures. Every donation is fully tax-deductible, and 100% goes directly toward getting books into libraries.
Donate a CopyTony Cho is a purpose-driven entrepreneur, visionary community builder, and leading voice in regenerative placemaking. A catalyst of Miami's urban renaissance, he played a key role in transforming the Wynwood Arts District and founded the Magic City Innovation District, helping position Miami as a global hub for creativity and innovation.
As the Founder of Future of Cities, Tony continues to advance community-centered developments worldwide that activate creativity, restore ecosystems, and shape future-ready cities. Featured on Gaia TV's The Road to Utopia and in outlets including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, Tony's mission is clear: to positively impact the lives of a billion people through innovation in the built environment.
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