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Tony Cho is a global visionary, author, and regenerative placemaker igniting the Regennaissance — a worldwide movement to reimagine how we live, build, and belong together.
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Full access to all 35+ speaker sessions from the three days of the Generation Regeneration Online Global Summit — Regenerate, Rebuild, Reimagine.
Regenerative placemaking is not something you consume — it’s something you co-create. Build alongside the people doing this work, with the community, sessions, and resources to take your project further.
The Regenerative Placemaking Co-Design Cohort — six weeks of live sessions that turn the framework into a project you actually ship, alongside a small group working on their own places.
“We don't just build places — we cultivate ecosystems where people, purpose, and planet can truly flourish.”
Tony 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 — from the Climate & Innovation HUB in Miami to the ChoZen Center for Regenerative Living in Sebastian, Florida, to the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District in Jacksonville. Featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Gaia TV’s Road to Utopia.
Mission: To positively impact the lives of a billion people through innovation in the built environment.
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Co-Designing the Future of Cities Through Regenerative Placemaking
Reimagining How We Live, Build, and Belong
What if the next great leap in human civilization wasn't about building more — but about regenerating what we've lost? Tony Cho weaves together urban design, ecology, economics, and the wisdom of place to chart a bold new course for how we create cities, communities, and culture worthy of the future.
Part manifesto, part field guide — Generation Regeneration shows how to rebuild balance between people, communities, and the planet. Praised by Dan Buettner, Peter Diamandis, Vishen Lakhiani, and Mayor Donna Deegan.
Available now in hardcover from five retailers
Amazon Best Seller · Hot New Release
in Environmental Economics
Tony delivers high-impact keynotes and workshops on regenerative placemaking, the future of cities, and building communities that heal.
Why engineering life around cars and screens has made connection a luxury instead of a default — and how walkable, nourishing environments can reverse it.
How the buildings, ecosystems, and Main Streets around us dictate how we move, feel, think, and connect — right down to the small businesses that turn strangers into neighbors.
Why culture, nature, and "Third Places" are as essential to a city’s health as roads and power lines.
Shifting business and development from taking value to giving back more than it consumes.
Tony offers a rare perspective that bridges the gap between ancient wisdom, spiritual grounding, and high-stakes urban development.
Born and raised on an interfaith ashram founded by his grandmother — this early immersion in service and ritual became his professional operating system.
He has built world-renowned districts and regenerative hubs (Wynwood, Magic City, ChoZen) that prove belonging is a measurable asset.
A fresh, actionable lens on the loneliness epidemic — showing how design and "Third Places" shape mental health at a civic scale.
Tony calls out the difference between a branded gym and genuinely regenerative buildings — a bold perspective audiences are hungry for.
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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.
Living proof that regenerative futures are possible right now — not someday.