Rural Curator: America's Rural Community Development Platform
Finding the rural communities the world has not discovered yet — and building something worth discovering.
We develop the vision, establish the public-private partnerships, and deploy the platform that transforms underrealized rural communities into funded, operating, nationally connected destinations.
Rural Curator is not a consultant, a developer, or a government program.
We are a rural community curator. We see what a community could become before anyone else does, build the vision that makes that future legible, and deploy the physical hub, digital platform, and community health programming that makes it real.
Curators select, sequence, and steward. We say yes to what belongs and no to what doesn't, protecting identity while enabling growth. Our goal is ensuring that the destinations we build are more themselves when we are finished, not less.
We work exclusively in rural America — agricultural communities, waterfront towns, heritage landscapes, and natural ecosystems.
The Rural Curator Development Model
A complete development toolbox to reveal what rural America already is.
Rural Curator functions as the development manager for every community it enters. Similar to how a mixed-use developer controls a project's tenant mix, we select, sequence, and steward the operators and capital that bring the destination story to life. This deliberate authority ensures the platform remains coherent and authentically fits the community.
Vision Plan
The foundational assessment, destination story, and development roadmap.
Rural Connect
A deployable community hub combining physical space, digital platforms, and health programming.
Rural OZ / RQOF
Opportunity Zone capital acquisition connecting investors to permanent destination development.
Newvion Rural Recreation QOZB
Active recreation and wellness business investment inside Opportunity Zone communities.
International Investor Program
E-2 and EB-5 pathways that connect international entrepreneurs and investors to these communities.
Funding the Future: The Capital Layer
Activating communities through dedicated investment and operating channels.
The Rural OZ (Permanent Capital)
- This is the dedicated Opportunity Zone capital acquisition platform.
- It connects capital gains investors to communities structured as Qualified Rural Opportunity Funds.
- Capitalizes on OZ 2.0 legislation, leveraging a 30% basis step-up and a 50% substantial improvement threshold to drive permanent destination development.
Newvion Rural Recreation QOZB (Active Business)
- Acts as an active operating business, not a traditional development fund.
- Activates community waterfronts or recreation corridors before permanent construction begins.
- Generates immediate community energy, revenue, and proof of demand from day one by putting boats on the water and wellness studios in operation.
International Investor Program (E-2 & EB-5)
- Deploys two distinct visa-linked capital channels.
- E-2 Visa: Connects international entrepreneurs to active business operations, bringing in curated operators with Newvion serving as a minority operating partner.
- EB-5 Visa: Secures permanent development capital with a green card pathway.
- These stack directly on top of rural OZ 2.0 benefits, creating a highly compelling, dual-benefit investment narrative.
Sustainable Growth and Proof of Concept
Compounding revenue streams and active founding deployments.
Revenue Architecture
Rural Curator generates revenue across six distinct streams that compound as the network scales. Each new community added makes every other revenue line more valuable by increasing platform reach, operator placements, and investor relationships.
- Vision Plan contracts through city and county partnerships.
- Rural Connect licensing (setup fees, annual platform fees, and membership revenue sharing).
- Rural OZ fund management fees, fund formation fees, and carried interest.
- Newvion Rural Recreation QOZB boat lease income and minority distributions from operating businesses.
- International Investor Program operator placement fees and E-2 business licensing revenue.
- Rural Opportunity Summit national event revenue that builds the community pipeline.
Founding Deployments
Moore Haven, Florida
The founding deployment located at the convergence of the Greater Everglades ecosystem and Lake Okeechobee. A federally designated Opportunity Zone utilizing the platform for a major waterfront development project.
Allegan, Michigan
The first inland deployment located on the Kalamazoo River. Utilizes an existing riverfront building for the Rural Connect hub and partners directly with local health and educational systems.
Newvion — The Engine Behind Rural Curator
The platform infrastructure and the leadership team driving national scalability.
The Platform
While Rural Curator is the community-facing brand, Newvion provides the underlying platform infrastructure, ensuring every deployment is nationally scalable and digitally connected.
Advanced AI market data solutions, a comprehensive digital membership platform, live broadcast capabilities, and dedicated Opportunity Zone and E-2 investment channels.
The Founding Team
Bob Dykstra
Founder & CEO
Leads the destination development model and national growth strategy, bringing elite operator experience from foundational roles at Celebration Village at Disney and the RDV Sportsplex.
Greg Tron
AI Solutions
Translates raw community and demographic data into compelling destination stories and development roadmaps that make projects credible to investors and grant reviewers.
Bret Hawkins
Targeted Marketing
Converts deployments into nationally visible opportunities, deliberately building the investor and operator pipelines from day one.
Patrick Sughroue
Legal Counsel
Provides the integrated legal architecture required for complex public-private partnerships, Opportunity Zone fund structuring, and international visa compliance.