Lodestone R3, also identified as LR3 Inc., is an organization focused on empowering visions, changing lives, and co-building resilient communities. Its work brings together community development, population health and wellness, and strategic advisory services, serving both community-based initiatives and corporate clients.

The Veteran Advantage is LR3’s community economic development department. It promotes partnerships between veterans and other community members, with the aim of transforming lives, revitalizing places, and rebuilding mutual resilience. The Resilient Communities – Population Health & Wellness 360 department provides participatory research and training. Its approach defines wellness as an interconnected balance of body, mind, soul, and environment.

LR3 also offers its Strategy Implementation Process (SIP), an advisory service that helps clients move from a vision to measurable, executable strategies through a three-step process. The organization says SIP has been used by Fortune 500 corporations as well as community-based social enterprise ventures. Based in Chicago, Illinois, LR3 invites prospective clients and partners to make contact by phone or email to learn more about its programs and services.