LEGAL

Terms of Use

Effective September 2026

These Terms of Use govern access to and use of this website and the materials made available through it. By using this site, you agree to these Terms.

Informational Purpose

This website is provided for general informational, educational, and project-marketing purposes. It is intended to describe work, projects, concepts, and activities associated with the Acceleration Initiative.

Nothing on this site should be interpreted as a guarantee that any project, transaction, partnership, financing, development plan, schedule, or other contemplated activity will be completed.

Acceleration Initiative

Acceleration Initiative™ is a shared platform and methodology connecting organizations, partners, capabilities, and project pathways around community-infrastructure outcomes.

The Acceleration Initiative is not represented on this website as a separate legal entity, partnership, joint venture, membership organization, investment fund, nonprofit organization, or other independent legal organization unless expressly stated otherwise.

Organizations participating in work associated with the Acceleration Initiative retain their separate legal, institutional, fiduciary, professional, and economic responsibilities.

Project Information

Project descriptions, plans, renderings, concepts, locations, programs, costs, schedules, financing structures, operating assumptions, participants, and other information presented on this site may be preliminary, illustrative, or subject to change.

References to current or contemplated projects should not be interpreted as representations that all approvals, agreements, financing, diligence, construction, or other project requirements have been completed.

No Offer or Solicitation

Nothing contained on this website constitutes an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any security, investment interest, financial product, or other regulated instrument.

Any potential investment, financing, charitable contribution, development participation, or other transaction would be subject to separate evaluation, documentation, approvals, and applicable law.

No Professional Advice

Content on this site does not constitute legal, investment, financial, tax, accounting, brokerage, engineering, architectural, environmental, or other professional advice.

Users should consult their own professional advisers regarding matters relevant to their individual circumstances or participation in any project.

No Relationship Created

Use of this website, receipt of information from it, or reference to an organization or project does not create any partnership, joint venture, agency relationship, fiduciary relationship, advisory relationship, contractual commitment, membership, sponsorship, endorsement, or other legal relationship.

Any such relationship must be established through appropriate separate agreements or documentation.

Third-Party Organizations

This site may reference municipalities, nonprofit organizations, developers, operators, capital providers, professional advisers, service providers, institutions, or other third parties involved in or relevant to particular projects or activities.

Such references are provided for context and do not necessarily imply endorsement, sponsorship, formal affiliation, continuing participation, or contractual commitment unless expressly stated.

All third-party names, logos, trademarks, and other intellectual property remain the property of their respective owners.

Heartland Development Foundation and AVARIS

Heartland Development Foundation and AVARIS may participate in work associated with the Acceleration Initiative according to their respective purposes, responsibilities, governance, agreements, and legal structures.

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as merging or eliminating the separate legal or institutional identities of those organizations or of any other participant.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, the text, design, graphics, branding, video, and other original content on this website are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

No content may be reproduced, modified, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without appropriate authorization, except as permitted by law.

External Links

This website may contain links to third-party or affiliated websites.

Those sites are governed by their own terms, privacy practices, content standards, and policies. The inclusion of a link does not constitute responsibility for or endorsement of the content of the linked site.

Accuracy and Availability

Reasonable efforts may be made to keep information current and accurate, but no representation or warranty is made that site content is complete, current, error-free, or suitable for any particular purpose.

The site and its content are provided on an “as available” basis.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the parties responsible for this website will not be liable for losses or damages arising from reliance on site content, use or inability to use the site, third-party content, or decisions made based on information presented here.

Changes to These Terms

These Terms may be updated periodically as the Acceleration Initiative, associated work, or this website evolves.

The effective date above will be updated when material changes are made.

Governing Law

These Terms will be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction applicable to the entity responsible for operating this website, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.