Training the next generation to move from vision to built reality.

Proof of Practice

Two decades of moving projects across the finish line.

• $150M+

  In land assets stewarded

• $50M+

  Raised across my career

• $9.8M

  In government funding secured

• 20,000+

  Residents served across 10 Houston neighborhoods

• 600+

  Community projects as part of city leadership

Case studies from the work

Built from real decisions involving land, capital, environmental risk, housing, and community trust.

Summarized at a high level. Names, partners, and full figures shared with the right context.

01

Case study

Public Land to Community Asset

Led decisions across a large public portfolio of vacant, tax delinquent, and underused property in a major American city.

Capital moved

More than $100 million in property value put back in play through public land stewardship, disposition, and redevelopment activity.

What the work required

Parcel strategy, partner selection, legal authority, affordability terms, development readiness, public accountability, and a repeatable way to decide which properties should move, when, to whom, and for what outcome.

What it demonstrates

How land moves from liability to community asset, and how to build the decision systems that make those choices clearer, faster, and easier to defend.

02

Case study

Brownfield to Housing Opportunity

Helped move a former transportation and industrial site from environmental uncertainty toward a new affordable housing future.

Capital moved

More than $12 million in publicly documented acquisition and predevelopment capital helped assemble the site and position it for roughly 120 multifamily units and 40 single family homes.

What the work required

Brownfield assessment, demolition sequencing, public agency coordination, financing alignment, community storytelling, and a reuse strategy that could carry both neighborhood memory and future housing need.

What it demonstrates

How to turn complicated sites into implementation pathways, especially when the work involves contamination, cost, capital gaps, public scrutiny, and community expectation.

03

Case study

Contaminated Land to Neighborhood Future

Helped lead the reuse pathway for historically burdened property in a legacy Black community.

Capital moved

$5.5 million in federal Brownfields funding secured for assessment and cleanup, including major cleanup funding for a long standing contaminated site.

What the work required

Environmental strategy, federal funding, regulatory coordination, public accountability, resident trust, and a credible long term vision for land that had carried decades of harm.

What it demonstrates

Corridor decisions sit on top of history, risk, trust, and timing. The work required technical structure and community accountability in equal measure.

04

Case study

Resilient Housing on Overlooked Land

Small and difficult parcels translated into a housing pipeline for affordable, resilient, and accessible homes.

Capital moved

More than $700K in design, planning, technical assistance, and partner support aligned around replicable home plans and resilient housing implementation.

What the work required

Design standards, builder readiness, community input, resilience criteria, partner coordination, and a scalable approach for turning scattered parcels into housing production.

What it demonstrates

How to connect parcel level conditions to housing production, affordability, resilience, and implementation at scale.

Aligned with your body of work

The curriculum lands on the projects A+A is already leading.

Each session is designed to be taught against a live A+A project so the learning compounds inside work volunteers can point to. A short look at the terrain the framework is built for.

Projects listed are drawn from A+A's public portfolio. The training plugs directly into work of this shape in South LA and Flatbush.

Format & Fit

How the sessions run, and how they slot into your program.