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Tucson, Arizona Area

We currently offer consulting services for the design and development of mixed use and planning projects of all sizes; and hospitality and wellness retreat facilities. In addition to ensuring that the physical and financial parameters of projects are addressed, we are focused on ensuring projects recognize and respond to the evolving challenges of climate change by creating resiliency through innovation and environmental awareness and responsibility. We are especially interested in consulting on projects that combine New Urbanist planning protocols with aggressive sustainability goals.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Canyon Ranch is recognized as a world leader in creating integrated health and wellness environments at its hospitality and residential facilities. In 2006, Canyon Ranch began an aggressive expansion of its brand by creating “Canyon Ranch Living Communities”. These mixed-use developments create communities that stress appropriate environmental development; sustainable construction; and health and wellness amenities. My responsibilities include:-Directing Canyon Ranch’s participation in project development as it relates to project planning, architectural design, entitlements and ensuring the finished project reflects brand standards.-Developing the physical program for all new development projects. -Creating development protocols for Canyon Ranch Living Communities to enable them to achieve a minimum LEED Silver designation, or the equivalent. -Being a member of the due diligence team vetting project proposals that are presented to us for their economic feasibility and adherence to brand growth strategy.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Founded a company to direct the development of the Community of Civano (see below) on behalf of its new owner, FannieMae. During our management tenure, we: -Successfully revitalized marketing of the project, increasing home sales by 200%, and averaging 100 homes sales per year. -Implemented critical financial and management tools for the project, cutting overhead costs by 30% and thereby financially stabilized the project. -Successfully re-negotiated all development agreements with the City of Tucson. -Successfully negotiated with the City of Tucson to put in place a “fast-track” approval for the planning and zoning of future phases of the project, cutting entitlement time in half. 2002-2006 After leaving the Civano project, CDC Realty designed and developed infill residential projects promoting the concept of “healthy affordable homes in healthy neighborhoods” through the implementation of energy-saving home design, and land planning that invited the creation of community.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Civano is a mixed-use project created to test concepts of sustainable development in the context of large scale affordable residential developments. At its founding, it was the largest residential development in the United States to adopt protocols for sustainable development. With nearly 700 families now living there, it remains so to this day. The Community of Civano, LLC was the company formed to develop this community. As pioneers in the field of sustainable development, we had to help create and codify the protocols for sustainable development; create objective metrics for measuring progress and success in attaining those goals; create training programs for our builders; pioneer "lifestyle marketing" in our sales efforts; and demonstrate that all this could be done in the context of large scale affordable communities. Civano has been awarded numerous awards and recognitions for its efforts to create a living community demonstrating the viability of sustainable development. The United Nations cited Civano as a global best practice model because it is "...a model community demonstrating that the goals of sustainability and marketability are not irreconcilable."My responsibilities included: -Directing all aspects of land planning and the architectural design of the project, and its interface with construction.-Directing the political and entitlement aspects of the project. -Taking primary responsibility for the evolution and implementation of all sustainability goals.-Managing the project’s partnerships with HUD, NREL, PATH, DOE, and the University of Arizona. -Being a primary spokesperson for the project, attending national and regional conferences to promote the concepts used at Civano to attain its sustainability goals.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Founded an architectural consulting firm specializing in urban revitalization, affordable housing projects, and energy conscious design. Among the achievements of the firm were: -Having the firm’s projects win numerous awards for design excellence, and for their contribution to the urban environment. -Having our project, The Admiral Fell Inn Restoration and Expansion, granted over $400,000 (about 4% of the project’s total cost) in rebates from Baltimore Gas & Electric in recognition of its focus on innovation in innovative energy-saving design. -Being awarded a Special Commendation from the Maryland Assembly for our work with neighborhood organizations and community based non-profit development companies in Baltimore’s East Side, and for its impact on urban community stabilization and revitalization. We dedicated one third of the company’s work effort to the design and implementation of affordable housing projects.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Brown’s Wharf is a mixed-use project located on Baltimore’s waterfront combining new construction and adaptive reuse of historically certified buildings. The project was as a central component of the City’s plan to revitalize the Fell’s Point neighborhood and thereby extend the success of Baltimore’s famous Inner Harbor. Among my responsibilities as project director were: -Managing the development of the master planning and economic modeling for the project. -Directing all aspects of the design, entitlement and construction of the project. -Directing all aspects of the politics of the project, especially local community relations. -Managing planning for future phases of project and negotiating with the City of Baltimore for future site development rights. -Providing support to the marketing and sales teams for the project.

M. Arch, Architecture

B.Arts, History, Design Of The Environment

Appropriate Technologies And Sustainablility

The Centro de Investigacions y Documentacion (CIDOC) was founded in Curenavaca, Mexico by the noted social critic author and activist.