MEET THE COMMUNITY INNOVATORS

Each Innovator featured below is pursuing an innovation with the potential to address the devaluation of homes in Black-majority neighborhoods as part of the earlier Collaborative Challenge.

featured innovators

Amanda Alexander

Detroit Justice Center
Detroit, Michigan

Ashley Allen

Houston Community Land Trust
Houston, Texas

Roshun Austin

The Works, Inc.
Memphis, Tennessee

Gianna Baker

Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance
Chicago, Illinois

John Bartlett

Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Chicago, Illinois

Jonathan Brown

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners
Palm Beach County, Florida

Kwasi Frye

SayLambda
Washington, D.C.

Lance George

Housing Assistance Council
Washington, D.C.

Marisela Gomez

Village of Love and Resistance, VOLAR
Baltimore, Maryland

John Green

Blackstar Stability Investment Management LLC
Washington, D.C

Bree Jones

Parity Homes
Baltimore, Maryland

Ericka Kelly

Greater Milwaukee Committee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Tamara Knox

Frolic Community LLC
Seattle, Washington

John Liss

True Footage Inc.
Seattle, Washington

Adrian Madriz

Struggle for Miami’s Affordable and Sustainable Housing, Inc.
Miami, Florida

William Martinez

Martinez & Associates
Vacaville, California

Andreanecia Morris

HousingNOLA
New Orleans, Louisiana

Zach Murray

The Guild
Atlanta, Georgia

Maya Porter

Growth Spots International, Inc.
Louisville, Kentucky

Santhosh Ramdoss

Gary Community Ventures
Denver, Colorado

Veronica Reed

Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative
New Orleans, Louisiana

Carlos Robles-Shanahan

Duo Development
Chicago, Illinois

Scot Rose

Class Valuation
Troy, Michigan

Ellen Sahli

Family Housing Fund
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Charu Singh

Humane Works LLC
New York, New York

Anna Thompson

City of Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Rosalind Williams

WITH ACTION
St. Louis, Missouri

Evelyn Zwiebach

Enterprise Community Partners
Detroit, Michigan

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Episode 6: How can thoughtful development create affordable homeownership and revitalize a neighborhood?

https://anchor.fm/s/10639edb8/podcast/play/108305221/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-15%2F407488021-44100-2-4758669f2994b.mp3   While Baltimore faces a lack of affordable housing, a number of its neighborhoods are experiencing hyper vacancies. Where many see these as compounding insurmountable problems, Bree Jones sees an opportunity to rebuild.    In this week’s episode of Economic Architecture, host Stuart Yasgur sat down with… Read More
Sep 15, 2025

Episode 5: How can targeted information lead to action and effectively mitigate the risk from wildfire?

When it comes to preventing wildfires, we must understand both the challenges of existing systems and where the real opportunities for action are. Dave Winnacker, co-founder of XyloPlan, helps us understand more about the current conversation around wildfire mitigation by sharing his work on analyzing and articulating the risk of… Read More
Sep 8, 2025

Episode 4: How do we protect our homes from the growing threat of wildfires?

If enough homeowners implement Zone Zero – a combustible-free zone around their homes – communities will be more resilient to wildfires. The question is, how do we get enough homeowners to implement Zone Zero quickly enough to make a difference?  In this week’s episode of the Economic Architecture Podcast, host… Read More
Sep 1, 2025
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