“We want to champion the power of investing, and the power of female investment, in order to demonstrate that inclusivity and diversity matters—and that the time to act is now.” Hanneke Smits, CEO, BNY Mellon Investment Management. The 2021 report The Pathway to Inclusive Investment was compiled from 8,000 interviews with women and men, 100 asset management firms … [Read more...] about $3.22 Trillion.
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Garage ADUs.
Want to know about project management? Meet Rebecca Möller, the founder and CEO of Symbihom, a company in the San Francisco Bay area that has designed unique, prefabricated garage to ADU conversion kit, hoping to aid the problem of affordable housing with units that take less than 4 weeks to install. In 2008, prior to founding Symbihom, Rebecca founded R Möller & … [Read more...] about Garage ADUs.
Social Impact Hero.
"As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Eve Picker" writes Yitzi Weiner for Authority Magazine. "Eve Picker is the founder and president of Small Change, a crowdfunding platform that enables developers to raise capital for real estate projects with social impact. She is a … [Read more...] about Social Impact Hero.
Hedge funds and the Housing Crisis.
“America’s housing crisis is a longstanding problem. But recent reports of private hedge funds buying up detached houses and townhouses is likely to make an already difficult situation even worse. When hedge funds purchase such properties, those homes are not likely to come back on the real estate market. They are gone for now—and probably for the long term.” … [Read more...] about Hedge funds and the Housing Crisis.
I finally found my tribe.
Jim is an infill developer and sustainable development advisor based in Sonoma County, California. Known for his aspirational but practical approach, he works with a range of tools and best practices to communicate the value of inspired design and sustainability within the realities of local market norms. With over forty years experience as an urban designer, land planner, … [Read more...] about I finally found my tribe.