Garry Gilliam may be best known for playing in the National Football League, first for the Seattle Seahawks, then the San Francisco 49ers, but today he has a second career as an impact real estate developer. Originally from Harrisburg, at age eight Garry was sent to the Milton Hersey School, a private philanthropic boarding school for orphans and low income children based in … [Read more...] about The Bridge.
Visionary
Turning renters into homeowners.
Darryl Scipio is a man of many talents. He’s been deeply involved in community and political activism since his college days, taking on leadership of the Black Law Students, earning a fellowship to attend the Eagleton Institute of Politics for a year, and working in the Community Law Clinic. After graduating law school, Darryl joined the ACLU of New Jersey, running the … [Read more...] about Turning renters into homeowners.
Rethink Real Estate.
What happens when three friends and kindred spirits start dedicating their Saturday mornings to the pursuit of more equitable development and democratized finance? For years, Dutch MacDonald, architect and technologist, Josh McManus, entrepreneur and place-maker, and Eve Picker, urban designer and developer, have been rooting each other on in their respective pursuits. And … [Read more...] about Rethink Real Estate.
The third way.
Many people may be familiar with the broader concepts of real estate development, but what effect does the way in which a project is financed have on the final outcome? For profit Property development has long been a business enterprise. Like all investment, it’s all about risk and reward. For-profit developers take all the risks in order to obtain the greatest … [Read more...] about The third way.
Building generational wealth.
Last May, Lyneir Richardson told us about his audacious goal to help 1,000 urban entrepreneurs grow their businesses, through a nine-month program run by the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. This year we are talking to him again about his latest project, implemented through The Chicago TREND … [Read more...] about Building generational wealth.