After a decade of building a career in real estate finance, from a pre-college stint as an analyst for an established D.C. development firm all the way to co-founding (with his brother, Ben) the first real estate crowdfunding platform, Fundrise, Dan Miller changed lanes. Sort of. In 2016, he founded Steward, a private commercial lender which enables people to help fund … [Read more...] about Stewarding the future of farming.
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Radical in its simplicity.
Beth Silverman is Executive Director of the Lotus Campaign, a nimble nonprofit startup focused on reducing homelessness. What makes the Lotus Campaign especially interesting is its approach to putting a roof over a homeless family's head. Instead of building ground up affordable homes, employing a bevy of subsidy financing, the Lotus Campaign is instead focusing on existing … [Read more...] about Radical in its simplicity.
Livable and Delightful.
A-P Hurd says that she can understand why people don’t like developers. “Most people don’t like change, and development is really visible," she says. “Often, five or 10 years after something gets built, people really love it. But when you’re talking about replacing the familiar with the unknown, that’s hard for people. All we can do is what Garrison Keillor admonishes: "Be … [Read more...] about Livable and Delightful.
Know your price.
Andre Perry is a senior fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and a scholar-in-residence at American University. He writes for The Hechinger Report, and has been published by The Nation, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Last year, Andre put out a new book based on his work: Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black … [Read more...] about Know your price.
I’ve been working on the railroad.
David Peter Alan has worked for decades as an advocate for rail transportation. For two decades, he chaired the Lackawana Coalition, an independent, non-profit organization that advocates for better service for New Jersey Transit riders. (This is all in addition to his day job as an intellectual property lawyer.) David's expertise is widely recognized. He has served on multiple … [Read more...] about I’ve been working on the railroad.