The audience at the Alumnus Gardens opening, with officials seated behind the podium.

The record

Four developments.
254 homes.

Every one awarded by the Missouri Housing Development Commission. Every figure on this page traces to a filed application.

The pipeline
254
Affordable Housing Units 60 + 57 + 52 + 85 across four MHDC-awarded developments
4
Developments Awarded MHDC 20-050 HT, 22-419 HA-TE, 24-083 HT, 25-448-TE
2
Markets Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri
60
Units

Alumnus Gardens

The Ville, St. Louis

Delivered, tornado-damaged, rebuilding Read the case study →
A speaker addresses seated guests at the Alumnus Gardens opening ceremony, outside the finished building at number 4409.
57
Units

The Mabion

Beacon Hill, Kansas City

Under construction · October 2026 Read the case study →
52
Units

Alumnus Gardens West

The Ville, St. Louis

Under construction · 2027
85
Units

Promise Place

Kansas City

Under construction · 2028 Read the case study →

Alumnus Gardens, phase one

The day the first sixty homes opened.

The Ville, St. Louis. MHDC 20-050 HT. Opened, then damaged by a tornado, and now being rebuilt.

Welcome sign at the ceremony reading, thank you for joining us as we celebrate the opening of Alumnus Gardens.A speaker addresses seated guests at the Alumnus Gardens opening ceremony, outside the finished building at number 4409.A speaker at the podium under the canopy of the completed Alumnus Gardens building.The audience at the Alumnus Gardens opening, with officials seated behind the podium.

Photographs from the opening ceremony. Each one is identified by the signage in the frame.

Elsewhere in the work

The parts nobody photographs.

A site before anything stands on it, a handshake after a ribbon, a podium at a conference. This is most of the job.

A podium set on bare ground at a development site, houses on the block behind it.
A development site at the point construction begins.
Guests in conversation outside a newly completed development.
Guests outside a newly completed development.
A presentation on stage at an industry event.
On stage at an industry event.

Consulting engagements

Work that never becomes a building.

Feasibility, engagement and analysis for public bodies and institutions.

18th & Vine Streetcar Feasibility

Kansas City, Missouri

Ridership, economic development and community impact analysis for extending the KC Streetcar to the historic Jazz District.

Quindaro Townsite Study

Kansas City, Kansas

Economic impact assessment of a historic site, covering heritage tourism and revitalization.

Prospect Corridor Plan

Kansas City, Missouri

A citizen-driven corridor plan built from six days of engagement on the corner itself.

Recognition

Housing and health on one site.

The work recognized by the Brown University School of Public Health.

Brown University School of Public Health

Integrating affordable housing with community health, addressing social determinants of health in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Public Health Impact Award, 2025

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