Klara’s Urban Habitat Initiatives Reflections
Green in Action Producer and Marketing and Communications Specialist Klara Kaufman says goodbye and reflects on nearly three years working at Urban Habitat Initiatives.
Projects
2021 Year in Review
Somehow, another year has flown by! With a hopeful start offered by vaccines and a change in the presidential administration, we looked forward to some relief from the COVID challenges of 2020 and chances to reconnect and move forward. And while the COVID story is not yet finished, 2021 did have many good moments.
Developing Health-Centered Communities
Kimberly Vermeer will be leading the team-based “Make your Pitch” assignment for an all-new professional education course this spring with Dennis Frenchman and Stanley Shaw: “Developing Health-Centered Communities: The Next Revolution in Real Estate.” Offered virtually over three weeks starting in mid-April through MIT Center for Real Estate and Harvard Medical School, the course explores building projects that create value, promote healthy living, support aging-in-place, and produce communities that thrive.
2020 in Review
Urban Habitat Initiatives President Kimberly Vermeer reflects on her work in 2020.
Resilience Summit: A Recap
Greenbuild’s Virtual Resilience Summit on October 1st, 2020 outlined strategies that build more resilient communities while advancing social equity. Kim Vermeer reflects on her experience moderating the Resilience Summit Afternoon Salon, featuring Avni Jamdar, at Emerald Cities San Francisco, and Kendra Norell, who is the Community Outreach and Engagement Coordinator in Richmond, Virginia.