I’m the founder of Small Change, a real estate equity crowdfunding platform. We raise funds for meaningful real estate projects building better cities everywhere. Like Kickstarter for real estate—but with a return. We match developers to investors, providing investment opportunities for everyone who cares about cities and wants to make change. All through a fluid and compliant technology platform.
My world has always been wrapped around cities and change. My background as an architect, city planner, urban designer, real estate developer, community development strategist, publisher, and instigator give me a rich understanding of how cities work, how urban neighborhoods can be revitalized, what policies are needed to do it, and the unique marketing that creates the buzz needed for regeneration.
Amongst my many urban (ad)ventures, I’ve developed a dozen buildings in blighted neighborhoods founded a non-profit, cityLAB, built Pittsburgh’s first tiny house, organized a speaker series, launched a Pittsburgh e-zine called PopCity, and established downtown Pittsburgh’s first co-working space. I also co-founded Pittsburgh’s wildly successful Open Streets program and now host a weekly podcast series about real estate impact investing. All of these experiences have helped me become one of the foremost thinkers on urban change. You can check out my projects here..
Some honors I’m proud of include Small Change ranking as one of 7 top Real Estate Crowdfunding Platforms of 2020 by US News, nabbing Top Innovator in the “Capital” category by HIVE and my tenure as a Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio. And I’ve just been appointed to the academic advisory board for Syracuse University’s NYC Architecture Program’s newly planned Master in Science in Architecture with a focus on Sustainable Real Estate Development.
Resources
- You can sign up for my real estate impact investing podcasts here.
- You can download a photo of me here.
- You can download the Small Change logo here.
And if you’d like, say hey.