CEO of Grounded Solutions Network, LEED AP | growing the scale of #sharedequityhousing |closing the #racialwealthgap | equitable and inclusive communities.

Joined August 2010
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I really had no idea of what 2020 had in store when I wrote this last year - I just knew what I wanted to share with other #communitylandtrust leaders and advocates across the world. #WherearetheFunders
“We must never forget the CLT was created out of necessity... collective ownership of land to support African-Americans living in the rural South. It was born out of the American Civil Rights Movement.” Chapter 22 - @Tonypmc #OnCommonGround Listen here: oncommonground.transistor.fm…
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10 Jul 2024
Thanks @SenFettermanPA for your continuing support for #CommunityLandTrusts to achieve our @GroundedNetwork goal of #LastingAffordability at scale.
I promised to fight for places across the Commonwealth that have been left behind for too long—places like Meadville. I’m proud to help their community land trust tackle the housing crisis head on. meadvilletribune.com/news/co…
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Tony Pickett retweeted
"Supporters have put together a reform agenda of ways to make the program stronger and more widely available. [...] But criticism beyond accepted reform goals from within the affordable housing development side of the sector has been muted." @Shelterforce shelterforce.org/2023/11/15/…
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16 Aug 2023
Get ready for multiple Big & Bold affordable housing ideas to be put on the table for consideration! Thankful that our #GSNInnovativeFinance team’s #HomesForTheFutureFund concept for #LastingAffordability is among this talented group of finalists!
HUGE NEWS, Y'ALL!! We are SO immensely excited and honored to be named a *FINALIST* for the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge. Thank you @EnterpriseNow and @WellsFargo! We are READY for the final round!
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14 Aug 2023
Congratulations to @homesteadclt from all of our @GroundedNetwork team and members - Well deserved!!!
CELEBRATE WITH US: Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gifted $10 million to Homestead Community Land Trust. We are beyond grateful to receive this visionary investment. Full statement here linkedin.com/pulse/mackenzie…
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Thanks to @Philanthropy for elevating the critical importance of creating homes with #lastingaffordabilty by various @GroundedNetwork members. More grant funders, financing and more public subsidies are needed to scale the proven success of our housing models.
Grant makers are backing innovative solutions to try to bolster the availability of affordable housing. Many see stable housing a critical to their work to improve education, health, and economic opportunity. phlnthrp.com/3HwoYTh
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Check it out!!! - So grateful to @AmyKhare and the @MixedIncome team for giving me this amazing opportunity to share my thoughts! Thanks as well to @FordFoundation and @kresgefdn for their support of #BendingtheArc
29 Nov 2022
Our latest podcast is out! In this episode we talk with @Tonypmc CEO of @GroundedNetwork. We focus on efforts to advance #RacialJustice within the field of community development, including within local grassroots orgs, foundations & financial institutions. bit.ly/3il8Muj
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20 Nov 2022
Replying to @Delta
@Delta is totally failing to assist me in navigating their multiple delays of my morning flight to Minneapolis. Thus I missed my DC connection, now they won’t add me to a waiting list for the next flight because I don’t have preferred status??? I paid for this 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
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21 Nov 2022
After 4 separate discussions with different @Delta airport gate staff, I finally got a seat on a plane. Why did they make it so hard??? #chargingmoreForLessService
10 Nov 2022
Loved joining my brilliant colleagues @DrAkilahWB & @Seema_NYC for a great conversation focused on #liberation - hosted by @npquarterly's own @Steve_NPQ Great audience participation too!
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25 Oct 2022
Amazing and powerful to see #communitylandtrust & #landbank innovation benefitting a Black community - ❤️👍🏾👏🏾👊🏾 @GroundedNetwork @Vacant2Vibrant @DrAkilahWB @chrisjtyson
Proud of the work @LabGov has been doing in Baton Rouge over the last 3 years applying our #cocity framework to equitably develop the 4-mile Plank Road area, a historic Black community. We have created a combined Community Land Trust and Bank. 👇 braf.org/stories/2022/10/20/…
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14 Oct 2022
All of @GroundedNetwork is incredibly sad to learn of the passing of #communitylandtrust model founder, New Communities leader and Civil Rights Movement icon; Rev. Charles Sherrod. His great legacy lives on in our work & the communities we serve. washingtonpost.com/obituarie…
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It may mean building to sell to the actual people who may live there, or to nonprofits or mixed-income neighborhood trusts or CLTs (any form of resident-controlled housing will do). shelterforce.org/2022/08/30/… @GroundedNetwork @Center4CLTs @CACLTN @uhab_nyc
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Ending Sept. with a bang, by helping to give away a house at the fundraiser tonight - what a great 👍🏾 surprise right!
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In Pueblo, CO with the former @UrbanLandC crew for @nwsoco celebration of 45 years of housing impact!
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30 Sep 2022
I’m excited to be representing @GroundedNetwork in Pueblo, CO at an amazing event hosted by the great team @nwsoco !!! Someone will win a home tonight.
There will be one lucky winner and it could be YOU! 🥇 All it takes is one ticket to win, just over 500 entries for the house raffle, the odds of winning are phenomenal! Don't miss your chance to win this 🏠 $365,000 home! BUY YOUR TICKET TODAY! 🎟 nwsoco.org/sapphire-celebrat…
26 Sep 2022
The #SpecialPurposeCreditProgram launched by our @GroundedNetwork Champion member @chtrust is now increasing BIPOC homeownership in Vermont. Leading the way forward!!!
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Why do @GroundedNetwork national members, partners and stakeholders promote and prioritize #communitycontrol of land & #LastingAffordability ?? @Richard_Florida explains an important part of the reason here 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
The pandemic helped export the sky-high housing values and steep rents of coastal hubs to other cities across the US. @Richard_Florida explains why it happened trib.al/PAnA3GZ
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