Strategist and urban systems thinker focused on rebuilding cities without repeating extractive patterns. Creator of Building Equity, an intelligence platform at the intersection of capital, cities, and community.
Capital Flows
Across Northwest Indiana, prolonged electricity outages and slow restoration raise questions about more than storm recovery. They also offer a glimpse of the infrastructure challenge beneath the region’s next wave of economic growth.
Local Ownership
Capital attraction is no longer enough. Cities must structure investment so more value remains rooted locally. Local ownership is becoming a competitive advantage for cities that want growth to translate into lasting wealth.
Local Ownership
Cities do not just need more investment. They need ownership structures that help more of the value created by investment stay rooted locally.
City Investibility
The market measures risk. A better urban intelligence model measures what capital can build, retain and compound.
Capital Flows
Treasury tracked $89 billion in Opportunity Fund investments between 2019 and 2022. Less than 2 percent went to operating businesses.
Local Ownership
Cities don't just need investment. They need ownership models that keep more of the value from investment rooted locally.