What I Do
People bring me on board to conduct contextual research for a project and help the team evaluate whether or not it is feasible, competitive, and sustainable.
Most of my work has been in locations experiencing depletion of resources and/or chronic disinvestment. Areas considered risky investments in Florida, Michigan, Washington D.C., Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. Each project is unique — from small scale adaptive reuse of historic buildings, to larger heritage/tourism area plans, to nonprofit organizational transitions.
[Link: To Fight to Preserve African American History, The New Yorker, 3 February 2020 issue]
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Looking to broaden your public outreach or identify and connect with untapped markets? Need a fresh perspective, grounded in experience, to jump start a program that is stuck? Uncertain how to maintain authenticity of a cultural product while attracting non-traditional audiences? Want to move beyond archival programming and become an active organization that plays a vital role in building a healthy and economically viable community? From vision to execution, I serve as a hands-on partner, an advocate, an advisor in the development of your product as credible, transformative, and resilient.
Shoot me an email, let’s discuss how I might help.
SUNO Small Business Incubator, New Orleans East.
Historic Lincoln Theatre and Ben’s Chili Bowl.
U Street NW, Washington D.C.
Good trouble. Let’s get into some.
Photo credit: For the Wild By Sammy | March 2022