Grown our membership base from 0 to over 5,000 residents and stakeholders. Successfully completed 342 new units of affordable homeownership and rental housing for low-income families on formerly vacant, abandoned, tax-title, historic, and brownfields properties, with 150+ in the pipeline.  These properties have won awards from HUD, the National Association of Home Builders, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Fannie Mae Foundation, the National Community Development Association, and the Mass Housing Investment Corporation. Created, with partner Groundwork Lawrence, four new neighborhood parks/ playgrounds (one largely built with resident volunteer labor) on formerly abandoned or contaminated sites. Completed Our House for Design and Technology, an innovative neighborhood educational and community center in the former St. Laurence O’Toole school building. Created Asset Building and Workforce programs for over 1,200 adults annually, offering matched savings, financial education and coaching, home-ownership education, foreclosure intervention, job coaching training/coaching/placement, ESOL, and leadership development.  AB graduates in total have leveraged over $160 million in local asset purchases and investments. Workforce programming leverages a network of partners and sector-specific local employers to provide internships and curriculum support, with a resulting 75% participant job placement and retention rate. Implemented Movement City, our evolved youth programs offering programs and studios in web/ graphic/ animation design, fashion design, video and music production, dance, creative writing/ drama/ poetry, college preparation, entrepreneurship, math and science, and savings/ financial literacy serving 150 youth annually.  90% of program graduates continue to college; program staff and instructors draw strongly from alumni ranks. Engaged over 2,000 families in NeighborCircles, a community organizing strategy led by resident facilitators and geared towards building healthy networks of active residents, and over 1,000 families in Community Education Circles, a tool for building sustained parent-teacher relationships and engagement in the educational process.  NCs are a national model for resident engagement. Won awards from CHAPA and the Governor’s Office for our Reviviendo Gateway Initiative, a smart and equitable growth strategy for revitalizing the City’s Mill District, downtown, and adjacent residential areas, driven by a broad coalition of residents, businesses, and public officials.  RGI laid the foundation for thriving and emerging adaptive mill re-use projects in the City. Spearheaded cross-sector collaborative efforts including the Lawrence Financial Stability Center model in partnership with the United Way, the Lawrence Working Families Initiative (winner of the first Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Working Cities Challenge competition) in partnership with Lawrence Public Schools, and the Youth as Healthcare Change agents project in partnership with the Atrius Health Equity Foundation local nonprofit partners. Cofounded, with GWL and others, the We Are Lawrence working group that spearheaded Lawrence’s nonprofit response to both the Columbia gas explosions and the COVID-19 pandemic, and is currently working to mitigate and respond to the challenging federal environment; mobilized thousands in financial resources and volunteers to support community members in need. In 2025 alone, won awards from Unidos US (Northeast region Affiliate of the Year), MA Nonprofit Network (Excellence in Community Development), and the Partnership for Financial Equity for our organizing, workforce development, and asset-building work.