Killick Ecovillage Co-operative (Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, NL)

• $20M new construction cohousing ecovillage + permaculture farm
• Canada's first Mutual Home Ownership Society (MHOS)
• First housing co-operative to incorporate in Newfoundland in over 30 years
• Formerly Cohousing NL (or Coho NL Community Development Inc.)
• Community-based research to better understand to better understand the barriers, frustrations, and impediments to cohousing affordability
• 51-unit mixed income community-led housing project in Portugal Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
  
• Partners: Expertise Hub Co-operative (project management) + Pivot Housing Solutions (development consultant) + Chris Bowes Architecture + John Pike Civil Engineer + Glenn Sharpe w/ Constructed Wetland Solutions
  

• Torbay History House interior and exhibit design (Torbay, NL)
• Wooden Boat Museum exhibit design (Winterton, NL)
• Rainbow Riders Therapeutic Riding Centre new construction (St. John's, NL)
  

• City of St. John's Nonprofit Housing upgrades (St. John's, NL)
• RCMP Staff Housing new construction (Northwest River, NL)
• Department of National Defence Housing upgrades (Gander, NL)
  
• Youth residential centres interior design (Paradise, NL & Grand Falls, NL)
  

• Wooden Walls Distilling municipal permits (St. John's, NL)
• Irving Big Stop Restaurant interior design (Deer Lake, NL)
• St. John's Convention Centre interior retrofit (St. John's, NL)
  
• Rainbow Gully + Voisey's Brook Club Houses concept designs (Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, NL)
  
• City of St. John's Municipal Depot Canteen interior design (St. John's, NL)
  

Creating Affordable Cohousing Through Knowledge-Sharing (national)

• +$800k funding through CMHC Housing Supply Challenge (Round 2) for Predevelopment Processes (stages 1 & 2 funding)
• Development of a national knowledge-sharing platform & CLH Ecosystem Support Network to help make cohousing and other Community-Led Housing projects easier, quicker and more supported
  
• Development of a CLH Toolkit (for Community-Led Housing) groups and Citizen Developers
  
• Innovation, human centred design and design thinking processes
• Partners + Advisors: Killick Ecovillage + CMHC Innovation Team

The Power of Public Engagement: Shifting who gets a say in housing development (St. John's, NL)

• $10k MUN Public Engagement Accelerator funding
• Increasing accessibility to the cohousing participatory design process
• Development and implementation of a 7-part participatory design workshop series
• Partners + Advisors: Memorial University of NL Business Department

A Study of social enterprise innovations in business tools and structures to support greater affordability and increased access to cohousing in Canada (national + international)

• $60k Mitacs eAccelerate funding for entrepreneur research
• Research project exploring the barriers, benefits and opportunities for cohousing affordability
• Mixed methods approach including systematic literature review, semi-structured interviews, content analysis, and data collection from a variety of online cohousing databases and websites
• Partners + Advisors: Memorial University of NL Business Department

Affordable Housing+ Solutions Lab (St. John's, NL)

• $250k funding through CMCH Solutions Lab program
• Using innovation and social enterprise frameworks to uncover structure and systematic barriers to people existing the cycle of poverty and propose solutions for a new business model for affordable housing
• Business model canvas, human centred design, semi-structured short interviews with 100+ people connected to housing in and around the City of St. John's
• Development of a Framework for Holistic Community (full logic model and simplified guide)
• Partners + Advisors: Fundamental Inc. + MarsDD + The Natural Step

Stella's Circle Affordable Housing Portfolio and Growth Opportunity Assessment (St. John's, NL)

• Housing portfolio documentation and review
• Housing portfolio growth strategy
• Stakeholder engagement interviews and workshops
• Partners + Advisors: Stella's Circle + Nora Trask + Aisha Umar

Pathway Plan to addressing Aboriginal Homelessness in NS (Nova Scotia)

• Project team member focused on developing a strategy for participatory and Indigenous-led development using cohousing principles
• Partners + Advisors: Economic Spectrum Unlimited + Native Council of NS

Pathway Plan to addressing Aboriginal Homelessness in NS (Nova Scotia)

• Project team member focused on developing a strategy for participatory and Indigenous-led development using cohousing principles
• Partners + Advisors: Economic Spectrum Unlimited + Native Council of NS

Affordable Cohousing Feasibility Study (Portugal Cove - St. Philip's, NL)

• $15k Seed Funding from CMHC
• Research, market analysis, and land purchase assessments
• Development of a project plan, timeline, and preliminary budget
• Develop and implement participatory visioning and preliminary design workshops