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SEED Land Fund

S.E.E.D. Land Fund an innovative venture based in Pasadena California is facilitating community development and redevelopment opportunites in California and the Western U.S. to create livable, affordable and sustainable communties. The SEED Land Fund formula is to create communities where the tranditional neighborhood meets the 21st Century. Scope includes:
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Market analysis.
- Project identification.
- Project management.

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Cafe V

Café “V” is a venture incubator project incorporating social networking sites and a network of physical cafes focused on accelerating the adoption of sustainable/green solutions. Accomplishments include:
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Market analysis of “green” online and physical café markets.
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Conceptual UX, content and technical design of three targeted social networking sites and mobile solutions focused on tight integration of content and social networking tools, and collaborative end user design of “green” products and services.
- Conceptual design of physical café network.
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Strategy and development roadmap documents for external partners.
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Feasibility and financing analysis and packaging.

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Portland METRO Light Rail Transit Station Sustainable Development 01/2004 - 10/2004

Responsible for recommending a development program to utilize the Transit Oriented Development project sites and transit station in such a way as to promote market feasible patterns of sustainable development. Managed an interdisciplinary team of architects, urban designers, market analysts, sustainable development consultants and artists to explore alternative visions and strategies in order to inform its development recommendations.



For more information contact Paul Reinhart _ paul.reinhart (at) makina.us or Eric Amend _ eric.amend@makina.us