ABOUT US

Affordable Housing Developer and Financing Expert

• Over 7500 units valued at $2.1B
• Founder of PCC - Socially Innovative Employment, Contracting and Entrepreneurship Platform

Several platforms under the NREUV umbrella, WFL Collective™(WFLC), Project Community Capital®(PCC), and Heighten The Hustle™, will provide services on-site, which provide Hough and other Cleveland residents with economic opportunities. A large part of what PCC does is connect individuals with employment, education, and training opportunities. Through its Non-Profit arm – WFLC has formed collaborations with Towards Employment, Dress for Success, and The Centers. WFLC is based on a collective impact model that brings organizations with similar missions to attain similar goals. PCC and WFLC will continue to work to create additional partnerships that will help provide the services residents will need to be successful. PCC cultivates relationships with employers by leveraging Dr. Merritt's high-value social capital, PCC/WFLC's founder, and her team's network of employer relationships.

PCC's business services include consulting for small businesses and connections to contracting opportunities. Heighten The Hustle™, PCC's entrepreneurial accelerator, provides a business plan boot camp, seed capital, and contract connections (via social capital) to help elevate entrepreneurs from the hustle in their homes to a business in the mainstream. 

PCC is grounded in technology. PCC's employment connections are accomplished through an online database (Workforce Leverage™) that employers use to locate "Ready-To-Work" employment candidates. WFLC's social service partners utilize PCC technology to track their employment referrals through the PCC system. Partners can view the profile of the referred employment candidates, learn about the interview process results, learn about the challenges the candidates face, and indicate whether those problems have been resolved so that PCC can re-interview them and eventually connect them with employment.

  Design Experience with Multiple Housing Typologies

• Human Centered Approach
• Culture of Innovation
• Local Architect and Designer

RDL's mission is to serve the present and influence the future through careful planning and thoughtful design of timeless architecture. By using research to inform design, they can enhance the user experience for all who enter the space. RDL Architects has established a strong placemaking, architecture, and interior design portfolio which spans across building type, style and function, and is tailored to fit the needs of all clients.

RDL believes in the power and efficiency of a collaborative design process rooted in research. First and foremost, they identify a project’s goals, challenges, obstacles, and requirements. Based on these assessments, RDL creates a plan with clear, concise, and measurable objectives to achieve these goals, partnering with clients, contractors and construction managers throughout the entire process. 

RDL's interior design skill is a highlight of their services, and RDL was chosen to reinforce the teams belief that affordable housing should be expertly designed and crafted with care. RDL uses equitable design principles, creating a market-rate feel in low-income housing. Equitable design acknowledges that equity doesn't happen by chance but with intent and focus.

The Ninety-Four Ten Project is quality, state of the art housing–for everyone.

General Contractor with Affordable Housing Experience

• Community-Driven Disaster Response Team
• Social Infrastructure
• Over $1B in recent General Contracting Experience

SLS is a general contracting, real estate development and construction management firm with a complete national presence. Over the past decade, we have provided over 50,000 housing and sheltering units in over 17 states and territories with comprehensive values in excess of $1.0 billion. This includes the rehabilitation and reconstruction of tens of thousands of units for clients such as FEMA and HUD in the continental U.S., Caribbean Basin and Pacific Rim.

SLS provides the following services:

• Emergency Response
• Disaster Response
• Emergency Sheltering & Housing
• Turnkey Health Solutions
• Government Contracting
• Infrastructure Services
• Heavy Civil & Marine-Based Construction
• General Construction & Rehabilitation

SLS has been a general contractor and construction manager for many large HUD CDBG- DR housing programs, including Build it Back in New York City – NYC Department of Design & Construction in New York City; New Jersey RREM - New Jersey DCA in New Jersey; Texas Hurricane Disaster Recovery Program – Texas General Land Office in Texas; South Carolina Disaster Recovery Program – SCDRO in South Carolina.

SLS’s business is built upon helping communities recover, working closely with residents and government agencies to help restore lives. Working with all levels of government, as well as homeowners and residents, SLS delivers the utmost attention to detail in planning, implementation, execution, compliance and completion for each one of our assignments. We have been very successful at not only helping communities recover, but also creating long-lasting employment opportunities for the community. Grass roots support and collaboration on all levels of government has been a hallmark of SLS’s approach to redevelopment work.