DETROIT Resident Honored in Chicago!

Photo caption: HHCD Founder and Board Chair Jackie Holsten (left) and Holsten Real Estate Founder Peter Holsten (right) congratulate Architect Doug Farr of Farr Associates, Community Sustainability Award recipient.

Jackie Taylor Holsten, Founder & Chair of the Board of HHCD (Holsten Human Capital Development), not-for-profit, was pleased to honor architect Doug Farr, of Farr with HHCD’s “Community Sustainability Award” for his efforts in aiding the growth of HHCD. Says Holsten, “Doug Farr was our nonprofit’s second architectural partner ever! With assistance from this noted architect and urban planner, we have embarked upon our largest development endeavor to-date: the redevelopment of Lawson House, an Art Deco building erected in 1934 as a YMCA, which will be overhauled into 400 affordable apartments. Doug partnered with HHCD, intertwining various social service interests and needs to ensure we meet our mission and vision for the project. We are deeply proud to give him this award as a token of our gratitude for all his continued support of our not-for-profit agency.”

Douglas Farr (FAIA, LEED AP, CNU-A) is a visionary architect, urbanist, author, and passionate advocate for sustainable design thinking. An American architect and urban planner, Farr was born in Detroit, Michigan and received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his master's from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Farr heads Detroit’s Farr Associates, a firm of optimistic architects and urban designers. He is the author of Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature and his firm was chosen lead design team for City of Detroit’s Pink Zoning Initiative.

The 2018 Community Sustainability Awards cocktail reception held at Loyola University Chicago’s Kasbeer Hall – themed “Come Help Us Grow” – the annual fundraiser raised a landmark amount of money, bringing HHCD closer to being able to purchase an HHCD van and expand the HHCD food pantry.

Holsten Human Capital Development is a 501c3 non-profit organization with the mission of strengthening at-risk populations by expanding their access to viable resources that promote self-sufficiency, wellness, and stability. The agency provides social services to nearly 3,000 residents (low-income families, seniors, and single adults) of fifteen newly-built or rehabbed housing communities on the south, west and north sides of Chicago, and also Riverwalk Apartments in Joliet. HHCD works daily to empower clients to reach personal goals to improve their lives and their communities. https://www.hhcd.org/