EcoVillage at JP

in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain

EcoDevelopments LLC – developer of EcoVillage at JP

Patricia Lautner, Principal

Patti is an EcoDevelopments principal, an accomplished Project Manager and co-founder of Jamaica Plain Cohousing. With over 15 years of project management experience and 7 years of cohousing development experience, she brings a passion for excellence to the Ecodevelopments team. In addition to her project management expertise, Patti is especially qualified at cohousing meeting facilitation, community building and membership marketing.

 

Stew Mayer, Principal

Stew is an an EcoDevelopments principal and co-founder of Nexum Development Corp. (www.nexums.com). Stew possesses a unique breadth of in-depth, hands-on experience in real estate development, construction, and project management.

As a registered Architect, general contractor, and licensed real estate professional, his career has spanned the real estate development process from the early phases of site acquisition, conceptual design, and financial feasibility, through governmental approval processes, marketing studies, technical development and the turnkey construction process. Stew's design/build project portfolio includes development and construction of commercial projects, cluster residential and retirement communities, rehabilitation, renovation, and infill development, from single-family homes to projects exceeding 80 acres in size.

Stew's focus on green building and sustainable technology began in the late 1970's and for the last 15 years he had focused exclusively on "smart-growth" projects both domestically and in "eco-resort" ventures in the Caribbean.

To date, Stew has assisted in the financing and/or construction project management of cohousing communities valued at over $36 million dollars

 

Jeanne Goodman, Assistant

Jeanne is an experienced community builder, facilitator and cohousing development administrator. Her computer skills and technical expertise have been an asset to the team.

Jeanne lives in JP Cohousing with her husband David, and their two children.

 

Chris ScottHanson, Consultant

A veteran real estate development consultant and principal consultant to Cohousing Resources, Langley WA.  Chris is considered one of the United States' top experts in cohousing project development, an approach to development characterized by its reduced environmental footprint. He has worked on over 60 client projects from land acquisition through construction, including project feasibility, financing, budgeting, cash flow planning, project scheduling, permits, professional relationships, marketing and membership issues.

Together with his partner, Kelly, Chris is the author of The Cohousing Handbook, Building A Place for Community, 2005 New Society Publishers, second edition.  He is the recipient of the 1997 Gold Award for "Best Environmental Achievement" from The Canadian Home Builders Association.

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