Development Highlights

• 320 projects completed in 15 states
• 25,000 housing units completed
• 420,000 square feet of commercial/retail space developed
• $2.5 billion in project financing assembled
• 13 HOPE VI public housing projects completed, two in progress

Featured Project

Oakwood Shores - Chicago, IL

Featured Success Story

Kandice Lacy - Cascade Village

Willie Jones

Willie Jones is a Senior Vice President and Director of The Community Builders, Inc and has been with the organization for 27 years. He is responsible for managing the full range of real estate services that TCB offers. His current responsibilities include new project and program development across all three of their regions; managing planning and entitlements on all new projects; evaluating business opportunities; and assisting in corporate policy development. Over the past decade, Mr. Jones spearheaded The Community Builder's efforts in securing and implementing new HOPE VI and CHOICE engagements nationally.

Mr. Jones is a 1974 graduate of Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology concentrating in Urban Planning. Before joining The Community Builders, Inc., he served: as an assistant to the Dean at the College of Engineering at Northeastern University; on the faculty at Tufts University's Urban and Environmental Policy Program; and, at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning's Professional Development Institute. He continues to teach seminars for the Urban Land Institute and at Harvard's Kennedy and Divinity Schools. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Theology at Andover Newton Theological School. He completed a three-year term on the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Jones has received multiple awards for his Housing and Community work.

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