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Veterans Village is Affordable Housing Finance Winner

Colma Veterans Village has been announced as a Winner in the Special-Needs Category of Affordable Housing Finance's 2020 Readers' Choice Awards for its role in helping meet the housing and health needs of vulnerable veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 66 unit affordable veterans […]

Wayzata – Charting the Course: Reconciling Small Town Character and Housing Diversity

Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP is thrilled to assist the City of Wayzata in their update of their Design Standards in coordination with the Wayzata 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Wayzata comes from the Dakota word meaning “north shore” and city is known for its beautiful lakefront, historic train […]

Staff Feature: Masoomeh Sharifi Soofiani Serves Her Community

Masoomeh Sharifi Soofiani has been appointed to the Planning Commission by the Richmond City Council this month and will be serving her community for the next two years. "I look forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with the planning commission to help build up an equitable, […]

Staff Feature: Ben Chuaqui, El Cerrito Community Leader

VMWP's Ben Chuaqui, has been serving the City of El Cerrito Parks Board for six years and the Design Review Board for three years.  When asked why he serves his community, he said "I hope to promote good design within El Cerrito. On the parks side, […]

Staff Feature: Lauren Daley, Serving the City of Loveland

Congratulations to Lauren Daley who was elected Chair of the City of Loveland's Affordable Housing Commission! Lauren has been serving on the Affordable Housing Commission since July 2017, and was elected Chair in July of 2020. "I joined because I wanted to change policy and help […]

Join Us to Discuss Affordable Housing and Early Childhood Education at East Colfax Town Hall

Join Us via Zoom for the 8315 East Colfax Town Hall on Thursday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m. Your voice is valued and important!  Affordable housing and high-quality early childhood education are becoming more difficult to access for families in Denver. The 8315 East Colfax project is creating opportunities for […]

Elitsa Shepherd Earned Her Passive House Certification

Elitsa Shepherd has earned her Passive House Certification! As a Certified Passive House Designer, Elitsa adds essential knowledge to the VMWP team, further improving VMWP's design to create more comfortable, more resilient and healthier buildings that are optimized for an all-renewable energy grid. Congratulations, Elitsa! To […]

Mississippi Hardware Building Renovation Moves Forward Despite COVID-19 Delays

Mississippi Hardware Renovation Building Moves Forward Despite COVID-19 Delays Source: Mississippi Business Journal Posted by Ted Carter  | Wednesday, April 15, 2020 The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has so far caused only slight delays for a years-long public-private effort to transform high-tech ideas born in Vicksburg for […]

1101 Connecticut Earns LEED Platinum Certification

Congratulations to the 1101 Connecticut team for earning LEED Platinum certification! Responding to the community’s request to create a healthy development, the project features photovoltaic on-site energy generation, solar thermal panels, and a ~22,000 gallon stormwater collection cistern, 100% of the stormwater is infiltrated or collected […]

We Can Do This Together.

At Van Meter Williams Pollack, the health and well-being of our team, clients, and community are paramount to our business and practice. In alignment with protocols issued by the Department of Public Health, we are encouraging all of our employees to work remotely and use […]

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