I spend my days interacting with our staff who work in the areas of affordable housing, economic development, design, and asset management and compliance, and our internal teams who handle administrative, marketing and communications and finance responsibilities.
I help make things run smoothly. It’s my job to craft Travois’ policies, procedures and best practices to ensure that the needs of clients, investors and other stakeholders are met across all areas of business.
I have served our clients since 2005, with roles on Travois Asset Management and Compliance, Travois Design and the management team. I have spent hundreds of hours talking to Tribal entities about their development needs and goals and have worked with some of the greatest developers in America.
My extensive experience in affordable housing provides me with a holistic view of Travois and its services. I weigh each company decision on how it will affect families years down the road — from families living in homes we help finance or using community centers we help design to the families of our staff.
I’m so happy to share that Travois Design was presented the Outstanding Design & Planning Award for our architectural design of the Pueblo of Acoma’s Cedar Hills development
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I had the pleasure of attending the Tohono O’odham Ki:Ki Association (TOKA) groundbreaking ceremony for its third Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) development.
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Lauren DuCharme has been promoted to senior architect on our Travois Design team! If you think about the challenges that occur in construction, chances are Lauren’s been there and handled it.
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Every client we work with has one thing in common – a severe need for affordable housing. Often, with waitlists of 100 or more families, our clients need quality housing and as much of it as possible.
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Travois Design & Construction Services is Travois’ in-house architectural firm.
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The sun is out, it has finally stopped raining, and you might be thinking it’s a good time to start gardening. Traditionally, spring and summer are the time of year when many of us turn our attention towards enhancing our landscape and gardens.
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Recently, I visited the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Administration Building, which was newly constructed just last year.
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A charette (pronounced “shuh-ret”) is an intense period of design activity.
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In November in beautiful San Diego, at our 14th Annual Indian Country Affordable Housing & Economic Development Conference, our conference attendees participated in a mock design charette.
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Recently, I visited Jeff Ackley of Sokaogon Chippewa Housing Authority (SCHA) on the construction site. Jeff and his team have one successful Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) project up and running, and they have two new projects in the works.
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