Now that David and I have stepped away from company operations to be board members, it is so much fun to sit back and watch the great people we have brought together do their thing. I look at our architects’ design work, and I am blown away. David and I launched this business because we believed affordable housing could also be beautiful housing. Man, has our team proved us right.
We knew that Indian Country was seeking new investment tools for economic development back in 2006. We had no idea the diversity of projects the New Markets Tax Credit could bring forward.
Housing has been in Travois’ DNA since the beginning. Our housing development and asset management teams continue to prove that tribal housing authorities can build and maintain some of the best affordable housing in the country. National housing organizations are taking notice.
If you have a passion to see your community grow, get in touch with CEO Elizabeth Glynn. You know where you want to go, and Travois can help carry the weight. Get in touch with us today so we can start that journey together.
We note the passing of Chester Nez, the last of the original 29 Navajo Nation Code Talkers. We all have cause to remember and rejoice that his Native language provided the crucial vocabulary and structure for developing coded messages to American forces in the field during World War II.
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Travois was honored to be a sponsor for the phenomenal ukelele virtuoso and composer Jake Shimabukuro on November 15th at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Marianne has been a part of Travois from the very beginning. She was the director of the Ramsey County Library in suburban St. Paul, Minn., when David Bland, her spouse, decided to leave the Federal Reserve Bank and start Travois back in 1995.
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David Grimes, Greg Bland, David Bland and I had a great night hosting the “Hello Art” crowds on Nov. 1, the First Friday Art Crawl in the Crossroads Arts District.
Read MoreThis spring, Travois Chairman David Bland and I attended the Impact Investing Summit in Huntington Beach, CA.
The summit brought together investors who want to make a positive difference in the world with fund managers who want to help them.
(Marianne Roos is vice chairman for Travois)
Well, 2012 is now one for the books. Check out our annual report here. It was the year we broke through the ceiling — literally. We launched an environmental initiative by installing 330 solar panels on the roof of our Kansas City office building.
But when you take a look at our 2011 annual report numbers, you might be surprised at what we’ve been up to. What began in 1995 with Travois Inc.
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