Industry Association Workshop 2024::
“Creativity in Action: Innovative Solutions for Affordable Housing”
Join us for an engaging workshop on ways to creatively meet the ever-growing need for affordable and sustainable housing in our communities. We’ll explore how government officials can harness their creativity to develop innovative solutions with tiny houses and moveable tiny houses as viable means to meet the needs of diverse communities and socioeconomic backgrounds. From policymakers and changers to city and county authorities and visionaries interested in solving problems and serving others, we’ll explore creative options to ensure access to safe and affordable housing for our local communities. We’ll also hear from the people actually creating change in other communities and learn about the challenges they faced and their strategies used to achieve their success.
Topics:
Creative approaches to housing and housing development: we’ll explore the various building codes for tiny houses and movable tiny houses and how they are currently evolving. We’ll also discuss some of the challenges encountered in the design and construction of tiny homes.
Strategies for accommodating diverse communities: we’ll examine the background of the tiny house movement, its future and the efforts of various state and local governments in utilization of tiny houses as affordable and eco-friendly housing.
Challenges in housing code and policy implementation: we’ll review the codes and/or zoning laws that stand in the way of the tiny home movement.
Case studies and success stories from around the country: insight into the growth of tiny home communities, including where these communities are most prevalent and what amenities are made available to residents.
Now more than ever, thinking creatively to develop innovative solutions for diverse communities is needed. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and collaborate with fellow officials and community members on sustainable ways to create impactful change in affordable housing. Let’s work together to build a better future for our communities.
Reserve your spot today!
Who should attend? EVERYONE. Especially Government, Municipality, City and County Officials, Planners, Policymakers/Changers, Housing and Community Developers, Architects - and individuals interested in tiny houses as personal solutions. Basically, any and everyone interested in sustainable solutions for affordable housing.
Our Speakers & Facilitators:
Event Details.
Date: Friday, April 12, 2024
Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Courtyard by Marriott Charlotte Concord
7201 Scott Padgett Parkway
Concord, NC 28027
Cost: Free for City & County Officials (Registration Required)
$40 General Public/Guests
(Lunch is included)
Please note: Registration and General Public Ticket Sales Have Ended
Dan Fitzpatrick: Dan is at the forefront of the movement to legalize tiny homes as a viable housing option to meet the ever-growing need for affordable and sustainable housing. With government and developer experience, Dan has been working with local governments to amend their statutes and regulations to permit moveable tiny houses as ADUs. He has been instrumental in assisting a number of cities and counties in development of new tiny friendly ordinances and has presented to Planning Commissions, City Councils, Boards of Supervisors and state legislative committees throughout the United States.
Jinkie Echols: Jinkie is an affordable housing advocate and tiny house consultant. She is also the founder/President of Braveheart Properties of Brevard, a nonprofit for tiny homes and affordable housing in Florida and the owner and developer a thirty-five acre tiny home community. The community is legally zoned and code-compliant with Jinkie having written the code and zoning to create the community for permanent long-term living. Jinkie is also a consultant for many municipalities, individuals and investors for tiny communities across the US and overseas.
Bill Dusch: Mayor William C. "Bill" Dusch is a Concord native and has been active in the community as a business owner and a member of City boards and non-profit organizations for 30 years. His Council-appointed board service includes chairing Concord's Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustment and Historic Preservation Commission. Bill was instrumental, along with the Concord city leaders, in passing the ordinance in Concord that allows tiny homes in the city limits as a means to address the growing need for affordable housing.
Dwight Morgan: Dwight is the Chief Manufacturing Officer at OFFSITEK, an offsite technology company offering an end-to-end solution for industrialized construction that integrates land development, advanced digital design, supply chain optimization and construction. OFFSITEK’s integrated technology utilizes automation, robotic assembly, and cutting-edge software to transform traditional, fragmented construction into advanced manufacturing.
Kim DeLaney: Kim is the Executive Director of Tiny House Big Movement, focused on creating a path for equality and equity within the housing market by addressing affordable and missing middle housing. By collaborating with community leaders and green companies, Kim’s vision is to develop an eco friendly and sustainable community.
Jewel D. Pearson: Jewel is the Executive Director of The Bohemian Brand, LLC. and a 10-year tiny house dweller, educator, advocate and community leader. Jewel is working to disrupt the status quo of housing to create and build safe and equitable communities, using movable housing and businesses as the infrastructure for change. Jewel sees this work as the next step of moving the tiny house movement forward from individual solutions for affordable housing into the building of resilient communities that address collective needs.