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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandi
laurie ramos' story
Six years ago, Laurie Ramos was seeking American citizenship and a better opportunity for her husband and three children when she left her family in the Philipinnes to come to the United States. With an American-born son and a baby on the way, the eighteen-year-old found herself struggling to survive on Section 8 vouchers to rent a run-down apartment in a crime-ridden neighborhood in Yorktown, Virginia. In 2001, Community Housing Partners purchased the facility and rehabilitated it into The Woods of Yorktown, a vibrant family-friendly community that is a safe home to more than 200 children. Today, Laurie gives back to her community by cultivating beautiful roses outside of her home.
"When I moved in, I had nothing and was pregnant, but I had a feeling that something good was going to happen."
-Laurie Ramos
redefining affordable housing
our management
gregg lewis
Director of the Community Alliance for Energy Efficiency (cafe2)
Community Housing Partners
448 Depot Street
Christiansburg, VA 24073
(540) 382-2002 ext. 3376
(540) 382-1935 fax
glewis@chpc2.org
An award-winning design and planning professional and respected entrepreneur in the sustainability space, Gregg Lewis joined CHP in 2011 as Director of the Community Alliance for Energy Efficiency (cafe2). As the cafe2 director, Gregg is responsible for program design, budgeting, development, marketing,and advocacy and outreach efforts related to the alliance’s initial and ongoing successes.
He was one of Virginia's first LEED Accredited Professionals and a leader in the effort to form the southwest Virginia U.S. Green Building Chapter. He was also a founding board member of a regional climate change nonprofit working with government and business leaders to develop strategies to mitigate risks associated with climate change.
In addition, Gregg orchestrated the internationally acclaimed C2C Home Competition in 2004 where more than 1,000 architects from 41 countries and teams from 88 universities worldwide participated in the project. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal.
Gregg has his Masters of Architecture from Yale University and recently completed his MBA through the Executive Program at the Wake Forest University School of Business where his studies focused on sustainability economics, the intersection of public policy and business, and global strategic business management.
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