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DocuSign Envelope ID:7F37477C-8804-49AB-9710-C7AEB88A1860 <br /> • <br /> URBAN PROPOSAL FOR PREPARATION OF AN <br /> DESIGN ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR <br /> VENTURES HOUSING CHOICE, ORANGE COUNTY, NC <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> A. Company Information/Contact Person; <br /> Urban Design Ventures,LLC <br /> Waiter J Haglund,MA.President/Principal of Firm <br /> 212 East Seventh Avenue,Homestead,PA 15120 <br /> Phone:(412)461-6916 Fax (412)461-6920 <br /> Email:watt @urban esionv€ntures com <br /> "lrbstte w tiw_uroandesionventures-c;m <br /> B. Brief History of Firm: <br /> Urban Design Ventures, LLC was established as a planning consulting <br /> firm:in 2002 After 35 years in the field,Walter J Haglund,A I A founded <br /> the firm along with Karl M Haglund UDV has begun its thirteenth year of <br /> operation and has seen steady growth from being a single individual to <br /> now having six(6)full time employees and two(2) part time employees <br /> In addition, UDV is now serving clients in ten 10)states Pennsylvania, <br /> West Virginia,Oho,Indiana,Illinois,Georgia,Mississippi,North Carolina, <br /> Wisconsin and Maryland UDV's growth has come from word of month <br /> from its current clients In FY 2014, UDV provided tecn,car assistance <br /> and support services to clients by obtaining and administering <br /> approximately$54 million in Federal and State funds <br /> Urban Design Ventures, LLC provides planning consulting services for <br /> community and economic development projects, housing projects, <br /> redevelopment projects, rehabilitation programs, urban studies, and <br /> architectural services The philosophy at Urban Design Ventures is to <br /> provide planning,consulting,and urban design services to clients or a <br /> personal basis,with great emphasis on client satisfaction <br /> Since 2002, UDV's staff has assisted large Federal entitlement <br /> communities to small State entitlement communities to manage over$350 <br /> million in Federal funds This includes: Community Development Block <br /> Grant (CDBG)i HOME Investment Partnership (HOME): Emergency <br /> Shelter Grant (ESG); Emergency Solutions Grants (HESG); Housing <br /> Opportunities for Persons with HIV/AIDS (HUPWA); Community <br /> Development Block Grant - Recovery (CDBG-R); Community <br /> Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG DR) <br /> Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), Homelessness Prevention <br /> and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP); Econoric Development <br /> Initiative (EDI);Brownfield Economic Development Initiative (BEM); and <br /> US Department of Agriculture Rural Development Community Facilities. <br />