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DocuSign Envelope ID:7F37477C-8804-49AB-9710-C7AEB88A1860 <br /> 1URBAN PROPOSAL FOR PREPARATION OF AN <br /> DESIUU ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR <br /> VENTURES HOUSING CHOICE, ORANGE COUNTY, NC <br /> I. INTRODUCTION- <br /> A. Company Information/Contact Person: <br /> Urban Design Ventures,LLC <br /> Walter J Haglund,AIA,President%Principal of Firm <br /> 212 East Seventh Avenue,Homestead,PA 15120 <br /> Phone:(412)461-6916 Fax:(412)451.6920 <br /> Email:waft @urbandesignventures.com <br /> Webs-4.e:wtAiw.urbandesi-nventures,corn <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 growlh 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,Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,Georgia,Mississippi,North Carolina, <br /> 'Wisconsin and Maryland UDV's gr vv,h has cone from :ford of mouth <br /> from its current clients, in FY 2014, UDV provided technical 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 chants on 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 /> mullion in Federal funds, This includes: Community Development Block <br /> Grant (CDBG); HOME Investment Partnership (HOME); Emergency <br /> Shelter Grant (ESG); Emergency So utions Grants (HESG), Housing <br /> Opportunities tot Persons with HIV,'AUS (HOPWA); 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 (J-IPRP); Economic Development <br /> Initiative (EDI); Brownfield Economic Development Initiative (BED); and <br /> US Department of Agriculture—Rural Development Community Facilities <br />