Current & Past Projects

Brick & Story

Clients:

  • Fairfax County, Planning & Development

  • DC Department of Energy & the Environment (DOEE)

  • Prince William County, Planning Office

  • Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC)

  • Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority

  • DC Public Library

  • DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA)

  • Housing Association of Non-Profit Developers (HAND)

  • DC Deputy Mayor’s Office of Planning and Economic Development (DMPED)

Projects:

  • Franconia-Springfield Planning Study

  • Climate Pollution Reduction Grant - Comprehensive Climate Action Plan

  • Vint Hill Small Area Plan

  • Germantown Sector Plan Amendment

  • Friendship Heights Sector Plan Update

  • Westhaven Public Housing Redevelopment

  • Adams Morgan/U Street Study/Dupont Library Usage Study (report)

  • Climate Ready DC

  • Eastern Silver Spring Communities Plan (report)

  • Housing Indicator Tool 2023 Audit

  • New Communities Initiative

National initiative on mixed-inCOme communities

Projects:

  • Everyday Antiracism website development

  • Publication of Changing the Narrative

  • NP3: Nurturing People. Power. Place. launch

  • National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at Case Western Reserve University 2nd Decade strategic planning

  • New Communities Initiative, Community Network Building (Park View write-up)

Urban Land institute

  • TAP Report Writer - Sudley Road Corridor (March 2025)

  • TAP Report Writer - Fort Totten Net Zero TOD (June 2025)

Publications

Academic

Mixed-Income Public Housing Transformation in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. (Hirsch, J., Joseph, M, and Khare, A. Cities and Affordable Housing, 2021)

Driver's License Suspension for Unpaid Fines and Fees: The Movement for Reform (Hirsch, J., Sarathy Jones, P., Fines and Fees Justice Center, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 2021)

Promoting Inclusive Social Dynamics in Mixed-Income Communities: Promising Practices (Hirsch, J and Joseph, M, " (Case Western Reserve University, Faculty Scholarship, 2019)

Blog Posts

5 Things Mission-Driven Careers and Motherhood Have in Common (Mindful Return Blog, 2023)