Current & Past Projects

Brick & Story

Projects:

  • Rockville Housing Assessment

  • Deanwood Library Design

  • Franconia-Springfield Planning Study

  • Climate Pollution Reduction Grant - Comprehensive Climate Action Plan

  • Vint Hill Small Area Plan

  • Germantown Sector Plan Amendment (report)

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

  • Friendship Heights Sector Plan Update

  • Westhaven Public Housing Redevelopment

  • Climate Ready DC

  • Eastern Silver Spring Communities Plan (report)

  • Housing Indicator Tool 2023 Audit

  • New Communities Initiative

Clients:

  • LEO Impact Capital

  • DC Public Library

  • City of Rockville

  • 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 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)

National initiative on mixed-inCOme communities

Projects:

Urban Land institute

ULI Washington, Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) Technical Writer

  • Affordable Housing in High-Opportunity Neighborhoods (June 2026)

  • Rhode Island Avenue (March 2026)

  • Bowie Town Center (November 2025)

  • Fort Totten Net Zero TOD (June 2025)

  • Sudley Road Corridor (March 2025)

Additional Publications

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)

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