HR&A Advisors, Inc.

HR&A is excited to engage with fellow urbanists and changemakers at the 2022 ULI Fall meeting. Below is a recap of where you can find us at this year’s event:   2022 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence You’ll find Senior Advisor Marilynn Davis and Chair of the 2022 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence jury at many of the Fall meeting events and also presenting the 2022 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence. Marilynn recently shared insights about this year’s Award winners: “Amidst the evolving pandemic and the social, economic, and environmental disarray that it has highlighted, I am inspired by the range of projects that were submitted for the jury’s consideration, that elevate our sense of community and extol the human spirit through the built environment. Whether designed for the public realm or for more focused audiences, and whether large or small, these endeavors employ the highest development and design principles to serve a range of objectives, be they urban revitaliz...

Taylor Kay , a native Angeleno, joined HR&A in 2021 after serving in the Planning Department at the City of Inglewood. Prior to HR&A, she worked at Thomas Safran & Associates, a developer and operator of affordable and luxury mixed-use residential communities.   She supports a range of Inclusive Cities, Real Estate and Economic Development projects , participates in the Black Employee Resource Group, and teaches a course in the Policy, Planning, and Development department at the University of Southern California (USC), where she also received a graduate degree in Urban Planning and Public Administration.   How has community development evolved in LA since the start of your career?  With scarce resources and an ever-changing world, traditional systemic approaches to community development are being reconsidered in favor of more proactive and innovative approaches. It is no longer acceptable to adopt a plan for a neighborhood, structure a (real estate)...