Brian McAllester

A passion that’s infectious

January 1, 2022

What is it like to join a new school during a pandemic then help transition kids back to in-person learning? We caught up with educators who are newer to the Prospect Schools family but who bring incredible skill, dedication and passion to their work everyday. Ruth Louis is a learning specialist at Downtown Elementary School…

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Rallying the High School throughout the pandemic

December 29, 2021

In different ways, Willow and Sarah are helping Brooklyn Prospect High School emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. Both are IB Diploma Program students in the Class of 2023 and both have sought ways to build community during an especially fraught time for schools and students. Alongside her co-captain Sabrina, this fall Sarah ushered…

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Planting seeds to form strong foundations

December 26, 2021

Building relationships between educators, students, and families in schools is the foundation for student success — but it’s hard work even in the best of times. Throw in a pandemic, a year of hybrid learning, and a fall semester when everyone is learning how to be in person again, and building relationships might look like…

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I chose to bring my whole self, my identity, to what I do.

December 15, 2021

What’s it like to join a new school right before a pandemic, and then help some very little learners adjust to being in person five days a week, many of them for the first time? We recently caught up with Julia Cho — Maestra Julia to her students — who teaches Spanish to kindergarteners, first,…

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The Plain Dealer: Park Synagogue, Mendelsohn Masterpiece, Awarded to SCA

September 17, 2021

OUR STORY   Park Synagogue alarmed historic preservationists and fans of mid-century modern architecture earlier this year when it listed its main sanctuary and education building off Mayfield Road for sale. But now it’s time to exhale. The 152-year-old Conservative Jewish congregation, which is centering its operations at a new worship and education campus in…

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NOVOGRADAC: “Implementing Green Building Practices with Historic Preservation Requires Complicated Balance”

September 1, 2021

An enduring challenge with historic tax credit-financed (HTC-financed) properties is a high-wire act of balancing green building practices with opportunities to restore, preserve, reconstruct and rehabilitate existing structures, writes Nick Decicco for NOVOGRADAC’s Journal of Tax Credits.

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We’re Hiring: Leasing Associate

August 24, 2021

We are eager to hire a leasing associate who will join our marketing and communications team, and will be responsible for guiding potential community members through the leasing process from inquiry to application. Our new colleague should be interested in fostering individual relationships while also being able to manage automated systems. With this in mind, they must be a superb communicator across a variety of written and in-person contexts, and must be capable of connecting with a broad range of constituents. Ultimately, the leasing associate is an ambassador for our communities and for the city itself.

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2022 | The Lincoln
CLEVELAND, OHIO

July 29, 2021

Opened in 2022, The Lincoln is an 82 unit community that represents the latest phase in SCA’s work to fill in and reinvigorate the Scranton Corridor. The building was inspired by the push and pull between nature and industry.

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The Tappan | Sustainable Community Associates

2020 | The Tappan
CLEVELAND, OHIO

July 29, 2021

Opened in 2020, The Tappan is a 95 unit project built along the historic Scranton corridor. The project utilized opportunity zone designation to create workforce and market-rate housing as well a neighborhood bakery.

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2018 | Mueller Lofts
CLEVELAND, OHIO

July 29, 2021

Originally the Mueller Electric Factory (and home of the alligator clip), Mueller Lofts is the reimagining of a 1922 factory into 51 apartments. The building was one of the last neighborhood-scale manufacturing plants in the city and again serves as an active part of Cleveland’s Asiatown.

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