Avins Consulting customizes its services to meet each client’s needs.
Read about representative projects.
Community-Managed Open Spaces
Collaborated with multiple stakeholders to create Baltimore City’s process to transfer land in community use to land trusts for $1 per lot.
Thirteen green spaces have been preserved in 12 neighborhoods.
Forest Patches
Worked with communities, academics, and city, state, and federal governments to establish urban forest patches as a category of ecosystem that is worthy of protection and study.
Results include legislation, protection of 2 forest patches, peer learning community, and academic studies.
Tax Sale Emergency Action
Provided guidance and and project management to prevent homes from being lost to tax sale.
Raised $26K and helped 26 homeowners in collaboration with neighborhood activists and issue experts.
Climate Change Seminar
Adapted 4 Elements framework to study climate change and oriented students.
Identified and scheduled diverse scientists and activists to speak to class.
Organizational Development
Worked with founders of innovative educational program to develop external and internal language, and to clarify thinking in several key areas.
Helped secure $250K funding from Baltimore City Public Schools.