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Practitioner Perspectives Community engagement usually starts in the wrong place
Most community engagement in CRE happens after the design is locked. SEAM's Impacted Party Engagement framework flips the sequence — consult communities before designs finalize.
SEAM, Inc. April 13, 2025 3 min read
Practitioner Perspectives Why I left JLL to work on SEAM full time
Rainey Shane shares the personal journey from volunteering on child rescue missions to founding a social equity certification for commercial real estate — and why she left JLL to lead it.
Rainey Shane April 6, 2025 3 min read
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