What We Do

We work on addressing vision, site development challenges, context, placemaking choices, sustainability, resiliency, as well the energy and water efficiency of projects, green building certifications, energy tax credits, & energy tax deductions.

Community Development Reimagined, CDR, is an MBE/WBE (Minority/Women Owned Enterprise) dedicated to projects that improve the physical and socio-economic environments of the community. Our goal is to respond to human needs by recreating communities designed to offer economically stable, sustainable, healthy, and vibrant places to live, work and play!

We work with developers, designers, contractors, and governments to shape the future of our communities.

Relationships & ROI

Our mission is to create relationships, not transactions; if you ever worked with us, you know why we are a nontraditional firm...we are visionaries!

-We enhance your project and your ROI-

Maximizing our resources, creating a vision, connecting communities, addressing site and building sustainability, and being intentional about socio-economic development among others, goes beyond, policy, planning, engineering, design, or "pie in the sky" initiatives.

Our Services

OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN:

SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCY
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS & OPS
ENERGY TAX CREDITS/DEDUCTIONS
ENERGY ANALYSIS
HERS/ BLOWER DOOR TESTING
SUSTAINABLE SITE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS
VISION PLANS/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PLACEMAKING STRATEGIES
BUILT ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS
CREATIVE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS

vision inspired

Diana Giraldo

CDR's Founder and Chief Creative Officer

Diana is a visionary & catalyst for change,

her experience, her love & contributions to the community, inspired her to found the company.

Diana has over 20 years of experience in community development & sustainabiliy in the public, non-profit, & private sector.

About community development reimagined

After 20 years in the industry, CDR is emerging as a new brand with the same team that has impacted the green building industry of the south east United States, incorporating sustainability, resiliency, human elements, urbanism and placemaking into our work.

We decided to alter direction to rebrand and incorporate new services. We continue to share our passion by helping others and supporting our client's ROI goals.