Reinventing Homeownership: A Fireside Chat with Techie Homes Founder Booker T. Washington

Time:
July 17, 2025 - 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room:
Huntington Convention Center // Rooms 26 ABC

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Visionary real estate developer and trailblazer Booker T. Washington is redefining and expanding the dream of homeownership for families as the founder of Techie Homes Inc. and creator of the historic South Park Cottages—the first Black-developed micro-community in the United States. Join us for an inspiring and informative hour with today’s foremost urban development futurist and learn how he is bridging modern technology, financial literacy, and sustainable building practices to create new homeowners and reduce the wealth gap. Washington wants to rewrite the narrative around Black homeownership. This is an invitation to share that vision and reimagine the untapped possibilities for economic empowerment.

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