Evelyn Immonen

After more than 15 years of experience working as an architect in public interest design and community development, Omar Hakeem is celebrating the one-year anniversary of his firm, To Be Done Studio (TBD). Evelyn Immonen, {CIRD Program Manager} spoke to Omar and his colleague, Zain Islam-Hashmi, about the progress of rural design efforts across the country and what TBD Studio has been up to.

The Request for Applications does more than determine which communities CIRD works with: it also lets us learn about what the design needs of rural America are and what is happening on the ground. Read about those needs and more reflections from CIRD Project Manager, Evelyn Immonen.

This piece is a reflection from CIRD team member Evelyn Immonen on her experience at the Rural Generation Summit 2019, and the opinions are her own.