Consulting Services

Our focus is to enhance the quality of life of communities by improving the built environment with:

  • Sustainable, energy-efficient buildings

  • Complete streets

  • Open Space

  • Green Infrastructure

  • Walkable, mixed-use, mixed-income communities

While eliminating the structural and systemic barriers in communities of color by expanding access to:

  • Housing opportunities

  • Wealth & Capital for innovation

  • Improved health outcomes

  • Self-sufficient communities

  • Cultural spaces and places

25 Years of Experience

Adriane Bond Harris is an urban planner and real estate development practitioner with a proven track record of multi-stakeholder engagement and public-private partnerships in implementing housing and growth management policies and programs for nearly 25 years. Her place-based work began in Nashville, TN, and spanned across many sectors, including directing the Mayor’s Office of Housing during two mayoral administrations. She later worked for organizations, Green and Healthy Homes Initiative and the Center for Community Investment, focused on national housing policy and community investment strategies. Many have described her leadership style as calm, innovative, and solutions-oriented. 

As Your Consultant

In her role as Principal/Owner of HarCo Consulting, Adriane supports leaders, organizations, and communities, primarily of color, in reimagining and implementing authentic, equitable, and innovative solutions. Prior to consulting, Adriane led and implemented national and place-based housing and community development initiatives with a focus on creating healthy, affordable, and culturally curated spaces and places in communities of color with low to moderate incomes.

Certifications

Adriane holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from Middle Tennessee State University and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. She is a Center for Community Investment Fulcrum Fellow and Field Catalyst, which are focused on increasing investment in communities using traditional and nontraditional capital, including integrating health institutions and philanthropy. She is also a certified leadership development coach focused on emerging and transitioning leaders in the real estate/community development industry.

In December 2022, Adriane was appointed to the City of Greenbelt's newly formed 21-member Reparations Commission charged with reviewing, discussing, and recommending solutions to address reparations for African Americans and Native Americans in the City of Greenbelt, MD.