LA based Social Entrepreneur/ Urban Developer, Daniel Kwan, founder of “100 Homes Project” shares with us a local business venture making Green Homes more than affordable.

Once an under-employed tenant in a low income apartment building, Tim Baker makes beautiful custom bicycles from recycled bike parts that he assembles into one of a kind Blue Moon Bikes.  With a passion for bicycling, Tim went into partnership with his landlord to rehabilitate his building by helping to change the equation of affordable housing. Instead of reliance  on government subsidies and restrictive rent control,  Tim became a  productive small business with start up funds and management support from the owner of the building.  In turn, he  pays a fair rent and the landlord fixes up the building and the surrounding neighborhood.  A win-win for everyone, Blue Moon Bikes can be ordered and custom fitted through the 100 Homes project at 100homes@gmail.com. You may also sponsor a bicycle with your tax deductible donations as a gift to  a young student in Tim’s  poor neighborhood who has worked towards improving their report cards.