Latin for “place,” LOCUS is a national network of real estate developers, investors, and professionals, united to advance equitable, walkable urban development in communities across the country. Together LOCUS members work to increase funding and financing for smart growth development; improve regulations at all levels of government to support smart growth; and change federal programs to improve housing and transportation options for all Americans. Learn more.
The LOCUS member spotlight highlights a LOCUS coalition member whose past work and dedication in the real estate sector advance smart growth principles and equitable development. For this member spotlight, LOCUS is excited to feature Steering Committee member Cathy Sloss Jones.
Cathy Sloss Jones
Cathy Sloss Jones is President and CEO of Sloss Real Estate Company, an urban redevelopment firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. Cathy is a founding member of the LOCUS Steering Committee and has extensive experience in mixed-use redevelopment and transformative placemaking projects. She chairs the Lakeview Business Association and the Alabama chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2007. She has also been named Businesswoman of the Year and an Executive of Influence by the Boston Business Journal.
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