ABOUT US
At Monarch Butterfly Enterprises, we are environmentalists at heart with over thirty years of economic development experience along with writing successful grant applications to fund many programs and projects throughout the State of Maryland. Also, we have added a real estate division to create healthy and eco-friendly homes throughout the City of Baltimore.
Our mission was clear in the beginning, community revitalization comes from funding, partnerships, and sustainability. We also have an ecological and healthy approach philosophy to build capacity of organizations and to create, renovate and develop homes for residents that will reduce utility bills through water, energy efficiency and renewable energy while reducing the carbon footprint on the environment.
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Veronica Owens
Veronica is a community builder that her commitment to building capacity for over 28 years of experience has led to numerous grant awards for various municipalities and non-profit organizations. As a previous grant Project Manager for the State of Maryland, Veronica can wear both hats and experience in reviewing and writing a winning application. This has led to numerous grant awards that have invested in people, programs and community. With a dedication towards the environment, its only natural that she has helped create various projects and homes that reduce their carbon footprint and lower the burden of high energy bills for homeowners. All of this leads to a healthier environment, healthy home and sustainability of the natural habitat.
Joy Owens
When Joy started her interior design business over 25 years ago she wanted to change environments for primarily low income families. She thought the spaces were void of color, life and art. As a former member of the Federal Hill Preservation society, Joy learned early on that the history of each project should be woven through the renovation and tell a story. Joy utilizes every project with artwork to incorporate detail and integrity thoroughout her deisgn process. She has taken that sense of creativity to incorporate spaces that speak volumes with the small to large budgets. Projects span from numerous residential projects to various projects such as Total Health Care sites, BMW of Sterling and numerous apartment buildings.
The Caterpillar Real Estate Program
The Caterpillar Real Estate Program details the restoration process of restoring a vacant home. Each class is detailed for the novice to seasoned of individuals, developers, homeowners and realtors to learn the phases of development. Starting with 1) Getting Started 2) Understanding Neighborhoods, 3)Acquisition Process 4) Architectural Drawings 5) Hiring your Contractor 6) Historic filing and 7) Financing. To-date over 200 participants have attended.
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Project Lightbulb is our sustainability project in our neighborhoods and our way of saving the earth by providing porchlights to residents.
