We Moved!!!

Happy Birthday to us!!!!

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It's our birthday!!!  Look we even have a "birth" certificate from the District of Columbia!

The seed for Nspiregreen was planted in 2002, when we first met at a leadership conference for the National Society of Black Engineers.  Literally in the first 20 minutes of us meeting we said "we should start a business".  Who knew the idea of two starry-eyed, enthusiastic graduate students would lead to the creation of Nspiregreen.

Some say we are brave to start our own company, while others say we are crazy.  We say we are both. It takes a certain amount of insanity to leave good paying jobs with benefits to enter a world where everyday has its own uncertainty. Three years ago we took the leap and we haven't looked back. 

Thoughtful Thursday

Our company vision is to facilitate the empowerment and transformation of every community on the planet. Our passion for engineering and social justice is why Nspiregreen exists.

Npsiregreen Capability Statement

Nspiregreen Capability Statement

She survived!!!

At Nspiregreen LLC, we not only talk the talk, but we strive to walk the walk. Veronica was always a user of public transportation, but when the cost of filling her Camry skyrocketed to $62 she quickly became a user of any form of transportation that was affordable. She usually arrives to our office via a Capital Bikeshare bike. If she isn't biking around the city she's on the bus.

Chancee is currently in Atlanta trying building our presence in the Southeast U.S. In her world people favor driving over public transportation; however, when she's in DC she is a fan of the WMATA metrorail. Every time she comes to town, Veronica is always trying to get her to use the bus. Chancee has stated several times that she didn't believe in using the bus. She would often say, it's just not "her thing."

The most recent visit to DC changed all of that. Chancee was in DC for several meetings with clients and potential clients. Many of them were in not accessible via metrorail, which means she had to get on the bus. During her entire visit she moved around by bus venturing into unknown territory. Despite getting a little lost once, she survived. It was an opportunity to see DC from a perspective the metrorail could not provide.

Legislative/Regulatory Support Services

Hot off the press (well scribd) is our new company information sheet. Hire Nspiregreen LLC to assist you with technical aspects of legislation and regulations. From development to compliance, we are the right people for the job.
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New Company Policy: No Talking Tuesdays

One of our core values is to "Operate as an unconventional company in a conventional world by cultivating and creating a unique learning and working environment". Thanks to a fellow small business, Sisarina, we are implementing a new company policy called "No Talking Tuesdays". We used their policy as a guide and add our own flavor.

Nspiregreen wants to provide our staff the opportunity to be productive and creative without interruptions. Starting on January 10, 2012, every Tuesday will be "No Talking Tuesdays".

• Effective times: Tuesdays, 9am - 5pm EST with a 30 min break from 12:30-1pm
  
• During this time please turn off anything that rings, dings, bings, zings, flashes, and pops-up. This includes (but no limited to) phones, text messages, alerts, social media, email, and instant messenger.
• To the extend possible, avoid scheduling any meetings, conference calls, or video chats on Tuesdays.
• Please put up an email away message and change your voicemail to let people know you are unavailable.

We are excited to implement this new policy.

New year same focus to transform the world

Have you ever read a business plan? They about as exciting as watching paint dry. While it is recommended that businesses have a business plan, the reality is your business plan won't inspire you to get out of bed every morning. We have one... somewhere.

What keeps us focused is a prosperity plan we wrote back in December 2009. It set the vision for what we want to be as a company in 2020. It's very lofty and idealistic, but it's what keeps us going during the tough times. This year in addition to this prosperity plan, we'll be creating a visioning board to hang in our office to help us visualize our future.


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Happy Earth Day!!!

At Nspiregreen, we:
Nspire to improve and change the world
Strive to teach others to be good stewards of God’s creations

We are a company founded on the principle that sustainability is not just a buzzword. It's a way of life and a way of being. On this Earth Day, we encourage you to make a commitment to even the smallest change. For example, commit to:

• Recycling
• Changing all the light bulbs in your house to energy efficient bulbs
• Drinking tap water
• Installing low-flow shower heads and faucets
• Using public transportation (#RediscovertheBus)
• Biking and walking
• Unplugging electronics when not in use
• Teleworking 1 day a week

Small changes can have a big impact.

Our new office digs

Nspiregreen LLC is excited to be moving to The HIVE (Home of Innovators/Visionaries/Entrepreneurs) located in the Historic Anacostia Neighborhood of Southeast, DC. The HIVE hosted a grand opening on December 14, 2010. We posted photos from the event on our Facebook Page.

The HIVE is a new wave of sustainable office space popping up in DC. The HIVE features 4 private offices, 6 private desks for use by one company or to be shared by two companies, a lounge for affiliate members to use at their leisure, and two conference rooms. There is a receptionist who is a shared resource between all companies.

The great thing about our new office is we have several public transportation options, including a Captial Bikeshare station less than a block away. In addition, we will be in a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) as defined by the Small Business Administration.

Our new address is:

2027 MLK Jr Ave SE, Suite 102,
Washington, DC 20020
Phone: (202) 450-5267 [after January 1, 2011]

We are moving!!!!

In January 1, 2011 we are moving to The HIVE (Home of Innovators/Visionaries/Entrepreneurs) located in the Historic Anacostia Neighborhood of Southeast, DC.

Come check out our office at The Hive Grand Opening and Holiday Party!

Tuesday, December 14 from
05:00 PM to 8:00 PM
2027 MLK Jr Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20020

Host: ARCH Development Corporation, DHCD, River East Emerging Leaders, and Eat Shop Live Anacostia

Updated Capabilities Statement

Want to learn more about who we are and what we do? Check out our updated capabilities statement. It outlines our services, experience, and the resumes of our partners. Please feel free to share with your friends!!!

Nspiregreen has a lot to be thankful for this holiday

Nspiregreen received word on Friday that we are officially certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise with the District of Columbia Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). These certifications were extremely important as we have a contract pending that required certification. We have a lot to celebrate this Thanksgiving!!!

We are also a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise by the US Women's Chamber of Commerce and a Small/Local Business Enterprise by WMATA.

Happy Entrepreneur's Day

Nspiregreen would like to wish all fellow business owners a Happy Entrepreneur's Day. People often ask us why we quit our great paying jobs with benefits to start our own company. Nspiregreen wasn't something we cooked up over night. This is something we've been thinking about since the first day we met.

In 2002, we were roommates at a leadership conference for the National Society of Black Engineers. At the time Veronica was in graduate school working on her thesis exploring environmental inequity in DC. Chancee was an undergrad and had a strong interest in brownfield redevelopment. Within ten minutes of meeting each other we developed the concept that we were going to combine our engineering degrees with our community organizing backgrounds and create an engineering company that specializes in public involvement.


Fast forward to April 2009, we read "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. That book was the catalyst taking our dream and making it a reality. In June of 2009, we had a pow-wow at Chancee's house to develop a mission, vision, core values, and begin fleshing out the framework for the business. In January 2010, we stepped out on faith to devote ourselves full-time to bringing our vision of "facilitating the empowerment and transformation of every community on the planet."

We believe we are destined to be a global leader in the sustainability movement.

Here are some quotes that Nspire us:
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

"Don't let people who are living their nightmare tell you that you can't live your dream" - Unknown

"There's no sense in blaming the mountain for being too high. Instead, find a way to climb it." - Ralph Marston

"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."
Napoleon Hill

Recognized as Members on the Move

Nspiregreen LLC Partners are featured in the Fall 2010 issue of National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Magazine in the Career Engineer" Alumni Extension Members" on the Move section. Both Partners are Lifetime Members of NSBE.


Chanceé Lundy (right) and Veronica O. Davis (left) have waved goodbye to the corporate world to start their own environmental consulting firm, nspiregreen, LLC. Lundy, NSBE’s 2004–06 national chair, and Davis, NSBE’s 2004–05 National Leadership Institute chair, established the company in 2009. Born from a desire to reduce and prevent environmental inequities and inspire global environmental stewardship, nspiregreen assists businesses, governments and not-for-profit organizations in developing and implementing their sustainability goals. Lundy received her B.S. in environmental science from Alabama A&M University and her master’s in civil engineering from Florida State University. Davis received her B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a dual master’s in engineering management and urban and regional planning from Cornell University. For more information, visit www.nspiregreen.com.