on Aug 16, 2023

HR&A Summer Fellowship Program

 

 

HR&A is proud to be an employee-owned company that is committed to building a diverse workforce and centering equity and inclusion in the work that we do to deliver on our mission create vital places, build more equitable and resilient communities, and improve people’s lives. The Summers Fellowship Program allows students and early professionals with a passion for urban development and policy to excel in a team-oriented, collaborative environment, gaining real-world experience on HR&A projects.

 

As a company who believes that great ideas emerge from bringing different voices and perspectives to the table, our Summer Fellows are invaluable members of our teams, offering fresh ideas and asking questions that help us re-examine the status quo. Fellows are given the opportunity to work on real projects as embedded members of our teams with a wide range of responsibilities including preparing written reports, presentations, Excel models for clients, and firm marketing materials and proposals for new projects. Many current members of HR&A’s team started as Analyst Fellows.

 

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Meet our full class of Summer 2023 Fellows!

 

Hear from our 2023 Summer Fellows

 

“HR&A immediately stood out to me as an organization whose practice aligns closely with its values. When I was browsing through different positions at peer companies, I felt that the Summer Fellowship Program offered a remarkable amount of autonomy and responsibility within a supportive framework of mentors. It became clear to me that HR&A was a community in which my interests would be supported, and a place where I would be challenged to explore new practice areas, methodologies, and ways of thinking about cities. 

 

The proximity between my projects and tangible change in the cities in which they are based makes my work deeply gratifying. The analyses I have prepared have informed decisions for transformative infrastructure projects. I find the high-impact nature of the work at HR&A equal parts exciting and humbling.” 

“The projects that I’m working on this summer include a community planning project and pulling together the HR&A Parks Practice Library. Both projects are incredibly different but exciting in their own ways. For the first project, I get to facilitate a community visioning process to reimagine the potential of underutilized brownfield sites with local stakeholders. The second project allows me to comb through years of amazing work that the firm has done for parks throughout the country and set up a streamlined process for future Parks projects. 

  

I would highly recommend this program to anyone who is endlessly curious and love figuring out how to get things to work!”

 

 

“I am working on projects that expand my graduate studies and introduce me to new planning strategies focusing on inclusive economic development practices, housing studies, and real estate development trends.

 

 

As a generalist, these projects are a perfect way to expand my knowledge and skills and make me a well-rounded future economic developer.” 

 

More about our Summer Fellowship Program

HR&A accepts applications starting in the Fall of 2023 for candidates who are completing their senior year of a bachelor’s degree or have earned their bachelor’s degree and may be working towards completion of an advanced degree. We encourage candidates with a concentration in urban planning, real estate finance, economic development, public policy, housing finance, or a related field to apply.  Candidates who are currently in their junior (third or fourth) year with a major in urban planning, real estate finance or public policy are also welcome to apply.