Connect, Build, and Strengthen Communities


Join a local network of emerging developers dedicated to learning, collaboration, and creating lasting impact for affordable living. The first step? Sign up for office hours!


Join Our Developer Community

For experienced developers who want to learn from other developers

Join Pathway Lending's Emerging Developer Community—a vibrant network of developers committed to creating affordable, sustainable solutions across Tennessee. Connect with peers who share your passion for impactful, community-focused projects, and gain invaluable insights through shared experiences, mentorship, and collaboration.

COMMUNITY impacts

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Nashville needs over 53,000 new housing units by 2030, including 18,000 affordable for households below 80% of the area median income (AMI).

More About Our Cohort

This six-week training program equips new and established developers to add small, multifamily affordable projects to their portfolios with the skills and knowledge they need for a successful start across Tennessee.

  • Mentorship with experienced local developer
  • Flexible, customizable financial modeling tool for evaluating and planning projects
  • Financial training, portfolio templates and hands-on pro forma development
  • Network and relationship building with peer developers and community of investor and brokers

The cohort gathers quarterly, with weekly office hours available in between sessions.

Join Our Developer Community

Your impact In Action


Your team of experts

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Keyunta Dawson

Director, CRE & Entrepreneurship Education, Pathway Lending
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Aja Nowlin

Compliance Specialist, Pathway Lending
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Jennifer Horne

CEO, Urban Campus & Core

fund your portfolio expansion

A member of Pathway's Emerging Developer Community? Access up to $500,000 for site acquisition, pre-development or project soft costs.