Fellow Profile

Joshua Galloway

“A Rose Fellowship is a dream job. I get to do the work that everyone thinks is a good idea, but they don’t have time to learn more about or implement. The design of low income communities can be beautiful, healthy and inspiring, and sometimes it takes a design advocate to open those doors and lend a helping hand.”

— Joshua Galloway

Fellowship Host:
Better Housing Coalition
Richmond, VA

Joshua Galloway’s host, the Better Housing Coalition (BHC), began using green building practices in 1998. However, while passionate about bringing healthy and responsible practices to their work, BHC did not have the time to fully focus on sustainability issues. As a Rose Fellow, Joshua has been able to help make BHC’s good intentions a reality.

With Joshua’s assistance, BHC adopted a set of sustainability practices in 2005. He served as BHC’s Sustainability Manager for Carter Woods II, the first multi-family EarthCraft House (green building program) project completed in Virginia. And looking to the future, BHC has committed to building all of its single- and multi-family homes to EarthCraft standards.

Joshua has also worked with the Virginia Local Initiative Support Corporation to educate Richmond community development corporations about energy efficient, healthy and durable construction practices.

To date, Enterprise has awarded three of the Joshua’s projects Green Communities grants. Among them is Winchester Forest, a 100-unit subdivision within a mixed-income and mixed-use community where half of the 30-acre site is being preserved as forest and 90% of the mature trees will be protected.

In addition to a long list of credentials, including Certified Landscape Architect (CLA) and Home Energy Rater (HERS), Joshua holds a BFA and a BLA from Rhode Island School of Design, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia.

Enterprise Community Partners