{"id":17342,"date":"2020-12-01T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17342"},"modified":"2025-02-17T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:00:37","slug":"austin-pittman-lawson-senior-development-manager-recognized-as-virginia-housing-alliance-emerging-leader","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/news\/austin-pittman-lawson-senior-development-manager-recognized-as-virginia-housing-alliance-emerging-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Pittman, Lawson Senior Development Manager Recognized as Virginia Housing Alliance Emerging Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 31%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_0023-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4794 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_0023-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4794 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_0023-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_0023-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_0023-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/img_0023.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>VIRGINIA BEACH, VA \u2013 December 1, 2020 \u2013<\/strong> Austin Pittman, Senior Development Manager at Lawson, was recognized today as a 2020 Virginia Housing Alliance Emerging Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Emerging Leader Award recognizes young professionals who have demonstrated the potential for leadership and continuing service and shown dedication and ability to impact their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pittman manages the LIHTC (Low Income Housing Tax Credit) process for Lawson, a Virginia Beach based real estate firm that develops, builds, and manages multifamily communities. His work has directly contributed to the creation of 1,344 new apartments serving low-income families in need of affordable housing throughout the State of Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pittman is a certified Housing Credit Certified Professional with the National Association of Homebuilders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawson President and CEO Carl Hardee said, \u201cWe\u2019re incredibly proud of Austin and the work he\u2019s doing. Austin\u2019s contributions directly support our company\u2019s purpose to positively impact the communities we serve, and he embodies Lawson\u2019s core values. We are very excited for Austin\u2019s recognition in our industry \u2013 he is a great asset to our team!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Lawson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Lawson, we understand that what we do \u2013 and how we do it \u2013 affects the everyday lives of people we care about. Since 1972, we\u2019ve focused on positively impacting the communities we serve, from team members and residents to investors and business partners. We manage and own approximately 5,500 apartments in Virginia and South Carolina and are continuing to grow by developing more apartment communities each year throughout Virginia. Our business model provides vertical integration of development, construction, property management and asset management, which enables our team of experts to add value at every stage for our partners. When you act with integrity, focus on quality and work to find creative solutions, great things are possible. It\u2019s how we\u2019ve done business at Lawson for over 45 years. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.lawsoncompanies.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About VHA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Virginia Housing Alliance works to expand housing opportunity and end homelessness in the Commonwealth through education, advocacy, and capacity building. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vahousingalliance.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.vahousingalliance.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":""},"news-topic":[236],"class_list":["post-17342","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-topic-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Austin Pittman, Lawson Senior Development Manager Recognized as Virginia Housing Alliance Emerging Leader - Lawson Companies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsoncompanies.com\/news\/austin-pittman-lawson-senior-development-manager-recognized-as-virginia-housing-alliance-emerging-leader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Austin Pittman, Lawson Senior Development Manager Recognized as Virginia Housing Alliance Emerging Leader - Lawson Companies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"VIRGINIA BEACH, VA \u2013 December 1, 2020 \u2013 Austin Pittman, Senior Development Manager at Lawson, was recognized today as a 2020 Virginia Housing Alliance Emerging Leader. 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