06/04/2025
Seven years into and fully in the stretch where most people quit. Which I won’t be, but damn.
I live in rural Colorado with my MVP of a husband + our two little boys. Most days I’m behind the front desk at , running and — handling guest calls, managing staff, covering gaps in housekeeping, reconciling inventory, building out a bar program, paying bills. Whatever needs to get done in a constantly rotating list of priorities.
I always knew the first decade would be me in the weeds like this. When you build a biz with a vision of this scale without institutional capital or generational wealth behind you, you operate first. You learn every line item, every operational lever, every debt covenant, every payroll deadline. This was always part of the plan. The long game is building a model where hospitality, real estate, and community impact are directly tied and owning + operating our own portfolio of properties in that wheelhouse.
In Lakewood, I’m still overseeing : our 24 room motel operating under a public-private partnership with JeffCo, blending transitional housing with hospitality. It’s one of few models in the country structured this way: privately owned, publicly funded, and designed to meet both revenue and social impact goals. It’s working, but requires constant management and financial oversight.
While I’m boots on the ground, I’m also actively structuring the next phase from 1,000 feet: raising private equity for , renegotiating capital stacks, underwriting new deals, and navigating commercial + private lending — which still largely happens inside a lovely lil’ boys club 🙄. Capital markets are risk-averse AF. Lenders are moving slow. But I’m still driving forward.
I don’t share updates like this as often anymore on here bc there isn’t a glossy headline or a clean daily update. I’m just in the thick of it: operating businesses, active capital raises, live deal structures — while also raising two littles and building a business that makes space for both my work and my family to exist side by side. This stretch is hard.
More to come.✌️ xLC
