As an architectural firm, Anders and Associates didn’t take the lead on grant-funded government housing projects, but they worked with urban planners like Remy’s group to bring a cohesive and attractive package to the table. Remy and his staff wrote the actual grants, but Lane spent many long hours drafting sketches of future designs, providing visual renderings of potential cityscapes that would let the funding committees see Remy’s ideas come to life long before the money was allocated and the first ground even broken on the new project. Though Lane’s wasn’t the only firm JDM Planners partnered with for grants, it had become their first choice for architectural work once the two men began dating. So there were a number of projects Anders and Associates were included in on during the new
