California’s housing, climate, and equity challenges are often treated as separate problems, yet at the neighborhood level, they intersect daily and demand integrated solutions. This session introduces LaunchPad, a founder-led, modular, mixed-use development model in San Bernardino that is actively testing how climate-positive, non-market-rate communities can be delivered without relying on traditional federal housing subsidies. Across three concurrent projects totaling approximately 128 mixed-income residential units in 3–5 story buildings, LaunchPad reimagines underutilized urban corridors as hubs of housing, economic opportunity, and climate resilience. The model integrates all-electric, LEED Gold–targeting modular construction; solar plus battery systems; shared mobility strategies; and ground-floor uses such as micro-retail, commercial kitchens, childcare, and indoor agriculture. Two sites are intentionally designed with no on-site parking, prioritizing walkability, transit access, and car-light living. Rather than relying on subsidy-heavy affordability structures, LaunchPad maintains long-term affordability through non-speculative ownership and master-lease models while prioritizing populations often excluded from both housing and green building investments, including transition-age youth, youth aging out of foster care, veterans, immigrants, and small business owners. Presented as a founder-led case study, the session offers a candid look at land acquisition, entitlement strategy, modular delivery, and sustainability planning as projects move toward construction-ready status by early 2026. While delivered by a single speaker, the session reflects cross-sector collaboration with builders, sustainability partners, local government, and community-based organizations. Aligned with the theme “Build. Connect. Unify.”, this session demonstrates how climate action, equity, and economic mobility can be integrated through practical, scalable development strategies.