
Upon returning to Lansing in 2014, she continued to work as a consultant to many community development and public health projects throughout the country. She was a lead consultant for Urban Health Partnerships, LLC in Miami, FL where she lead the project to design Healthy Community Zones, with the Broward Regional Health Planning Council. Healthy Community Zones focus resources into specific neighborhodds to address health disparities. This work is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Partners in Community Health (PICH) program. Her specialty is in leading focused collaboration in community based projects building multi-sector, community based teams to advance neighborhoods through equitable, sustainable strategies that connect economic development, transportation, education, and health.
She was hired by the City of Lansing in 2014 to begin designing city supports for neighborhoods and neighborhood leaders. The contract grew into the creation of the position of Neighborhood Resource Coordinator in 2016. This work has garnered national recognition as part of the Cities of Service coalition and the Robert Wood Johnson Invest Health program.
Ms. Crawford is excited to be back in her hometown of Lansing, MI focusing on the revitalization of Lansing neighborhoods. She is a longtime resident of Lansing's Eastside where she resides with her husband Peter and their son, a sophomore at Lansing Eastern High School.