The Polk County Housing Trust Fund has announced the next phase of its Develop the Developer Launchpad, a new program to support emerging multifamily developers. Three graduates of the boot camp have been selected for an intensive co-development fellowship with local firm DEV Partners while simultaneously working toward their own housing development proposal. Participants include Jasmine Brooks of Brooks Homes, Elizabeth Schelling of HBU Development and Chris Wilson of C3 Equity Partners. As part of the project, the fellows will participate in the development of a 12-unit housing project with local firm DEV Partners in the Drake Neighborhood of Des Moines with an anticipated opening in September 2027. A second session of the two-week developer boot camp is planned for September.