Mike Keen, PhD, LEED-AP, Broker is Managing Partner of Hometowne Development LLC, and President of The Bakery Group LLC. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame and spent 30 years as a professor at Indiana University South Bend. In 2008, Mike founded the IU South Bend Center for a Sustainable Future and led the development of the first B.A. in Sustainability Studies in Indiana.  In 2016, he was awarded a Sagamore of the Wabash in 2016, the highest recognition that can be awarded to a resident of Indiana.  

As Managing Partner of Hometowne Development Mike has taken the lead role in an incremental neighborhood revitalization project located in South Bend, Indiana’s Near Northwest Neighborhood. As President of The Bakery Group he is leading the effort to renovate a 56,000 s.f. abandoned the former bakery in the NNN and turned it into a “collaborative village” of retailers, professionals, artists, makers, and food entrepreneurs.  He is also the organizer of the South Town Makers, a network of small scale developers, design professionals, finance officers, real estate agents, property managers, contractors, neighbors, and municipal officials dedicated to helping create wealth in neighborhoods for neighborhoods.