About Us
Muni Consultants was founded to help cities, counties, and public agencies turn complex economic development tools into practical, community-focused outcomes. We work alongside municipalities to navigate opportunity zones, redevelopment initiatives, and public-private investment strategies with clarity, transparency, and long-term impact in mind.
Our team brings together experience across municipal consulting, economic development, finance, and redevelopment planning. We understand the realities local governments face, including limited resources, public accountability, and the need to balance growth with community priorities. That perspective shapes everything we do, from early-stage strategy to implementation support.
At Muni Consultants, our role is not to sell a one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, we act as a trusted advisor, helping municipalities evaluate opportunities, understand potential risks and benefits, and make informed decisions that align with their economic development goals. Whether a city is exploring opportunity zone strategies for the first time or refining an existing redevelopment plan, we provide grounded guidance rooted in real-world municipal experience.
Light Townsend, Esq.
Light Townsend is a tax attorney and Opportunity Zone expert who helps align municipal local priorities with what investors and developers actually underwrite: deal readiness, compliance clarity, and durable economics.
Light works with city leaders to translate community goals—jobs, housing, downtown redevelopment, infrastructure, and resilient tax base growth—into an investor-facing OZ activation package. That includes zone-specific project positioning, development readiness roadmaps, stakeholder coordination, and practical guidance on the QOZ rules and timelines that shape how capital deploys and exits.
Light brings a tax-first lens to economic development: he helps municipalities structure their narrative and pipeline so projects are legible to funds, lenders, and developers, while keeping “public benefit” measurable and defensible. His background spans transaction structuring, entity planning, and compliance-driven advisory work, with specialized expertise in Qualified Opportunity Zone requirements, fund/investor expectations, and tax-aware project strategy.
He holds an LL.M. in Taxation (Honors) from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, a J.D. from Florida State University, and a B.S. in International Business from Auburn University.
David Hasenauer, Esq.
David Hasenauer is an attorney and entrepreneur who helps municipalities and economic development organizations align public-sector priorities with investor underwriting, regulatory certainty, and project readiness.
His work centers on commercial real estate, zoning, environmental and regulatory matters, and advising special tax districts and economic development entities on formation, chartering, and governance strategy. David brings a development-driven lens to public-private projects, informed by prior leadership of industrial, transit-oriented mixed use and affordable housing project financing and hands-on navigation of intergovernmental relationships.
A U.S. Army veteran, he earned his J.D. from Florida State University College of Law and holds a B.B.A. from Florida Atlantic University, pairing legal rigor with operational fluency in regulated markets. He has also served in senior legislative and campaign roles and contributed to the passage of major Florida legislation, including SB 1726 (2017) and SB 1020 (2019).
Jordan Pace, Esq.
Jordan Pace is a municipal redevelopment strategist and attorney who helps cities move projects from policy and planning into execution. His work sits at the intersection of public-sector priorities, real estate development, and deal operations, with a focus on making complex initiatives feasible, financeable, and implementation-ready.
Jordan brings hands-on experience from inside municipal government and growth-stage enterprises. As Project Manager for the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, he oversaw economic development and real estate initiatives within the Northwest CRA, including RFP and RFQ processes, development agreements, permitting, budgeting, community engagement, and board reporting. He also led the effort to secure Opportunity Zone designations under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, working directly with city leadership and stakeholders to align redevelopment goals with federal designation criteria.
In the private sector, Jordan has served in executive and in-house counsel roles overseeing operations, revenue strategy, and complex transactions. His experience includes managing multimillion-dollar real estate acquisitions, structuring and negotiating development and production agreements, overseeing licensing and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, and guiding companies through capital raises, acquisitions, and large-scale operational buildouts. This operator’s perspective allows Jordan to help municipalities understand how developers, investors, and operating partners evaluate risk, timelines, and execution when deciding where and how to deploy capital.
Jordan holds a J.D. from Florida State University, an M.S. in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a B.S. in Business Administration and Spanish from Presbyterian College.