About Canopy Civic Atlas
Rigorous data.
Genuine mission.
A civic data intelligence firm built at the intersection of housing expertise, GIS analysis, and community development practice.
I — Mission
The gap between data and decisions costs communities.
Affordable housing developers and CDFIs make consequential decisions — where to build, where to lend, where to focus limited capital — with incomplete information. Market studies are expensive and slow. Public data is abundant but hard to synthesize. The result is that good capital often misses the communities that need it most.
Canopy Civic Atlas exists to close that gap. We synthesize public housing data, Census data, and GIS analysis into specific, actionable intelligence for the organizations making these decisions. We do not produce generic reports. We answer specific questions about specific geographies.
Our work is grounded in the belief that rigorous data and genuine mission are not in tension. The most effective housing investments are the ones made with the clearest picture of need, supply, and opportunity. That is what we provide.
II — Principal
Cruz Romero Morales
Principal, Canopy Civic Atlas · Founder, TresPies LLC
Cruz Romero Morales is a bilingual (English/Spanish) mental health professional, systems builder, and community organizer — and the founder of TresPies LLC, a design and technology studio. He is the principal of Canopy Civic Atlas.
At The Resurrection Project in Chicago, Cruz served in an expanded internship focused on research, grants, and outreach. He managed CEO-level projects, catalogued 3,500+ properties, and led data collection workshops for 500+ buildings. He assisted with over $150 million in LIHTC applications — of which over $80 million was approved — and volunteered as a bilingual translator at legal-aid clinics for undocumented people.
As an IIR Interviewer at the Individual Intersectionality Reflections program at UW–Madison, Cruz conducted 39 supervised, 45-minute sessions guiding students through explorations of their social identities using Person-Centered Therapy techniques. He applied empathic understanding, active listening, and trauma-informed techniques to foster psychological insight and emotional safety.
Cruz also served as a Front Desk Volunteer and Clinical Observer at the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic (CPTC) in Madison, where he observed over 100 hours of live therapy and participated in 25 hours of group supervision. He holds a Certificate in Esperanza Bilingual Psychological Services.
He pursued graduate coursework in Counseling Psychology at UW–Madison (GPA 3.78), with studies in Crisis & Trauma Counseling, Abnormal Behavior & Psychopathology, Helping Relationships & Techniques, Social & Cultural Foundations, Group Dynamics, and Radical Healing Ethics. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Carleton College (GPA 3.26), where he earned 211 credits across mathematics, computer science, religion, and social sciences.
Cruz founded Canopy Civic Atlas to bring the same rigor he applied in the field — cataloguing properties, assisting LIHTC applications, and organizing communities — to the intelligence layer that housing organizations need to make better decisions.
Credentials
The Resurrection Project, Chicago
Expanded Internship — Research, Grants & Outreach
Individual Intersectionality Reflections (IIR), UW–Madison
IIR Interviewer — 39 supervised sessions
Counseling Psychology Training Clinic (CPTC), Madison
Front Desk Volunteer & Clinical Observer
TresPies LLC
Founder & Principal, Design & Technology Studio
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Graduate Coursework, Counseling Psychology — GPA 3.78
Carleton College
B.A. in Religious Studies — GPA 3.26
III — Our Approach
How we work.
Specific questions, not generic reports
Every engagement starts with a specific question about a specific geography. We do not produce boilerplate market studies. We answer what you actually need to know.
Public data, rigorously synthesized
All of our analysis is built from HUD, Census, and other public data sources. The value is in the synthesis, the methodology, and the interpretation — not in proprietary data access.
Fixed scope, defined deliverables
We sell outcomes, not time. Every engagement has a defined scope, a defined deliverable, and a defined price. No retainers. No scope creep. No agency model.
Ready to start?
Both engagements begin with a brief conversation.