Dream BIG, Build Small: A Showcase for Small Scale Developers & Builders (Bay Area)
Dream BIG, Build Small: A Showcase for Small-Scale Developers and Builders
Bay Area Showcase – January 11
Doors open: 2:00 PM
Program begins: 2:30 PM
Duration: 3 hours
Location: El Cerrito Community Center Social Hall
Address: 7007 Moeser Lane El Cerrito, CA 94530
Dream BIG, Build Small is the capstone event of the 2025 Small Development Incubator program led by Build It Green, Held in Sacramento and the Bay Area on successive days, the Showcase is designed for small-scale residential developers, builders, and housing innovators who want direct access to practical information, services, and partners that support small residential projects – and to celebrate 2025’s small-scale development work and 2026’s potential.
This event brings together suppliers, financiers, architects, contractors, and building process innovators who will display products and services that support small-scale development. Exhibitors will offer insight on topics like materials, financing tools, design resources, construction approaches, and process innovations that can help developers succeed.
The Showcase includes a small number of learning sessions to help participants build community and explore the idea that small-scale building contributes to the well-being of neighborhoods and nature. In the Bay Area, one session will focus on electrification and the use of heat pumps in small-scale development. The number and format of these sessions will be shaped by the facility layout.
A digital resource guide will be distributed after the event. This guide will include all exhibitors and will offer the opportunity for additional groups to be featured even if they do not display at the Showcase.
Attendance is free for all participants.
If you are unable to join us in the Bay Area on January 11, you may attend the Sacramento Showcase on January 10.
Dream BIG, Build Small: A Showcase for Small-Scale Developers and Builders is sponsored by:
StopWaste, Rockwool, CADA, Terra Nova Design Co., MCE, SEI, SKK Developments, KitSwitch, and Bay Area Made.