Cathy Byrd is a Florida-Certified General Contractor who founded Innovative Restorations in 2000. Cathy's passion for preservation has been evident in past renovation projects for landmark structures such as London's Victoria and Albert Hall, the Bartow Courthouse and the Belleview Biltmore Hotel, as well as numerous private residences worthy of a place on Historic Register. Locally, Innovative Restorations has worked on the historic Centre for Women, originally built in 1903.
This same quest for comfort, recycling materials, and keeping neighborhoods as intact as originally intended was the same zeal behind the creation of GreenHeights Development, her second company.
Currently, Cathy serves on The City of Tampa's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. She has recently been appointed by Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio to serve on the City of Tampa's Equal Business Opportunity Advisory Committee.