About Path Development Group
Your Path Starts Here.
We believe the opportunity to own a home can change the trajectory of a family, strengthen a neighborhood, and help an entire community flourish.
Who We Are
A Place to Belong. A Path Forward.
Path Development Group, LLC is a St. Louis-based residential development company focused on creating new homes, developing land, and strengthening communities through thoughtful real estate development.
Our work brings together homebuyers, landowners, employers, and communities around a shared opportunity: creating more paths to homeownership.
We believe a home is more than a structure or a transaction. It is a foundation for stability, family life, personal dignity, and economic opportunity.
By combining experienced development leadership, strong partnerships, and practical approaches to housing, we seek to create places where people can put down roots and build a future.
Our Leadership
Experience. Relationships. Results.
Path Development Group brings together complementary experience in executive leadership, strategic partnerships, residential development, public-private housing programs, and land acquisition.
Jared H. Bryson, M.Div., D.Min.
Managing Partner | Strategy, Partnerships & Community Development
Jared Bryson brings more than two decades of executive leadership experience across healthcare, human services, and community-based organizations. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Catholic Charities of St. Louis, leading a complex regional organization serving individuals and families across the greater St. Louis area.
Throughout his career, Jared has worked at the intersection of organizational leadership, community needs, and strategic partnerships. His experience includes developing long-term strategies, building relationships among public and private institutions, aligning resources with community priorities, and leading large-scale organizational initiatives.
At Path Development Group, Jared brings a conviction that homeownership is more than a real estate transaction. It can provide the foundation for family stability, economic mobility, neighborhood vitality, and opportunity across generations.
His work focuses on identifying opportunities for residential development, cultivating relationships with employers and community partners, and creating sustainable approaches to expanding access to homeownership.
Jared holds a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degree. His leadership is rooted in the belief that strong communities begin with relationships, shared purpose, and the opportunity for every person to flourish.
Kurt Schulte
Managing Partner | Real Estate Development & Project Implementation
Kurt Schulte brings 18 years of experience in real estate development consulting, project management, and implementation, with extensive work across housing development, land acquisition, and public-private development initiatives.
His experience includes preparing Consolidated Plans and Annual Action Plans for entitlement communities and developing applications and managing compliance requirements for federal and state housing programs, including Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), HOME, and Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG).
Kurt has coordinated mixed-finance developments incorporating federal and state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), served on two HOPE VI Program Management Teams, and participated in several public housing revitalization projects.
He has also coordinated large-scale land acquisition initiatives for both public and private clients, bringing valuable expertise in identifying development opportunities and navigating complex projects from concept through implementation.
Kurt is a graduate of Saint Louis University and holds a Missouri real estate salesperson license.
What Guides Our Work
More Than Building Homes.
Belonging
Creating places where individuals and families can establish roots, build relationships, and become part of a community.
Opportunity
Recognizing homeownership as a potential pathway to stability, equity, and economic mobility.
Stewardship
Approaching land, resources, development, and partnerships with responsibility and a long-term perspective.
Begin a Conversation
Let's Build a Path Forward.
Whether you're looking for a home, have land to develop, or see an opportunity to strengthen your community, we'd welcome the conversation.
welcome@pathdevelopmentgroup.com