Rick Hall is Toronto born and bred, and moved to Cabbagetown in 2003, after long admiring its pretty streets and human scale. He has a Ph.D. in communications and government policy/regulatory making process, and owns RICK HALL PR, which provides PR and a wide-range of communications services to the high-tech, financial and professional services sectors. He acquired his love for old homes and buildings when living in a Grade-II listed house in London UK, while on secondment from the Canadian federal government.