Meet the Founder

Victoria Brandenstein-LaBree
Founder of fUc–CO | Creative Strategist | Colorado Springs Local

I started fUc–CO with charcoal on my kitchen counter, city zoning pulled up on one screen, and kids running through the house while I re-plumbed our grandfathered saltbox bathroom to fit a bigger vanity and more storage cabinets.

Not because I’m a contractor.
Because like a lot of families in this city—we needed more space, and couldn’t afford to move.

So I started sketching.
Then I started studying.
Then I started building a plan.

Because every third house on my block in Roswell was already doing the thing—adding attic bedrooms, enclosing porches, converting garages, outdoor stairways and mini decks to attics that are otherwise untouchable.

That’s not a trend.
That’s survival.
And it deserves better than being called “non-compliant”.

I’ve worn a lot of hats:
Mom. Artist. Taproom partner. Co-owner of Triviality.
Author. PTO secretary. Former para-TA.
And yeah—I even once ran a Subway.

Today, I’m designing a community housing model backed by real site plans, mapped to local zoning, priced for infill construction, and built on the belief that we don’t have to bulldoze our neighborhoods to fix the housing crisis.

I’ve been living this problem for years—but in under a week, I translated a long-standing vision into a fully scoped, working prototype. Site plans, zoning research, financials, and partnership strategy—mapped, modeled, ready to launch, and aligned for Q3 site acquisition.

This didn’t come from scratch.
It came from three years of lived experience, tested ideas, and a block that’s already adapting.
The execution moved fast because the foundation was already in place.

I’m not a developer in a suit.
I’m a founder who lives what I’m proposing—on a block that’s already adapting.

The team is still forming.
But the blueprint?
It’s already under construction.