Saving Cities

Welcome to the Saving Cities Podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place related field - this could be anything from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Please be sure to subscribe, and if you find this content worthy of your time, we'd be grateful if you'd take a moment to rate and review us.

Jermaine Ruffin, The Streets Are Planning

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join Jack Storey as he talks to Jermaine Ruffin. Jermaine is the director of development for the west region of the city of Detroit, the host of The Streets Are Planning podcast, and a tireless champion for black and indigenous community representation in planning and development fields. We had a gre...

11-04
56:47

Scott Beyer, CEO of Market Urbanism Report

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join Jack Storey as he talks to Scott Beyer, an urban affairs analyst who writes for Governing Magazine, HousingOnline.com, and the Independent Institute. He also owns Market Urbanism Report, a think tank dedicated to urban policy reform. Show Notes: - Market Urbanism Report - Market Urbanism Faceb...

10-28
52:35

Ruby Lopez Harper, Americans for the Arts

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join Diane Larusso as she talks to her friend Ruby Lopez Harper, who sets her own headline as Mexican, Mother, Wife, Dancer, Photographer, Poet, and Social Justice Warrior. She serves as the Senior Director of Local Arts Advancement for Americans for the Arts—a national organization whose mission is ...

10-21
01:00:58

Emily Wazlak, Founder & CEO, Shine Registry

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join us at host Jack Storey (Saving Cities, Proud Places) hosts a conversation with Emily Wazlak, Founder/CEO of Shine Registry, a platform for business owners and entrepreneurs to ask for startup needs in the style of a wedding registry. You can ask for a gravy boat when you’re getting married - wit...

10-14
43:16

Diana Lind, Author of 'Brave New Home'

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join us as host Jack Storey (Saving Cities, Proud Places) talks with Diana Lind, author of Brave New World, published by Bold Type Books. The book is an incredible balance of the history and potential futures of housing, and does a masterful job exploring how we - as a society - came to form our view...

10-07
01:01:12

Jaime J. Izurieta, Author of 'Storefront Mastery'

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join us as host Diane Larusso (Saving Cities, A Curated Experience) talks with Jaime Izurieta. Based in New Jersey, Jaime’s a town planner, architect and author. With a focus on bringing beauty to economic development, Jaime’s been called a “storefront ninja,” leveraging the place-making power of smal...

09-30
01:15:51

Shane Phillips, Author of 'The Affordable City'

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join us as host Jack Storey (Saving Cities, Proud Places) talks with Shane Phillips, author of the Affordable City, out now on Island Press. It’s a fairly comprehensive overview of housing policies in the United States; where we’re getting it right, where we aren’t, and what we could do to make it str...

09-23
01:01:24

Densil Porteous, CEO Pride Fund 1 & Interim Executive Director of Stonewall Columbus

Links below for more information: Densil Porteous Consulting Pride Fund 1 Loud Capital Stonewall Columbus Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join us as host Diane Larusso (Saving Cities, A Curated Experience) talks with happy black man and professional gay, Densil Porteous. Over a six-week period earlier this year, Densil was named ...

09-09
57:17

Angie Schmitt, Author of 'Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America'

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join us as host Jack Storey (Saving Cities, Proud Places) talks with one of the fiercest advocates for pedestrian safety, and author of the recently released “Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Death in America”, Angie Schmitt. Angie is also the founder 3MPH Consulting, ...

08-31
50:26

Dr. Katherine Loflin, Author of 'Place Match'

Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between. Join us as host Jack Storey (Saving Cities, Proud Places) talks with international rock star of placemaking, Dr. Katherine Loflin (The City Doctor + Author of 'Place Match'). Dr. Loflin led a national effort, supported by the Knight Foundation, from 2008-10 that helped 26 US cities quantify their cit...

08-31
01:13:14

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