Building Better Cities
Welcome to Building Better Cities, the podcast where we explore the evolving landscape of urban development and the crucial role that infrastructure and real estate investments play in shaping our communities.
Podcasting since 2024 • 32 episodes
Building Better Cities
Latest Episodes
From extraction to regeneration: place-based development in Appalachia with Steven Baumgartner
For decades, communities across Appalachia have watched jobs disappear, resources drain, and local wealth flow outward. But in Morganton, North Carolina, a nonprofit called The Industrial Commons<...
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33:08
The climate goals are clear. The infrastructure spending isn't. (with Adie Tomer and Ben Swedberg)
California has record levels of federal infrastructure funding and some of the most ambitious climate goals in the country. But why are transportation emissions still rising? In this episode of Building Better Cities, we explore how...
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33:19
Overcoming friction to build regenerative cities with Eric Corey Freed
If we know how to build healthier, more sustainable and regenerative buildings, why do so few of them actually get built?This conversation focuses on the execution gap holding cities, developers, and institutions back from delivering bet...
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34:35
What it really takes to save a downtown with Mayor White of Greenville, SC
Downtowns across the country are struggling after COVID — with empty storefronts, declining foot traffic, and major uncertainty about the future of office districts and city centers.In this episode of Building Better Cities, hos...
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