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Beyond the Power Grid: Buiding Detroit's Resilience Network with Briana DuBose
Paying for the Past, Building for the Future with Mayor Todd Gloria
From Research to Action: Turning Evidence into Better Cities with Robert Puentes
Shared Equity and a New Dream of Homeownership with Tony Pickett
Can Opportunity Zones Reverse Neighborhood Disinvestment? (with Jimmy Atkinson)
How Cities Shape Us: The Psychology of Place with Dr. Leidy Klotz
The Holy Grail of Urbanism: Land Value Tax with Greg Miller
The Hidden Reason Families Are Leaving Cities with Alicia Pederson
When Impact is the Asset: Transforming Forgotten Spaces with Lindsey Scannapieco
Can Impact Investing Redefine Urban Development? (with Brian Murray)
Building Codes Are Political. We Just Don't Talk About Them. (with Ed Mendoza)
Why Local Developers Matter More Than Ever with Jim Heid
How San Diego rewired California housing incentives with Colin Parent
What makes a better city? Inside LEED’s urban framework with Dr. Vatsal Bhatt
Funding city infrastructure at the ballot box: what Nashville got right with Amanda Wall Vandegrift
Part 1: Why zoning reform isn't solving the housing crisis with Yonah Freemark
Part 2: Why transit investment is really a city building decision with Yonah Freemark and Sam Sklar
Why mayors can't solve the housing crisis alone with Michael Tubbs
From extraction to regeneration: place-based development in Appalachia with Steven Baumgartner
The climate goals are clear. The infrastructure spending isn't. (with Adie Tomer and Ben Swedberg)
Overcoming friction to build regenerative cities with Eric Corey Freed
What it really takes to save a downtown with Mayor White of Greenville, SC
Replay: Can rebuilding for resilience make insurance affordable? (with Alisa Valderrama)
How mission-driven development pencils on Chicago’s South Side — with Byron Brazier
The housing system is broken- can upzoning save it? (with Ben Metcalf)
Replay: How urban design fosters stronger communities with Dr. Andrew Sonta
Tulsa's bold model for restorative development with Ashley Philippsen and Dr. Lana Turner-Addison
The battle over Penn Station's redevelopment with Claire Read
Building a net-zero neighborhood for the future with Matt Grocoff
From vacancy to vertical village and beyond with Todd Richardson
Shaping vibrant neighborhoods with infill development with Shruti Shankar and Roberto Jenkins
The public realm and the resistance of placemaking with Aaron Paley
Who rebuilds LA? Planning post-fire recovery with Dr. Minjee Kim
How purple states foster consensus and build with Brian Regli
The Implementation Era: building beyond the big bills with Zach Kolodin
Detroit's new model for scaling urban innovation with Kevin Mull
Scaling value and resilience through district utility systems with Daniel Hansen
Catalyzing urban change through institutional impact with Alex Feldman
Placemaking to build (upon) pride and participation with Carol Coletta
Infrastructure projects in a shifting federal policy landscape with Chris Livingstone
Crowdfunding public good and the future of community-backed projects with Brian Ross
How addressing embodied carbon can strengthen U.S. manufacturing with Anish Tilak
The role of public finance in driving transformative developments with Ken Kalynchuk
FutureProof-ing cities and pricing climate risk with Alisa Valderrama
Neighborhood Trusts and how they prevent community displacement with David Kemper
Taking LA's housing projects from permits to construction with Jenna Hornstock
Trends in urban mobility and the TDM advantage with Lauren Mattern
Better blueprints for mega urban developments with Adam Friedberg
Easing the energy burden throughout the Midwest with Ben Dueweke
How urban design fosters stronger communities with Dr. Andrew Sonta