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๐ How can we use Improv to make Placemaking more authentic, effective, and unique?
๐ In this episode of the Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast, we speak with Ryan Smolar, a dynamic leader wearing many hats, as the director of Thrive Asheville, the co-director of Long Beach Fresh, and the co-director of Placemaking US.
With his unique blend of expertise in community building, food systems, improv, and Placemaking, Ryan brings a lot of fascinating insights into creating places where people truly thrive. And he is such a passionate and funny guy!
โจ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท - ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ - ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง - ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Ryan reveals how breaking away from traditional structures can unlock new ways of connecting. One unforgettable example? When he transformed a conference room full of people from being seated, elbows crossed, and staring at each other... to being free, comfortable, and truly connected โ all laying on the floor.
What youโll learn:
โจListen to the podcast and discover all the surprising lessons improv offers for building more connected places. Enjoy!
Radiant greetings,
๐ p.s. Because of Ryan's broad expertise, we recorded not only this podcast together, but also podcast #29 Ryan Smolar about Food Placemaking.
By Sandra Poelman๐ How can we use Improv to make Placemaking more authentic, effective, and unique?
๐ In this episode of the Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast, we speak with Ryan Smolar, a dynamic leader wearing many hats, as the director of Thrive Asheville, the co-director of Long Beach Fresh, and the co-director of Placemaking US.
With his unique blend of expertise in community building, food systems, improv, and Placemaking, Ryan brings a lot of fascinating insights into creating places where people truly thrive. And he is such a passionate and funny guy!
โจ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท - ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ - ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง - ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
Ryan reveals how breaking away from traditional structures can unlock new ways of connecting. One unforgettable example? When he transformed a conference room full of people from being seated, elbows crossed, and staring at each other... to being free, comfortable, and truly connected โ all laying on the floor.
What youโll learn:
โจListen to the podcast and discover all the surprising lessons improv offers for building more connected places. Enjoy!
Radiant greetings,
๐ p.s. Because of Ryan's broad expertise, we recorded not only this podcast together, but also podcast #29 Ryan Smolar about Food Placemaking.

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