Melody Warnick, author of This is Where You Belong, joins us this week to talk about becoming “rooted” and how important it is to invest in your community if you want it to feel like home. During this week’s show, she shares her personal experiences of trying to craft a home in Blacksburg, VA and what worked for […]

Ethan Kent from Project for Public Spaces joins us for a fascinating conversation about how public spaces are vital to creating places that work. He shares some of his experiences from working in different communities all over the planet and discusses how the process is as important as the product. The Project for Public Spaces […]

Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove joins us to discuss her extraordinary work in uncovering and bringing to light the impacts of urban renewal and the continued displacement of underprivileged communities. Her books Root Shock and Urban Alchemy are great discussions of the impacts of these forces and how to move forward, respectively.

Welcome to the new Big Ideas for Better Places Podcast! Every week we will be bringing you a conversation with one of the innovative folks working in the field of placemaking and community development.