Civic Digs Podcast

By Morgan Fitzgibbons

The Civic Digs Podcast highlights creative civic projects from around the world.... more

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June 28, 2017 Episode 5: Steven Chester on Pop-Up Parks and Flags of Denver
On this week's episode we speak with Steven Chester about two separate projects that are both currently garnering a lot of attention in Denver, Colorado.
First we speak about The Square on 21st, a pop-up park in the Ballpark neighborhood of Downtown Denver. Steven is overseeing this project in his role as a City Planner with the City of Denver. The park features a painted intersection, a dog park, a food court, a stage, and green space in addition to all the great programming they are producing. The project is slated to run for two-months but they're already looking at how they can extend that.
The other project we speak about is something Steven is doing in his free time - Flags of Denver. Combining his love for cities, graphic design, and vexillology, Steven is designing a flag for every neighborhood in Denver.
If you'd like to connect with Steven directly, you can contact him through his personal website stevenchester.com

Overview of The Square on 21st's layout

The man himself

Silent Disco on The Square

Ruby Hill Neighborhood Flag
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27min
June 13, 2017 Episode 4: Ilana Lipsett discusses [freespace]
On this week's episode we speak with Ilana Lipsett, one of the founders of [freespace]. The mission of [freespace] is to foster creativity, community and civic innovation through the gift of free space.
[freespace] is an amazing tactic for temporarily activating a vacant space in a downtown or a commercial corridor. The original activations happened in San Francisco in 2013, but it's since spread to various cities around the world. We're currently working to bring this concept to Toledo this summer, and I'm curious to see how it plays out in a smaller city.
We dig into some best practices for finding a building and for how to fill it up with interesting events and ideas. [freespace] is kind of the ultimate tactic for inspiring people to develop their civic engagement/civic hacking muscles and we definitely encourage you to look into utilizing this concept in your own community. For a a little more guidance than can be packed into a 30 minute podcast, please consult this toolkit.
If you'd like to connect with Ilana, you can contact her through her personal site ilanalipsett.com

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31min
May 26, 2017 Episode 3: Adam Greenfield and his Plaza Perspective
On this week's episode we speak with Adam Greenfield of Plaza Perspective. Of everyone I know, Adam is best and most earnest in authentically pursuing community, particularly on his block and in his neighborhood. Whether it's through small actions, like taking the time to knock on every one of his neighbors doors, or larger pursuits, like working to carve out public space built around human connection, Adam inspires all who know him to think more critically about the ways in which they can be a better neighbor and citizen.
In our discussion, we discuss some of those tips for creating better connection in your neighborhood, we tap into his understanding about what makes a great block party, and we dig into his recent Building Blocks report about the application and permitting process for block parties across 62 different US cities and the associated best practice recommendations for cities to unlock the ultimate power of the block party.
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32min
May 12, 2017 Episode 2: Ellyn Parker & Sunset Piano
On this week's episode we hear from my friend Ellyn Parker, Public Art Director for the city of Richmond, Virginia. Ellyn is a self-styled "accidental bureaucrat" who has been a tremendous help to me over the years in working with the San Francisco city government (we are both recent Economic Refugee's from the Bay Area).
We speak with Ellyn about her involvement in bringing an amazing public art project called Sunset Piano to the heart of San Francisco's Tenderloin District, some technical tips on how to use the power of the piano to activate spaces in your city, and what are some best practices for coordinating with local governments to bring your crazy idea to life.
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30min
May 05, 2017 Episode 1: Hunter Franks
This is Episode 1 of the Civic Digs Podcast with our first interview - Hunter Franks! I've been proud to watch Hunter's career in the Civic Hacking space continue to grow from the Postcard Project through [freespace] and the birth of the League of Creative Interventionists and even a 500 person lunch on an Akron Freeway! Hunter and I discuss what it's like to take the bold leap into this work full time, tips for connecting to funding, what it's like to work in different sized cities, and whether there's even a good term for this work we're engaged in. If you want to learn more about Hunter's work or follow up with him you can check out creativeinterventionists.com or find him on his personal site hunterfranks.com.
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42min
April 26, 2017 Episode 0: The Urban Eating League
In this episode we discuss the Urban Eating League - taking the progressive dinner to an art form. Also, we announce our Civic Digs Bootcamp for the summer.
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14min

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How many episodes does Civic Digs Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.