This episode features Charlie Menefee, an urban planner with the City of Missoula. Drawn into planning from his roots as a lifelong skateboarder and biker navigating urban spaces, Charlie is involved in designing urban spaces that are more environmentally, socially, and economically viable. In their current form, cities can be forces that are destructive to rural landscapes as they encroach upon farmland and other natural spaces, but Charlie envisions a future in which human needs can be met in cities with a high quality of life without damaging their rural surroundings. 

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