Next City

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Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to dis... more

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January 15, 2026 Takeaways From A Tumultuous Year in Economic Justice
After a year marked by the undermining of public resources, community development is adapting by finding ways to make progress more resilient.
In this episode, Next City Senior Economic Justice Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello looks back at some of the biggest stories from a turbulent year on his beat and draws on what he heard during a national book tour for “The Banks We Deserve.”
It’s not all bad news, as Abello looks for signs of a response to the disruptions.
“I think maybe just maybe we are entering an uptick in the wave—the up and down waves of community power in community and economic development,” said Abello.
Abello highlights the examples of Philadelphia’s Kensington Corridor Trust, the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx, and Denver’s Tierra Colectiva, showing how each model for community-led ownership is evolving the sector. Plus, Abello outlines where community development leaders are exploring new sources of funding beyond Washington.
nextcity.org Next City’s Top Stories on Economic Justice in 2025
Catch up on this year’s most-read reporting on inclusive finance, community development and economic empowerment.
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/next-citys-top-stories-on-economic-justice-in-2025
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The Banks We Deserve
Oscar Perry Abello’s new book shows how banks’ money-creation power can be democratized. Helping communities tap into that power could address our climate, housing and economic crises.

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January 07, 2026 The Role of Philanthropy in This Moment
Live recording in November in partnership with the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network. Lucas interviews in fireside chat with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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34min
December 17, 2025 Building The Community Power Ecosystem
Sponsored Episode with the Culture & Community Power Fund and Kresge Foundation

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36min
December 11, 2025 When Community Benefits Agreements Work (And When They Don’t)
Residents teamed up with university students to slow the demolition of an affordable housing community and reshape redevelopment in West Philadelphia.
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30min
December 10, 2025 When Community Benefits Agreements Work (And When They Don’t)
Residents teamed up with university students to slow the demolition of an affordable housing community and reshape redevelopment in West Philadelphia.

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December 04, 2025 Learning Community Power By Example: The Chinatown Arena Fight
Philadelphians have a history of banding together and organizing when faced by powerful and monied development that has threatened their displacement. From professional sports venues to ever-expanding “eds and meds,” all across Philadelphia, working-class communities of color have pushed back, sometimes winning, sometimes losing, sometimes ending up somewhere in between. In this panel discussion, we’ll hear from neighborhood leaders who share their stories and lessons learned for others when these projects arise.

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36min
November 26, 2025 Happy Thanksgiving!
This is Lucas Grindley from Next City, a show about changemakers and their stories. We’re off this week for Thanksgiving, but we’ll be back next Wednesday with more inspiring and workable ideas that move our society toward justice and equity.

If you can’t wait for the next story, head to NextCity.org for the latest coverage.

As always, we’d love to hear any feedback from our listeners. Please feel free to email us at [email protected]. And if you haven’t already, subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Goodpods or anywhere you listen to your podcasts. We’ll see you next week.
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November 18, 2025 What Collective Ownership Looks Like in Philly
As rapid development reshapes neighborhoods like Kensington, residents and business owners face displacement and loss of local control. The Kensington Corridor Trust and Women’s Community Revitalization Project offer models of community ownership—using neighborhood and land trusts to preserve affordability, reinvest profits locally, and align development with community priorities. This episode explores how these approaches center equity and empower residents to shape their own futures.

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November 12, 2025 Happy Veterans Day!
This is Lucas Grindley from Next City, a show about changemakers and their stories. We’re off this week for Veterans Day, but we’ll be back next Wednesday with more inspiring and workable ideas that move our society toward justice and equity.

If you can’t wait for the next story, head to NextCity.org for the latest coverage.

As always, we’d love to hear any feedback from our listeners. Please feel free to email us at [email protected]. And if you haven’t already, subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Goodpods or anywhere you listen to your podcasts. We’ll see you next week.

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November 05, 2025 Revisiting: Emergent City - A Decade-Long Fight Against Displacement
We're revisiting a favorite episode from the archive to celebrate Next City's Winter Film Festival, this year's series: "Power and Place."

What happens when a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on deep-pocketed developers? In this episode, we talk to the directors of "Emergent City" and the organizers who fought to preserve Sunset Park’s future.

“Emergent City” (emergentcitydoc.com) documents the 10-year saga of how Brooklyn's Sunset Park community came together to fight a rezoning wanted by deep-pocketed developers. Against all odds, residents won. Filmmakers were there from the very beginning, when developers proposed transforming Industry City, a sprawling industrial site on the Brooklyn waterfront, into a high-end retail and office complex – or, as some residents put it, a “mall.” They were there when Sunset Park residents protested that the Industry City complex, if it won rezoning, would accelerate gentrification and displacement in a neighborhood where about 70% of households are renters. They were there for some 200 days of public meetings.

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