The Four Degrees to the Streets Podcast interviews Desiree “Dee” Powell about the Black Planner Collective, Do Right By The Streets Urban Planning, South Dallas Food Park, Implementing vs. Planning for community development, and her takes on urban planning issues and trends.

Dee, as she is affectionately known to her thousands of social media followers, is founder of Do Right By the Streets Urban Planning, an urban planning and space curation firm. But the organization is not your typical consulting service, Do Right By the Streets is “working to embed ourselves into communities/neighborhoods as lifelong residents and friends”. Dee shares her experience working in City Hall and talks about the dichotomy of growing up in rural Louisiana and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

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Share these insights from this month’s episode with friends and family:

1. Community and resident independence and empowerment as one of the most useful outcomes of urban planning / policy implementation.

2. Experience as a municipal or city planner (ex: Planning Assistant, Planner I, Planner II, Senior Planner) provides valuable technical, policy, communication, and legal skills.

Get in contact with our guest, Desiree “Dee” Powell: 

Email:  [email protected], 

IG: @thedee_p OR @sunnysouthdallasfoodpark

Website:  www.drbtsurbanplanning.com and www.prolificpl4ces.org