ULI Next members Kirk Fonfara and Jim Bulsiewicz joins the podcast to talk about how their industry is going in title and multi family development and all things random and fun.

Jessica is joined by Shelby Duplessis of Diversified Future and Passion to PowHer and Ryan and Jamie Blakeman of Lokahi Teams to discuss their non profits and why they started them and how they are able to continue to give back while working their regular full time jobs. Hear how thier passion has grown into amazing opportunties to support the communities they live in and more through simple deeds one at a time.

For Historic Preservation Month we are talking about the redevelopment and preservation of Downtown Mesa. Councilmember Jenn Duff, Downtown Transformation Manager Jeff McVay, AICP and Caliber's VP of Construction Management Wren Martin talk about the history of Downtown Mesa as well as how it got its kick start again and the future plans while still keeping its historic and community character.

Girls Can Build and ULI Urban Plan joins us to talk about mentoring and collaboration to guide the future of the development field

Jessica is joined by the fabulous Meg Zemlicka from the City of Tempe Economic Development Division as they go over this years Arizona Association for Econmic Development Spring Conference in Lake Havasu, AZ!

Darcy Kober, Maricopa County Assistant County Manager joins us to talk all things County Management. What its like managing the 4th most populous county in the US and what her day to day looks like and how to manage having 27 jurisdictions within your area to be in the sandbox with.

Existing and former employees talk about how they transitioned from school and interning to full time planners. Whitney and Kessiah join Jessica as they talk about all the fun and learning experiences of getting thier feet wet in thier new planning careers.

Jessica's friend and former coworker Hannah Van Nimwegen-McGuire, AICP joins us from Colorado wher she has worked most recently as a Planning Director in Manitou Springs and previosuly for Colorado Springs after she left Arizona in 2015. Hear how she feels AZ and CO planning constrasts and lessons learned.

The AZ Planning Association Women in Planning Group continues thier panel discussion with Amanda Bayham, AICP from the City of Phoenix and Denise Lacey from MCDOT to discuss what its like working in a field typically dominated by men and what they have learned as they grew in the field and learned to prioritize themselves while still growing thier careers.

Jessica is joined by Clark Princell of Valley Partnership, Rina Rien of Pinal Partnership and Deb Sydenham of the Arizona Urban Land Institute to hear about what it’s like to run one of these highly influential groups and how they are able to stay at the forefront of development, innovation and economic investment in Arizona.