In this first of five primer episodes, host Mikki Uzupes talks with Wayne County Commissioner Chairman Brian Smith and Mike Uretsky, a retired professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, about their unlikely friendship, which helps to illustrate how the development of Wayne Tomorrow! tramsformed division and adversity to collaboration and advantage. In future episodes, we will explore the structure, operation and funding of this grass-roots, community development intiative.