Fiscally-informed planning, design, and community engagement to cultivate strong neighborhoods.
Kevin sits down with Mayor Brandt Rydell and Assistant City Manager Tom Yantis from Taylor, Texas to discuss how and why a fiscally-informed comprehensive planning process can align varying interests in a community and provide a roadmap for growth and development that is financially resilient. The group also explores how education focused engagement efforts can benefit any planning process.
Kevin sits down with Mayor Brandt Rydell and Assistant City Manager Tom Yantis from Taylor, Texas to discuss how and why a fiscally-informed comprehensive planning process can align varying interests in a community and provide a roadmap for growth and development that is financially resilient. The group also explores how education focused engagement efforts can benefit any planning process.
The Go Cultivate! podcast is back! Today's episode: an interview with Chuck Marohn and Kevin Shepherd, and as it turns out a critical conversation between two engineers recovering from the dogma of their chosen profession. Don't miss out on the advice Kevin and Chuck have for young engineers.
2020 is almost over, and it's time for our annual assessment of how we're doing and what we want to focus on in the upcoming year.
Andrew Kleine is the Former Chief Administrative Officer for Montgomery County, MD, and before that, he was the budget director for the City of Baltimore. He joins the show to talk the city's implementation of outcome-based budgeting during his time there.
Jim Proce, City Manager for the City of Anna, Texas, joins the show to talk about all things infrastructure funding.
In this edition of 'Are We Doing This Right,’ we’re taking a critical look at the humble sidewalk.
We talk about Smart Growth America's fiscal sustainability research and its implications for communities of all sizes—with Chris Zimmerman, Jeri Mintzer, and Michael Rodriguez.
John Lettelleir on the explosive growth of Frisco (TX), the recent rejection of the Plano (TX) 2015 comprehensive plan, and navigating the challenges that come with managing growth.
Noel Bernal and Helen Ramirez, the city management duo from Brownsville, Texas, discuss fiscally sustainable decision-making and leadership team building.
We turn the attention of our 'Are We Doing This Right?' series to local budgets, how they’re made, and the outcomes they produce.
Kennedy Smith of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance on strategies city leaders can use right now and post-pandemic to help local businesses survive.
Becky Gray, Director of Housing for Chaffee County, CO, discusses the County's early efforts to build a more resilient regional housing system.
Our friends at Strong Towns have put out a resource for folks in local government called The Local Leader's Toolkit. Jordan speaks with Rachel Quednau of Strong Towns and then with Verdunity's AJ Fawver to discuss some of its key points.
We turn the attention of our 'Are We Doing This Right?' series to comprehensive plans.
We speak with Shari Davis (of the Participatory Budgeting Project) and Derrick Braziel (of MORTAR Cincinnati) about participatory budgeting, democratizing economic development, and much more.
We turn the attention of our 'Are We Doing This Right?' series to bike networks.
Bennett Sandlin, Executive Director of Texas Municipal League, on the impact of COVID-19 on city budgets, the relationship between local governments and the state, and much more.
Quint Studer joins the show to talk about what he sees as essential steps toward building communities that thrive.
Patrick Lawler and Chad Janicek, co-founders of ZacTax, join us to talk about fiscal sustainability, city management, and how they aim to make use of data to better inform decisions.
