Place By Design

Steve Forss is a live musician in Virginia Beach, VA. He shares the journey to that point and how it affects those around him and use as we listen to some impromptu tunes.https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=steve%20forss

Place through Diversity, Race, Privilege and Gender. We talk this week with Debbie Weithers who is the former and first Director of Diversity at Andrews University one of the top ten most diverse Universities in the United States.

This week I'm interviewed on Today's Presence a podcast with Tim and Sam. These are a couple of faith leaders in Southern California. We talk about the spirituality or theology of place together.

Connor Smith did his undergrad as my advisee and now is between semesters in Cornell's City and Regional Planning Masters. He gives us a light into the minds of those who someday will plan our major spaces.

This week I talk to Ken Varga about place within an urban context. We discuss economic and community development as well as views on gentrification. We look at the context of urban place within a NY model.

Mark Brotton is a landscape designer out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. We discuss sustainability in his southwest, dessert environment.

This week we talk with Lowell Smith of Dunes Development who builds next level homes for Southwest Michigan residence. https://dunesdev.com/ As always supported by http://rootbound.com/

This week we interview Mark Moreno, professor of Architecture at Andrews University and Director of Renaissance Kids a southwest MI kids camp dedicated to creative solutions and hands on problem solving. https://www.andrews.edu/said/renaissance-kids/

This week I’m back with Mark Moreno, professor of Architecture at Andrews University talking about place making and the human connection to place ‘sense of place’.https://www.andrews.edu/said/renaissance-kids/

Meet Guy Miller, the Epidemiologist for Berrien County Michigan. An interview exploring the ethical balance between economy and the safety of our neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic.