Revitalize Our Cities Now!

Revitalize Our Cities Now – Episode 7 Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner and Property Specialist Jill Robinson discuss the role of the Oakland County Treasurer’s office in urban revitalization in Oakland County–and beyond! Andy and Jill discuss several innovative programs and initiatives they have implemented–such as Growing Pontiac, the Treasurer’s Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs, and...

Mark Habel was Chief of Housing Programs for the Federal Housing Administration and Housing and Urban Development in Michigan, Vice President of Technical Services of the Midwest Regional Office of Midland Mortgage Investment Corporation, and the executive director of a Detroit nonprofit housing corporation. Mark is now a commercial real estate appraiser and consultant focusing...

Architect Brian Hurttienne discusses his firm’s residential redevelopment projects in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, preservation tax credits, redevelopment partnerships, and the historic Detroit theater club, The Players.

David Michael talks to Joe Marra and Alinuru Yasin. Joe is the co-founder of Creating Space Detroit, a non-profit working to create a recreation park in Detroit’s Bagley neighborhood. Joe also owns commercial property in that neighborhood and shares his thoughts on commercial development in the city. Alinuru is a professional risk manager and poet...

From 2003 to 2008, Steve Tobocman served as Representative from Michigan’s 12th State House District in Detroit, home to one of the state’s largest immigrant communities, and ended his term as the Majority Floor Leader, the second-ranking position in the Michigan House. Since 2009, Steve has spearheaded Global Detroit and led the creation and growth...

Revitalize Our Cities Now! – Episode 2 – Francis Grunow

Join us as we talk with Roberto Torres, Director of Immigrant Affairs & Economic Inclusion Housing & Revitalization in Detroit

Meet real estate attorney David Michael and learn why the Revitalize Our Cities Now! podcast will benefit entrepreneurs, community groups, real estate investors and developers, and everyone with a stake in urban revitalization.