Podcasts about Hunts Point

PŁATNA WSPÓŁPRACA Hunts Point, Nowy York. Tu działał Bronx Serial Killer - Alejandro Henriquez. Compton, Los Angeles. Regis Thomas dokonuje pierwszego w historii dzielnicy zabójstwa policjantów.

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She was unknown to those who loved her, for 40 years. It's 1982 in Blairstown, NJ - a quaint town with an old-timey feel, its residents were rocked upon the discovery of a murder victim in the local cemetery. The lead investigator Eric Kranz said “I'll worry about the murder later on. My main concern is finding out who she is.” He was tired of writing “Jane Doe”, so, she was named “Princess Doe”. Her autopsy revealed she was between 14 and 18 years old, and she put up a fight. The residents came together, helped fund Princess Doe's funeral, and had a gravestone made for her. For 40 years, they left flowers and searched for her family, praying they'd learn her name. And then, in 2022, they finally got answers. Thank you to Anne, for sharing your story. _______________________________ If you have any information about Dawn Olanick, please contact: Warren County Prosecutors Office 908-475-6274  coldcase@co.warren.nj.us If you have any information about the following cases, please click the link or call the # provided. Correction: It is Suffolk County Jane Doe, not Sussex County Jane Doe- murdered by Arthur Kinlaw in 1983, was a black female, between the age of 25 and 45- 5 foot 7 and 300 pounds. ⁠1542UFNY (doenetwork.org)⁠ “Linda”- met the Kinlaws at the Blackberry Jam Club in Bayshore NY. Her body was found in the East River off Hunts Point on May 3, 1984. She was dressed in a blouse and jeans and had short black hair. She was probably of Italian-American origin and may have lived with her grandmother in either Brentwood or Bayshore, Long Island. Hunts Point Police: (718) 542-4771 Missing Person Diane Dye ran away from her home in San Jose California in 1979, at age 13. ⁠Diane Genice Dye – The Charley Project⁠ ___________________________ Promo: Love and Murder https://linktr.ee/loveandmurder ___________________________ Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Gandhi Sound Editing by moInspo Music by⁠ Tymur Khakimov⁠ from⁠ Pixabay⁠ REACH OUT: methodandmadnesspod@gmail.com FOLLOW: Instagram.com/MethodAndMadnessPod Twitter.com/MethodPod _____________________________ This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Special offer to Method and Madness listeners; you can get 10% off your first month of professional therapy at BetterHelp.com/methodandmadness ___________________________________________________________ For a list of sources used, visit the podcast website: Method & Madness Podcast Methodandmadnesspodcast.com Thank you for listening!

In this episode, we talk with Phillip Grant, CEO of the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx. Hunts Point is one of the largest produce distribution hubs in the world, feeding millions of people daily in New York City and the surrounding region. Phillip discusses the inner workings of this massive market, including how produce comes from farmers across New York state, the U.S., and 49 other countries. He shares details about the market's $600 million redevelopment plan to expand capacity by 30% and make it easier for local farmers to get their products into the New York metro area. The conversation highlights the importance of the relationship between the market and New York's agricultural community. Phillip emphasizes his efforts to strengthen ties with farmers and NY Farm Bureau as the revitalized Hunts Point aims to increase its share of locally-grown produce from the current 10% level.

fWotD Episode 2511: American Bank Note Company Printing Plant Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Wednesday, 20 March 2024 is American Bank Note Company Printing Plant.The American Bank Note Company Printing Plant is a repurposed printing plant in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. The main structure includes three interconnected buildings. The Lafayette wing, spanning the south side of the block, is the longest and tallest, incorporating an entrance at the base of a nine-story tower. The lower, but more massive, Garrison wing is perpendicular to that. These two were built first, and constitute the bulk of the complex. Prior to American Bank Note purchasing the property, the land on which the printing plant was built had been part of Edward G. Faile's estate.The plant was built in 1909–1911 by the American Bank Note Company contemporaneously with their corporate headquarters at 70 Broad Street, Manhattan. The design by Kirby, Petit & Green (who also designed the Broad Street building) incorporated advanced engineering ideas such as the sawtooth roof and large windows for improved lighting, unit drive electric motors in lieu of line shafts, and increased electrical capacity; layout was based on a design philosophy of specifying the production lines first, followed by the building which could enclose them. A small detached garage at the rear of the block was added in approximately 1911 and the Barretto wing was added to the west side of the property in 1912. Several building expansions took place between 1912 and 1928.A wide variety of financial documents, including international currency, were printed at the plant. At one point, over five million documents were produced per day, including half the securities being traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Although the plant printed money for countries around the world, it was best known for producing currencies for countries in Latin America. The plant also housed a research department which worked to improve materials and processes to deter forgeries.The plant was the target of a terrorist bombing in 1977 with the site chosen specifically because it was printing currency for Latin American countries. The facility was used by American Bank Note until about 1984 after which the property has changed hands several times, undergone a series of renovations, and been designated a New York City landmark. As of 2024 it has been subdivided, with major tenants including the John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School and the New York City Human Resources Administration.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:33 UTC on Wednesday, 20 March 2024.For the full current version of the article, see American Bank Note Company Printing Plant on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Joey Neural.

How the Port Morris-Mott Haven waterfront transformed. A coalition of local groups in Port Morris and Hunts Point combat the Hell Gate peaker plant. An auction house makes antiques bidding accessible. And local restauranteur Rosa Garcia makes her mark.

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In this truly spooky episode. Greg and Tom from the Bowery Boys podcast travel to Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island to delve into four tales of the unexplained, the perhaps unforgotten and definitely the unsettling.  Our stories include a massive elegant mansion that once graced the Hunts Point neighborhood in the Bronx. Built by merchant and trader Benjamin Whitlock in 1850 and later owned by Cuban sugar importer Inocencio Casanova, the mansion is the site of numerous unexplained mysteries including an extensive system of vaults and secret rooms hidden well beneath the mansion's main floors. A stop on Manhattan's East 27th Street (near the Gilded Age's fashionable Madison Square) uncovers reports of a curious and very active poltergeist and a trip out to Queens explores two mysterious deaths at the location of a remote farmhouse, the site now part of Calvary Cemetery.  Greg and Tom conclude their visits with a few of the ghosts of the Gilded Age with a stop at the Vanderbilt Mausoleum in Staten Island, the final resting place of Cornelius Vanderbilt as well as his son William H. Vanderbilt and grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II.  And as with any visit with the Vanderbilts, one discovers a few secrets that may lurk beneath the surface. Visit the Bowery Boys website for images related to this show.

Certain people claim that New York City has a reputation for... not having the best fruits and vegetables. This is a controversial point and not everyone agrees. But regardless of where you stand on this hot button issue, getting produce into the city has unique challenges for multiple reasons. So how does it all work? On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Karen Karp, founder of Karen Karp & Partners and an expert in food supply chains, who works with a range of institutions to help get their produce delivered. We discuss the three main ways that fruits and vegetables come into NYC, the key role of the Hunts Point distribution terminal, and how this important supply chain can be improved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 2: Does all the fish in Manhattan come from one place? And Craig's Aaron Judge conspiracy continues to gain steam by the day.

NEW EPISODE ALERT | BLACK FOUNDERS MATTER (BFM) I'm honored to bring Himalaya Rao-Potlapally - Managing Director of The BFM Fund - to the podcast! She's a unicorn if I've ever seen one.  She has a passion for bringing that knowledge to BIPOC communities with the goal of creating access and empowerment. Her interest and passion has led her to many different roles and industries including #BFM which is a seed-stage venture fund focused on Black and innovative entrepreneurs.  She started her career as a Social Worker in Hunts Point. She launched several businesses, including CarBar. Over the last few years, her passion has led her to be one of the Managing Directors and General Partners of the Black Founders Matter Fund which is a $10mm seed-stage fund focused on highly scalable Black-led deal flow within the United States. Prior to becoming a GP, she got an MBA and specialized training in Venture Finance and worked in seven different firms as an Associate, Deal Lead, and eventually Fund Manager. She was an adjunct professor at Portland State University teaching MBA and MSF students about venture investing. She's also excited about co-launching Venture Partners, an educational non-profit, in partnership with VertueLab and NVCA's Venture Forward/VC University.  In this episode you'll hear me and Himalaya talk about the following and more:  1 - What is the BFM Fund  2 - Fundraising for Women of Color  3 - The Pathway to Economic Development  4 - No Generational Wealth 00:07   00:07 - Guest intro  00:25 - How Shauna met Himalaya  02:05 - Shauna Talks about Himalaya's achievements  3:40 - What is Black Founders Matter (BFM)?  05:01 - Breaking into the VC spaces as a woman of color  07:40 - Other Venture Capital initiatives 15:34 - BFM and the Bank Of America equity investment  20:10 - BFM Portfolio  26:09 - Alison Felix's Story  29:15 - Himalaya's Evolution  35:47 - Lack of Diversity in Portland Oregon  40:23 - Going against “the system”  47:28 - How Companies & individuals can get involved  52:19 - Wrap up Special thanks to my dear friends at POV Agency for recommending and introducing me to Himalaya. Pilaar Terry, Kyndall L. Echols, M.A. Echols and Michael (MCB) Chavez Booth – thank you for your continued support and for your commitment to creating positive impact and leading authentically. Continued thanks to Founding Partners Felicia Hall Allen & Associates, CMD Agency, Hijinx Agency and Influence Media Agency.  #podcast #THIS #leadership #entrepreneur #BFM #blackfoundersmatter #vc #equity #BIPOC #AI #impact #evolving #slgimpact

I've interviewed hundreds of prominent people through the years.  Occasionally I am asked, "who is the most interesting, thoughtful person you ever interviewed?" It is an unanswerable question.  But suffice it to say that Majora Carter is part of that conversation.  I've interviewed her twice .  Each time I have come away from the interview a smarter person thanks to Majora.  Her thoughts on issues like environmental racism and community talent retention opened my eyes to realities that didn't affect me personally.  So it got me to think about these topics and ask myself some difficult questions.  And that's a good thing.  Her personal story is compelling: growing up in Hunts Point, a neighborhood in the South Bronx in New York City during the "Bronx is Burning" years, going off to Wesleyan University vowing never to return to the South Bronx,  But return she did, winning a Macarthur Fellow (the so called "Genius Award") along the way, achieving personal and professional fulfillment in the old neighborhood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this specially commissioned series with Grantmakers in the Arts, The Lost Files, Dr. Durell Cooper invites artists, community organizers, researchers, cultural and racial studies experts, and scholars to think about the narratives driving the arts and cultural sector – as it intersects with systems of structural racism and economic exclusion – and what opportunities for narrative change exist.  In this Episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Majora Carter. Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She's responsible for the creation of numerous economic development, technology inclusion & green-infrastructure projects, policies and job training & placement systems.  She is also a lecturer at Princeton University's Keller Center.Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC: "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one” - which is also the subtitle of her 2022 book, Reclaiming Your Community.In 2017, she launched the Boogie Down Grind, a Hip Hop themed speciality coffee & craft beer spot, and the first commercial “3rd Space” in the Hunts Point sectionof the South Bronx since the mid-1980s. This venture also provides a rare opportunity for local families to invest through SEC approved online investment platforms. Majora was born, raised and continues to live in the South Bronx. She is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science (1984), Wesleyan University (1988 BA, Distinguished Alum) and New York University (MFA).  After establishing  Sustainable South Bronx (2001) and Green For All (2007), among other organizations, she opened this private consulting firm (2008) - which was named Best for the World by B-Corp in 2014.

She was unknown to those who loved her, for 40 years. It's 1982 in Blairstown, NJ - a quaint town with an old-timey feel, its residents were rocked upon the discovery of a murder victim in the local cemetery. The lead investigator Eric Kranz said “I'll worry about the murder later on. My main concern is finding out who she is.” He was tired of writing “Jane Doe”, so, she was named “Princess Doe”. Her autopsy revealed she was between 14 and 18 years old, and she put up a fight. The residents came together, helped fund Princess Doe's funeral, and had a gravestone made for her. For 40 years, they left flowers and searched for her family, praying they'd learn her name. And then, in 2022, they finally got answers. Thank you to Anne, for sharing your story. _______________________________ If you have any information about Dawn Olanick, please contact: Warren County Prosecutors Office 908-475-6274 coldcase@co.warren.nj.us If you have any information about the following cases, please click the link or call the # provided. Correction: It is Suffolk County Jane Doe, not Sussex County Jane Doe- murdered by Arthur Kinlaw in 1983, was a black female, between the age of 25 and 45- 5 foot 7 and 300 pounds. 1542UFNY (doenetwork.org) “Linda”- met the Kinlaws at the Blackberry Jam Club in Bayshore NY. Her body was found in the East River off Hunts Point on May 3, 1984. She was dressed in a blouse and jeans and had short black hair. She was probably of Italian-American origin and may have lived with her grandmother in either Brentwood or Bayshore, Long Island. Hunts Point Police: (718) 542-4771 Missing Person Diane Dye ran away from her home in San Jose California in 1979, at age 13. Diane Genice Dye – The Charley Project ___________________________ Promo: Love and Murder https://linktr.ee/loveandmurder ___________________________ Method & Madness is researched, written, hosted, and produced by Dawn Gandhi Sound Editing by moInspo Music by Tymur Khakimov from Pixabay REACH OUT: methodandmadnesspod@gmail.com FOLLOW: Instagram.com/MethodAndMadnessPod Twitter.com/MethodPod _____________________________ This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Special offer to Method and Madness listeners; you can get 10% off your first month of professional therapy at BetterHelp.com/methodandmadness ___________________________________________________________ For a list of sources used, visit the podcast website: Method & Madness Podcast Methodandmadnesspodcast.com Thank you for listening!

A big jump in interest rates … more weapons for Ukraine.. accusations of war crimes by Kiev's army and a new plan for Hunts Point

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The majority of the New York City Council members are new, and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. Over the next year, Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Councilmember Rafael Salamanca Jr., talks about his priorities for District 17, which includes the neighborhoods of Concourse Village, Crotona Park East, East Tremont, Hunts Point, Longwood, Melrose, Morrisania, Port Morris, West Farms, North Brother Island, South Brother Island. In our '51 Council Members in 52 Weeks,' we've been asking each member to bring a 'Show and Tell' item.Today, @CMSalamancaJr brought an asthma inhaler, spotlighting a health issue for many of his constituents living in the heart of 'Asthma Alley' in the South Bronx. — The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast (@BrianLehrer) April 26, 2022

New York fascine mais n'a peut-être pas encore livré tous ses secrets. Peu de personnes savent, par exemple, que "Big Apple" dispose d'une prison flottante. Cette immense barge est même le plus grand édifice de ce genre au monde ! Voyage carcéral L'Amérique et ses prisons... c'est toute une histoire ! Loin d'Alcatraz ou des pénitenciers du Far West se trouve un centre carcéral d'un genre bien particulier. Il s'agit du "Vernon C.Bain Correctional Center" : une imposante barge qui a été créée pour désengorger la gigantesque prison de "Rikers Island" (située au cœur de la mégapole new-yorkaise). Pour assurer son rôle, cette prison flottante affiche une impressionnante capacité de 800 lits pensés pour accueillir le même nombre de prisonniers. Mesurant près de 200 mètres de long (190, pour être exact) et 38 mètres de large, le bateau (inauguré en 1992) a d'ailleurs logiquement l'air d'un bâtiment civil que l'on aurait simplement posé en pleine mer. Vu de l'intérieur, l'édifice ressemble cependant à une prison tout à fait classique. On y trouve, ainsi, des espaces pour prendre l'air et même quelques zones dédiées au sport (comme un terrain de basket); tous situés sur le toit de la barge. Sans surprise, ces endroits restent tout de même englobés dans une cage... afin d'empêcher toute évasion ! Tarifs quatre étoiles Malgré toutes ces précautions, quelques prisonniers ont tout de même tenté de s'évader. L'un d'entre eux a, par exemple, réussi à se jeter dans l'East River... avant d'être directement repêché par des gardes vigilants ! Le plus souvent, la barge est amarrée au quai de Hunts Point (dans le sud du Bronx). Avec 650 000 dollars de frais d'amarrage annuels, ce détail n'en est pas vraiment un : c'est précisément ce qui explique pourquoi le "Vernon C.Bain Center" est également... la prison la chère de la ville ! D'ailleurs, si le bâtiment est actuellement le seul de ce genre à être utilisé par la ville de New York, il est en fait la troisième barge carcérale de l'histoire de "Big Apple". Avec de tels tarifs, il est possible que le "Vernon" connaisse donc la même destinée que ses prédécesseurs... Un gestionnaire sourcilleux pourrait, effectivement, y voir bien trop de frais... pour un tel fret. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Download the full uncut conversation featuring Majora Carter, Urban Revitalization Strategist, Real Estate Developer, Author *‘Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One'(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.)Description:  Real estate development conjures up images of gentrification with sleek buildings and polished store fronts often built under the guise of urban revitalization. Far too often, these projects displace long-standing residents and communities of color. What would it look like if real estate development were led by the people who already live in the neighborhood? In this episode, Laura interviews South Bronx native Majora Carter who decided to stay where she grew up and rewrite the playbook for neighborhood development. A self-described “chick from the hood… with zero experience in real estate,” she's a MacArthur “genius award” recipient, owner of the hip hop themed Boogie Down Grind Cafe that has survived and even thrived during Covid, thanks to a bit of help from Beyoncé. Carter is author of Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move Out Of Your Neighborhood To Live In A Better One, just out from Berrett-Koehler.Full research and reading list to further delve into the conversation are available at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow 

Sunni and Lisa are joined by Majora Carter who talks about her book, Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One.Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation and successful implementation of numerous economic developments, technology & green-infrastructure projects, policies and job training & placement systems.Carter applies her corporate consulting practice focused on talent-retention to reducing Brain Drain in American low-status communities. She has firsthand experience pioneering sustainable economic development in one of America's most storied low-status communities: the South Bronx. She and her teams develop vision, strategies and the type of development that transforms low-status communities into thriving mixed-use local economies. Her approach harnesses capital flows resulting from American re-urbanization to help increase wealth building opportunities across demographics left out of all historic financial tide changes. Majora's work produces long term fiscal benefits for governments, residents, and private real estate developments throughout North America. In 2017, she launched the Boogie Down Grind, a Hip Hop themed speciality coffee & craft beer spot, and the first commercial “3rd Space” in the Hunts Point sectionof the South Bronx since the mid-1980s. This venture also provides a rare opportunity for local families to invest through SEC approved online investment platforms. Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC:"Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one”.Her ability to shepherd projects through seemingly conflicted socio-economic currents has garnered her 8 honorary PhD's and awards such as: 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, Silicon Alley 100 by Business Insider, Liberty Medal for Lifetime Achievement by News Corp, and other honors from the National Building Museum, International Interior Design Association, Center for American Progress, as well as her TEDtalk (one of six to launch that site in 2006).She has served on the boards of the US Green Building Council, Ceres, The Wilderness Society, and the Andrew Goodman Foundation. Majora was born, raised and continues to live in the South Bronx. She is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science (1984), Wesleyan University (1988 BA, Distinguished Alum) and New York University (MFA). After establishing Sustainable South Bronx (2001) and Green For All (2007), among other organizations, she opened this private consulting firm (2008) - which was named Best for the World by B-Corp in 2014.While at Sustainable South Bronx, Carter deployed MIT's first ever Mobile Fab-Lab (digital fabrication laboratory) to the South Bronx - where it served as an early iteration of the “Maker-Spaces” found elsewhere today. The project drew residents and visitors together for guided and creative collaborations. In addition, Majora Carter launched StartUp Box, a ground-breaking tech social enterprise that provided entry-level tech jobs in the South Bronx, operating it from 2014-2018. Majora Carter has helped connect tech industry pioneers such as Etsy, Gust, FreshDirect, Google, and Cisco to diverse communities at all levels.BOOK DESCRIPTION: Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better OneHow can we solve the problem of persistent poverty in low-status communities? Majora Carter argues that these areas need a talent-retention strategy, just like the ones companies have. Retaining homegrown talent is a critical part of creating a strong local economy that can resist gentrification. But too

As a distributor in metropolitan New York, one of the nation’s largest grocery markets, Krasdale Foods has had a front-row seat to the economic volatility in the industry, namely the high inflation and supply and labor shortages hitting retailers, suppliers and their customers nationwide. Gus Lebiak, president and chief operating officer of Krasdale since January 2021, said the company is experiencing issues such as a lack of truck drivers, product shortfalls in various categories, packaging shortages and elevated inflation that’s hiking costs for businesses and consumers alike — all amid high demand driven by the pandemic. And like other businesses across the country, the food wholesaler and its customers are grappling with the surge of infections from the Omicron variant of COVID-19. “It has become a very fluid situation,” Lebiak told Supermarket News about the supply situation in an SN Off The Shelf podcast. “During the beginning of the pandemic, we had a lot of specific categories that were really being hit. Now we’ve seen this move around a lot. It’s not always the same categories. As far as supply issues, back in normal times, you’d be looking at service levels where you might not deliver three out of 100 cases, or 3%. It is [now] not uncommon to see 15% to 20% out-of-stocks. So it has really, really been challenging. And that does a lot to your efficiencies.” At the same time, Lebiak is working to drive Krasdale’s expansion in its core independent grocery business. Krasdale operates a 325,000-square-foot distribution center in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx and supplies more than 300 independent supermarkets in the Northeast and Florida, mainly in metro New York. Store banners it serves include C-Town, Bravo, Aim and Market Fresh supermarkets; mini-groceries Shop Smart Food Markets and Stop 1 Food Mart; and a host of small retailers, reaching some 2,500 stores overall. The company, too, offers a private-label program and operates a significant support services, through affiliates Alpha 1 Marketing and Beta II Marketing (marketing and merchandising), Consolidated Supermarket Supply (third-party grocery distribution), KoolTemp Foods (frozen and refrigerated food distribution) and Waverly (financial services). Lebiak’s 40-year grocery career started with a range of retail roles over 10 years at Mayfair Supermarkets. Then in 1991, he shifted to the wholesale side by joining Twin County Grocers as a buyer/analyst, later becoming a category manager. In 1999, Lebiak assisted in the launch of supermarket cooperative Allegiance Retail Services, serving as director of grocery and then vice president of center store. Lebiak joined Krasdale Foods in 2012 as vice president of Alpha 1 Marketing and later became senior vice president and COO of that unit. He was named as Krasdale’s president in late 2020 — a tough time to start at the helm of a large operation. “It has been crazy. I have a supermarket and a buying background. I started in the stores when I was literally 15 years old — that was 1981 — and I’ve been at a few different companies,” he said in the podcast. “There are pieces of this business where you could set your watch by. But I have to say that this has been like no other time I’ve ever seen. And when you add the fact that I’m more involved in the hardcore distribution end than ever before, it has really been a challenge like no other.”

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On this week's episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, host Christopher Mitchell is joined by Danny Peralta, the Executive Managing Director of The Point in the Bronx, New York which has. The Point has been at the forefront of revitalizing the South Bronx's Hunts Point neighborhood working to address  environmental issues, increase access to the arts, … Continue reading "Broadband and Beyond in the Bronx – Episode 480 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast"

Originally aired 9/14/21 on MNN, Nelson Torres and Caroleen Stewart, along with internet personally Manolo present the best clips of 2021 so far. This video was shot at the Hunts Point and aired on taped delayed. (This video aired at the MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network)channel live on September 14th, 2021.) (WTF TV Live is hosted by Nelson Torres and airs LIVE every Tuesday night at 11:00pm EST on Manhattan Time Warner Cable Ch.34 and Verizon FiOS Ch.35. It is also streamed LIVE at www.mnn.org - click on "Community Channel.") Episode: 522 #WTFTV #WTF #WTFTVLIVE

The record-breaking heatwaves this summer have exposed the special vulnerability inner cities have to the effects of summer heat.  Climate change has exacerbated and supercharged heatwaves, as was seen in Seattle and Portland in late June. Urban cores can be 10 degrees or more warmer than the surrounding countryside.  The urban heat island effect is […]

"I don't work jobs, bitch I am a job !" - Two Wise Women Tonight over some chardonnay and after some wild decisions, I talk about the lives of sex workers. From Only Fans to Shaking it on Hunts Point, I tell the pros of legalizing sex work in the United States. Also Listen in for the great news that kept me from focusing on the podcast!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Could also be titled "Evil, Sin, and Suffering", in this episode the brothers delve into the various shades of darkness we experience in the world--and in ourselves. Recommended and referenced resources include: Podcasts: The Well of Sound on Marvin Gaye (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marvin-gaye/id1435720647?i=1000497531219) Movies: The Devil Rides Out, The Shining, The Exorcist, The Addiction Books: Dignity by Chris Arnade, The Haunting of Toby Jugg _by Dennis Wheatley, _The Stand by Stephen King, the ghost stories MR James, Astro City: Confession by Kurt Busiek Articles: "Hiding in Plain Sight: The Lost Doctine of Sin" (https://mbird.com/2018/10/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-lost-doctrine-of-sin/) by Simeon Zahl Quotations: Bad Spirits in Hunts Point (https://mbird.com/2019/06/none-without-faith-or-a-strong-belief-in-the-reality-of-evil/), Flannery O'Connor on the Action of Grace (https://mbird.com/2007/12/mystery-and-manners/), Gerhard Forde on the danger of Rolling Suffering into Evil (https://mbird.com/2015/03/the-danger-of-rolling-suffering-into-evil-according-to-gerhard-forde/), Richard Hooker on Crystal Tears (below), Frank Limehouse on the Devil (below) Songs: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell, "Lord You Bless Me" by The Elliotts, "Make Me Prada" by Asa Moto, "Millennium" by Dewolfe, "Devil Inside" by INXS Please note: the story of Martin Luther burying the child, while derived from his writings (and depicted to great effect in the movie Luther (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhMuWn2dnUw)), is apocryphal. . Click here (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1avwpuAHwUIVqM2BaNtMQ4?si=euSMGQIgQhiKb0l8vYXgWA) to listen to a playlist of the available tracks on Spotify. Richard Hooker: "My eager protestations, made in the glory of my ghostly strength, I am ashamed of; but those crystal tears, wherewith my sin and weakness was bewailed, have procured my endless joy; my strength hath been my ruin, and my fall my stay." Frank Limehouse (March 7, 2010): "I can't tell you what the Devil looks like. In my own mind he wears red tights, has horns and a tail and carries a pitchfork. Other than in the Garden of Eden, in which he is described as crafty and subtle; and Ezekiel, who tells us he was perfect in beauty, I cannot talk so much about what the devil looks like. But we can talk about how the devil operates. St. Peter said, “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). Interestingly, the devil doesn't come at you only where you're weak. He's very interested in your gifts and strengths. This is where we are most vulnerable. The woman with a charming smile is tempted to “get away with murder.” The salesman with the gift of persuasion, is often tempted to “take ‘em for what they're worth.” God, on the other hand, is most interested in what? Your weaknesses. The Lord said to Paul ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness'…"

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This episode, Emily, Theresa and Jasmin discuss the Hunts Point market strike, the 2021 inauguration, complications with the COVID vaccine rollout in India, and Biden's day one executive orders.

Hunts Point is the country's largest wholesale produce market and it's in the South Bronx. Workers there voted to strike on Sunday, January 17th. This past Saturday, after six days on the picket line, they popped champagne  to celebrate their agreement with management on a new contract. As they return to their jobs distributing food to New York's grocery stores, it remains important to understand why these essential workers reached a breaking point and whether this is the first of more food industry labor struggles to come in 2021. Have a question you want answered? Email us at question@heritageradionetwork.orgThis project is funded in part by a Humanities New York CARES Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.The Big Food Question is powered by Simplecast. 

“Food is culture! It doesn't matter what socio-economic status, what type of food access you have, every single person is united by food.” Lori Taylor (16:29-16:41)   Imagine waking up each morning in early 1900s New York City, driving your horse and wagon to the local farm, filling it with fruits and vegetables, and staying out all day until you've sold all of your produce.   That was the start of S. Katzman Produce, which is now a 120 year old, fourth-generation owned, produce wholesaler and distributor with 375 employees and over 2,000 items they sell. Talk about a progression! Stefanie Katzman, the Executive Vice President of S. Katzman Produce, shared with us the story of her great grandfather's humble beginnings and how they progressed to selling fruit and vegetables out of his wagon, to moving their location to Hunts Point in the Bronx, to adding specialty items to their product line, to becoming the produce industry icon they are today.    “We want to figure out, as the customer's needs change, how we can adapt and fulfill those needs. You don't want to tell them, ‘no, do things our way', we want to be progressive. We want to get out there and find the next best thing.” - Stefanie Katzman (8:33-8:46)   Stefanie accredits much of their growth to the produce industry's growth as a whole. Can you think back to what your grocery store shopping experience was like in 1995 compared to now? Luckily, most suburban and metropolitan areas around the US have access to an incredible variety of produce year-round. That wasn't always the case. Also, as our lifestyles have changed from having family dinners every night around the table, to being more fast paced and on-the-go, the produce industry has adapted.    For example, in 2004 S. Katzman Produce started doing deliveries to their customers free of charge. Katzman works with a lot of smaller supermarkets around the New York area where, oftentimes, the owner does everything themselves. They'll come to S. Katzman's location late at night, do their shopping for the next day, drive back to the store, stock their shelves, and work the register without any sleep. It was that same mentality and quick ability to adapt that helped S. Katzman Produce stay successful when COVID-19 first hit.    Katzman and her team immediately provided employees with training videos, made sure they were following the CDC guidelines, offered employees protective equipment, and increased cleaning crews to two to three times a day. It was essential to keep her employees safe, but also their wholesalers, distributors and customers.   What's just as important to S. Katzman Produce is being able to help people and children who can't help themselves, and making a difference in children's lives while they're still young.   Katzman Produce has partnered with Dream Charter School at their location in Harlem and the Bronx to donate food weekly and help ensure children are fed healthy food at a young age. When COVID-19 hit, impressively, Dream set up a distribution system within a few weeks and Katzman started donating even larger amounts of produce each week to provide fresh, healthy produce for Dream's children and their entire families.    “If you can instill these good habits and good behaviors in children when they're young, you're going to create healthy people when they're older. You're going to create people who have a taste for these fruits and vegetables, so being able to get to them is very important.” - Stefanie Katzman (13:07-13:20)   These children and their families are getting exposed to foods they might not have ever seen or heard of before, while (hopefully) acquiring a taste for healthy food at a young age to create lasting results. The feedback Katzman has gotten is incredible! Even during a pandemic, families are reporting that they are losing weight and enjoying the best health of their life because of this.    Stefanie's also passionate about the wide variety of items they offer and how many new products there are! New varieties of old products, new packaging, never-seen-before products, and even the science of extending shelf life keeps the produce industry and life at S. Katzman's always exciting.    How to get involved Join The Produce Moms Group on Facebook and continue the discussion every week!  Reach out to us - we'd love to hear more about where you are in life and business! Find out more here.    If you liked this episode, be sure to subscribe and leave a quick review on iTunes. It would mean the world to hear your feedback and we'd love for you to help us spread the word!

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Jeff and Scott are joined by Professor Harvey J Kaye. The gang talks about a Biden Presidency, AOC joining Hunts Point workers on the picket line, The PRO Act, and more. Harvey is Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. He is also the author of several books , most recently FDR on DemocracyFollow Harvey on Twitter  SUPPORT GOOD MORNING COMRADECONTACT US!Follow Jeff on Twitter @EminentProfEmail us!goodmorningcomrade.comTwitterFacebookLeave a review! 5 stars and say something nice to spread the word about our little show!Thank you so much for listening!

Welcome to the IndependentLeft.News Daily Headlines podcast for Sunday, January 24th, 2021. Early Edition - https://independentleft.news/?edition_id=4ca63be0-5e41-11eb-ae20-002590a5ba2d&utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=top-headlines-podcast&utm_content=ILN-Anchor-top-headlines-podcast-early-ed-01-24 Top Headlines:

Hunts Point Market Strike Update: Workers voted to end the strike Saturday morning, approving a three-year contract.https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/22/22245520/hunts-point-produce-market-strike-tentative-settlement-bronxSupport the show by becoming a patron! Patreon.com/thebpdshow

WELCOME TO CRITICAL COMPENSATION! If you like the content please support to help grow. www.patreon.com/criticalcomp Cash App $CriticalComp Episode 18: Hunts Point Strike, Unemployment, Work Struggles for Wages Across the World, Wall Street Firms Frugality with Workers. Episode 18 (01/24/2021) References: Court denies Post Foods' motion to dismiss compensation lawsuit https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/17757-court-denies-post-foods-motion-to-dismiss-compensation-lawsuit Forget Biden's Bust of Cesar Chavez: Hunts Point Strike Is the Bold Labor Action the Country Needs https://theintercept.com/2021/01/23/covid-nyc-hunts-point-strike/ Another 900,000 file for unemployment, record jobless claims continue amid mass death from pandemic https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/22/unem-j22.html Richard Wolff on Jacobin talking about jobs program from the FDR administration. https://youtu.be/BNYzMm6_c-Q?t=4511 CPS calls CTU's proposed rejection of in-person school an ‘illegal strike' https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/21/22242706/ctu-cps-strike-walkout-remote-learning-public-schools-teachers-union Trader Joe's, Dollar General And Others Are Paying Workers To Get Vaccines https://www.npr.org/2021/01/21/958849642/grocers-have-a-strategy-to-get-their-workers-vaccinated-against-covid-19-pay-the Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/22/wkrs-j22.html Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/23/labo-j23.html Wall Street Gets Frugal With Employees After Pandemic Windfall https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-21/wall-street-gets-frugal-with-employees-after-pandemic-windfall --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/critical-compensation/support

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Welcome to the IndependentLeft.News Daily Headlines podcast for Saturay, January 23rd, 2021. Early Edition - https://independentleft.news/?edition_id=0e002000-5d78-11eb-ae20-002590a5ba2d&utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=top-headlines-podcast&utm_content=ILN-Anchor-top-headlines-podcast-early-ed-01-23 Top Headlines:

...is not the main topic of this ep, but is worth mentioning first. Aila and student-activist friend Felix recap a recent virtual forum on fighting back against the practices of racist austerity on the campuses of The City University of New York--a condition of long standing injustices predating COVID-19. What is to be done? Strike!!! Fellow CUNY alumnus and transit-worker, HD, helps us elucidate the importance of the working class realizing its collective strength. From India, to Hunts Point, to Manchester: workers of the world, unite! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aila-jimenez/support

The Biden administration: Illusion and reality / US Army covered up role of Flynn’s brother, a general, in January 6 coup response / Teamsters rush to end strike as support grows for Hunts Point warehouse workers in New York City

Inauguration 2021: On the edge of an abyss / New York City police attack striking Hunts Point warehouse workers / Disney’s Soul in Denmark: New York Times disapproves of a white actor dubbing a black actor’s voice

The Hunts Point Produce Market is the largest produce market in the world and is located in the South Bronx. The majority of fruits and vegetables that find their way to your local supermarket, bodega, or your favorite restaurant likely passed through the Hunts Point Produce Market, as it supplies 60% of all of NYC's produce. Phillip Grant, the General Manager of The Hunts Point Produce Market, joins us to discuss his work since the pandemic began. We explore the operational challenges imposed by the pandemic on the market, and the produce market's ongoing charitable efforts to donate produce to food insecure Bronx residents. Additionally, we touch upon sustainability and resiliency projects at the Hunts Point Peninsula since Hurricane Sandy.

The Packer's Tom Karst, Amy Sowder and Ashley Nickle discuss the compelling topics of the week, from election fallout and the implications for produce to the latest from New York to excellent columns from longtime retail executives. For more coverage of these topics, check out the following articles: Industry waits for political dominoes to fall — Although legal challenges by President Trump injected uncertainty, the results of the Nov. 3 election were pointing to a victory by Democrat Joe Biden as of Nov. 5. UPDATED: Trump administration releases new H-2A wage method — Stabilizing labor costs and adding more predictability, the Department of Labor's H-2A wage rule is winning industry support. Costa seeks chairmanship of House Agriculture Committee — Costa joined the House Agriculture Committee in 2005. Since then, he has servedon the conference committee for both the 2018 and 2014 Farm Bills.  12 attributes of mentally tough people — “It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.” That's the produce industry. You can count on unpredictable NYC demand, says Gabriela D'Arrigo — The fires in California and storms elsewhere, varied COVID-19 regulations state-by-state and even county-by-county, freight carrier availability, and renewed outbreaks in pockets of the city, state and Northeast region and winter are among the challenges right now. Prepare to win this holiday season — Data shows that people are looking for new menu ideas and products to incorporate into their meal planning, and the holidays present an amazing opportunity to meet those expectations.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josefina Infante, profesora, empresaria, consultora, y por más de 28 años directora de Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation. Profesora Adjunta de Metropolitan College of New York. Josefina nos cuenta sobre Hunts Point en el Bronx y su importancia en la distribución de alimentos en la región. También ella nos cuenta de su trayectoria personal y profesional al servicio de su familia y su comunidad. Hola Bodega con Carmelia Walker y José Bello. Informando a bodegueros y bodegueras. Contacto: holabodega@mybodega.online Una producción de My Bodega Online www.mybodega.online

Claire Weisz, Principal at WXY Architecture, discusses the award-winning design of the Bronx Charter School for the Arts, that reflects the school's founding principle that arts education is critical to human development and learning. Color, space, and natural light create a direct physical connection with the content and aims of the curriculum. The budget restrictions and use of a former factory require a simple but innovative approach to achieve a healthy environment that enhances the learning spaces. A community driven design process resulted in a unique, light-filled space. Through its adaptive re-use of the building, the school plays a role in the transformation of the Hunts Point neighborhood. The decision to reuse the facade structure with a new insulated brick layer for the exterior wall added energy savings. Filtered fresh air and north facing skylights supply the building with an ethereal aesthetic while meeting health goals. North-facing insulated clerestories reduce heat gain, bring natural light into the deep interior spaces throughout the day, and allow the school to save money on heating and cooling. Many of the materials used are a minimum 60% recycled content. The LEED checklist was used as a guide throughout.

Meet Sulma Arzu-Brown a proud Garifuna, Latina, Black, Immigrant, and short woman raised in Hunts Point the Bronx. Sulma is the self-published author of the award-winning book “Bad Hair Does Not Exist/ Pelo Malo No Existe” , "My Hair Comes With Me-Shifting the Paradigm of What Success Looks Like" and  “My Best Friend Likes Boys More Than Me.”  The books are not about hair or hairstyle, it's about the human experience that connects us all. Her experience as a checker of many boxes on many applications, her corporate experience, community advocacate, mother and wife led her to write award winning books that raises conversations about the explicit bias and implicit biases. Sulma is an Investor of the Boogie Down Grind Café,  serves as the Director of Operation for the  NYC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and sits on the Steering Committee for the Council on Women and Girls for the office of NYS Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.

Fernando is the Community Engagement Associate Planner for the Bronx Borough Office at the NYC Dept of City Planning. He is also a sustainable consultant and has prior experience working on community development and environmental justice planning and policy with THE POINt CDC in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx. Fernando has studied across four continents researching and observing sustainability related issues. ~Support the Podcast~ Instagram: @makeclimatecool Website: www.makeclimatecool.com Support the Podcast on Patreon Questions? Send me a message @ makeclimatecoolagain@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/makeclimatecool/message

On this episode KB & Jay are joined by Mike Partis, the Executive Director of the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative. As a hip hop historian, a cultural anthropologist and all-around thought leader, Mike takes us on a deep journey into becoming a free Black man. We learn about Mike's origins in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, the impact of the Garifuna Culture on his worldview, and becoming an independent thinker. We discuss the need for mentorship in hip hop, the importance of a healthy lifestyle and collective economics. Mike is brilliant, honest and unapologetic, but more than this he is a leader and liberator. His energy allows for a really dynamic conversation that will leave you with much to think about, so yes this episode is as heavy as the title suggests.

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Passengers Aboard Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas Cruise Ship Test Negative for New Coronavirus — AGBC Health page tracking the coronavirus Gunman Who Allegedly Ambushed Cops Due in Court as Tension Between NYPD, Elected Officials Escalates 64 years ago on February 8, 1956 — Eastern Air Flight 663 swerves to avoid an oncoming aircraft and crashes near Jones Beach, killing all 84 people on board 78 years ago on February 9, 1942 — The SS Normandie catches fire and capsizes into the Hudson River 52 years ago on February 11, 1968 — Madison Square Garden opens on the site of the old Pennsylvania Station Back in April 2019 on Episode 19 of the podcast, I first talked about the possibility of a tower rising above Macy's in Herald Square, and this week, the speculation of the tower moved closer to reality as the retail giant revealed new architectural renderings of a 900ft tower planned to be built on top of the classic Midtown store. Upcoming Events: February 10: Tu B'Shevat

Join me this week as we journey to Mott Haven and Port Morris, in the South Bronx. My guests will be Lloyd Ultan, the Bronx Borough Historian, and Amaurys Grullon, Co-Founder and Partner of Bronx Native, a business melding clothing, art and media. Segment 1 Lloyd Ultan, a native of the Bronx, begins with his education at Hunter College, starting with the passion he formed for history as a child. He discusses where he got his start in becoming an accredited Bronx historian, speaking to how the Bronx acts like a microcosm for American history as a whole. He goes into the process of how he came to gain the title of ‘Borough Historian’ and the law-mandated duties of someone in these positions. Ultan’s knowledge shines through, starting with how the borough got its name back as well as how the area came to become a part of New York City, delving into its colonial history and adding on contributions of Bronx natives in American history. Segment 2 This segment opens with Ultan discussing his work as a guide in walking tours throughout the area. He speaks to the history of the Mott Haven neighborhood back in the 19th century, where it became known as an industrial hotspot, through its radical changes during WWII with a sudden shift in demographics, the area becoming an early example of racial tolerance in this country before the Civil Rights era. Ultans finishes the segment, going into how faulty real estate practices and a growing demand for affordable housing led to the downfall of the neighborhood in the latter half of the twentieth century. Segment 3 Our second guest, Amaurys Grullon, discussing his start as an entrepreneur and his motivations for creating Bronx Native, seeking to erase negative stigmas about the borough through creating apparel inspired by Bronx culture, going into the organization’s start through the present-day services it provides for the community both artistically and educationally. He speaks to how the group found its home in Mott Haven and opening its second location in Hunts Point, the Bronx Natives Market, which serves a platform for Bronx artists and entrepreneurs. Segment 4 The final segment opens with Grullon discussing upcoming events being hosted by Bronx Native and future projects currently in the works. He talks about his ties to Mott Haven and the vibrant culture that gravitated him to the neighborhood, as well as what he thinks makes the area unique. Grullon segways into Bronx Native’s reach from all over the borough into attracting international attention, gaining exposure through the coverage of a number of media outlets. The segment closes with his wishes for more successes out of the neighborhood and advice for other entrepreneurs hoping to get into setting up shop in the south Bronx.

The Bronx got its first gaming lounge last week. Elize Manoukian went to the opening of the Bronx Battlegrounds in Hunts Point, where local gamers are helping close the digital divide.

BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE. Eve Picker: Hey, everyone, this is Eve Picker, and if you listen to this podcast series, you're going to learn how to make some change. Eve Picker: Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing. My guest today is Majora Carter, and, wow, you won't want to miss this. It's hard to know where to begin describing Majora, who is, quite simply put, a powerhouse. Described as an urban revitalization strategist, her career has spanned environment, economy, social mobility, and real estate development, and her work has won major awards in each sector, including a MacArthur Genius Grant, a Peabody Award, the Rudy Bruner Award – Silver Medal, and nine honorary doctorates amongst many, many more. Eve Picker: Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture as saying, "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one." There is no way around it; if you are really interested in impact investing, this podcast is a must-listen. Be sure to go to EvePicker.com to find out more about Majora on the show notes page for this episode and be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small Change.   Eve Picker: Good morning, Majora. I'm so delighted that you're on the show with me.   Majora Carter: Good morning. Thanks for having me.   Eve Picker: I was reading a little background on you, and the thing that stood out to me is this quote, "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one." These are your words, and they can be found on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture. I just wonder how these words play into your work?   Majora Carter: Oh, those words are- were actually not my words, but they've certainly been attributed to me. They were the words of a woman who worked with me - Marta Rodriguez - as a organizer, when I ran Sustainable South Bronx, and it really embodied exactly what we were trying to do at the time, when I was running a small environmental and economic development organization - which is this is our community. How are we not creating the kind of community of our dreams here? It really continues on, as we're thinking about real estate development, and how do you use real estate development to truly transform your community into something that you can age into, and stay there, because you feel as though everything that you need and want is actually part of it?   Eve Picker: Yeah. So, you're working- are you still working mostly in the South Bronx?   Majora Carter: No, I work nationally. I certainly do have some projects that I'd love to get off the ground, here in the South Bronx, and some that we're working on, but we actually work nationally, as well. We've got a really amazing real estate development project, a mixed-income housing, mixed-use development, going on out in Mapleton-Fall Creek, Indianapolis, which I'm absolutely delighted about. There'll be about 50 units of home ownership; another 150 units of mixed-income housing, and about 50,000 square feet specifically for light manufacturing, commercial, and cultural space. We're delighted to be the developer on it.   Eve Picker: Wow. You weren't a developer when you started out, right?   Majora Carter: Oh, no! Although, interestingly enough, I've been developing a lot longer than I actually gave myself credit for. I was a card-carrying member of the non-profit industrial complex, and moved out of my neighborhood, or left my neighborhood for college, and didn't really want to come back, because it's really like America's low-status community - one of America's low-status communities.   Majora Carter: I want to just articulate what I mean by 'low-status.' We don't generally use 'disadvantaged,' or 'low-income' to describe the communities that we want to work in most; but low-status are the kind of communities where there are more liquor stores, and corner stores than there are opportunities for good, affordable, different, diverse options for food. You'll find, instead of banks, or credit unions, you'll find payday-loan places, and check-cashing stores. You'll find the kind of places where there's an enormous amount of very highly subsidized affordable housing, and very little economic range between.   Majora Carter: Essentially, in those areas, inequality is assumed, both inside, and outside the community. These are the places where, if you're a bright, talented kid, you are taught to measure your success by how far you get away from those communities. We don't have a way to think about retaining talent in those neighborhoods.   Majora Carter: When I was growing up in the South Bronx, I was one of those bright kids who was definitely told, "You're going to grow up and be somebody," which meant you get out of the neighborhood. I embraced it hook, line, and sinker. Only when I came back to the neighborhood and realized that the way our communities were being used via real estate - in particular, for us, it was environmental burdens that just kept getting heaped upon us - I also started realizing that we could use real estate as a way to transform our communities to benefit us.   Majora Carter: I first started in park development, and riverfront restoration, green jobs, training, and placement, and literally just moved into real estate development, when I realized that ... It seemed to me like a very natural trajectory to go at scale, in terms of creating the kind of community that you really felt you didn't have to move out of, in order to live in a better one.   Majora Carter: My first development project was literally squatting a building across the street from the house that my parents lived in, and I was born and raised in. It was a crazy story because it kind of technically had been in my family for decades at that point. The woman who owned it died 20 years before I decided to move in, and no one in her family wanted the house.   Eve Picker: Wow.   Majora Carter: Yeah, so it was like I'd move back in, and I'm like, "I want to set some roots down." What did I do? I moved in there, took over all the bills, the taxes, and everything. That's when predatory speculators obtained a fraudulent deed for my house, just as I was in the process of trying to purchase it and finding - getting title. It was a crazy, crazy story.   Majora Carter: There I was, acting as an owner/landlord for years, at that point, and it was a wonderful, just crazy opportunity to realize that, no, I am actually developing this space. and preserving affordable housing in my own community, and generating wealth for myself, because it's like, look, we're losing that. I wasn't thinking about the wealth gap or anything like that, I just needed a place to live. I wanted the people who were living in my building to continue to have a place to live. But I was a developer back then, and I'm a developer now.   Eve Picker: Right. That's really interesting to me, because I've been lots of places lately where 'developer' is just a bad word.   Majora Carter: It still is. Oh, my gosh, yeah-   Eve Picker: Yeah, I know. It's getting worse, I think. Not just still ... The question is, I mean, we know that just like there's good doctors and there's bad doctors-   Majora Carter: Exactly.   Eve Picker: -there's good developers and there's bad developers. But the narrative is really all developers are bad.   Majora Carter: Right [cross talk] and there's no space in it for those of us who are trying to use development for what it actually could be, which is a truly transformative way to support communities that we love. We really think about how do you use it as a tool, specifically, to support the visions and the values that we have, which is that [inaudible] and no one should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one. You should have opportunities to live, work, and play, in wonderful ways, in ways that match your income, but there's all sorts of opportunities for you to engage in a beautiful community that actually does not require money, but builds community, and through [cross talk]   Majora Carter: Why is it that, in low-status areas - whether it's an inner-city community, like the South Bronx, or a Native American reservation, or a former coal-mining town that has no real jobs anymore, where it was all white - why do we think of those, of developing in those places, where it's only two kinds of development, where it's either the poor folks that are there are either bought it; generally bought out, or displaced by people with higher incomes  - that typical gentrification kind of phenomena - or its poverty-level economic maintenance, which is still real estate development, wherein there's [cross talk]   Majora Carter: The whole idea is that why are there only two kinds of development that happen in low-status communities? Why can't we use it as a way to increase economic diversity, and to build wealth creation, and just make it so that people love their neighborhoods, as opposed to feeling like they've got to move out of them in order to live a little bit better? I accept that challenge, and I really believe that that's what I'm doing. So, yeah, as a developer, and as a black woman developer, whose working in this really interesting way, where I absolutely ... There is no way I would ever build an exclusively affordable-housing complex for the lowest-   Eve Picker: I'm glad you said that.   Majora Carter: Never, never! I've been, in some circles within the non-profit industrial complex, demonized for that, because I should be doing the kind of things, where it's like [cross talk] for the people. I'm like, poor communities concentrate- low-status communities concentrate poverty and all of the issues that are associated with it - low health outcomes, poor educational attainment, higher rates of being involved in the justice system, or being touched by it in some way, and your family ... Obviously, higher rates of unemployment, and poverty, and just creating a sense of lack of hope within those communities.   Majora Carter: Why would I want to build more of that?   Eve Picker: Yeah.   Majora Carter: Unless, of course, you're getting big developer fees, and you really don't care about the communities that you're working in, which is why I understand why most people hate developers so much.   Eve Picker: Be sure to go to EvePicker.com and sign up for my free educational newsletter about impact real estate investing. You'll be among the first to hear about new projects you can invest in. That's EvePicker.com. Thanks so much.   Eve Picker: Yeah, no, I get it, too. But I'm really fascinated by what you're saying, and I totally agree with it. I've watched, for years, in Pittsburgh, the affordable housing product sort of live in neighborhoods that all start looking the same - this cookie-cutter affordable-housing product. It doesn't ... While, definitely, people need decent places to live, and it accomplishes that, it doesn't change the nature of what's happening in those neighborhoods. The moment you kind of push that edge of that, that's when ... I don't know, how do you stop speculators? It's something I think about a lot.   Majora Carter: We [cross talk] try to and are still trying a number of things. One of them is to continue talking about the approach that we've taken with our own real estate development and actually putting our own money where our mouth is. So, as developers, we did spend a lot of time within our own community just really understanding what are some of the hopes, and dreams, and aspirations, and, of course, needs within the community.   Majora Carter: We did hundreds and hundreds of surveys; realized that what people in a neighborhood, like the South Bronx, which is one of the poorest parts of the country within congressional districts, are the kind of the same things that anybody in a middle-class community wants. They want great places to work, with housing that- quality housing that matches their income. They want places where they could afford to buy new things that they need. They want lifestyle infrastructure, like cafes, and coffee shops, and bars, and things of that nature. They want those kind of things so they can feel a sense of value that is inherent within their own community. That goes back to that ...   Majora Carter: What happens within low-status communities a lot ... Because, of course, real estate developers, they take the kind of 20-, 30-year long-term view of what's happening, in terms of how communities are going, to plan; whereas, in our communities, we're taught that there's no real value in them. So, it's easy, I think, for them, if your family owned a home during a time of severe financial disinvestment in America, like the way that my family ... My dad bought the house I was born and raised in the 1940s. By the time the '60s, and the '70s rolled around, there was so much white flight and disinvestment within the community, and arson, because landlords were torching the buildings there, because there was no financial investment coming in, so the most they could do is get insurance money.   Majora Carter: It was a really bad kind of space. That kind of lingering understanding - this is what our community is ... Of course, you own property. It's going to have an impact on you, and you're going to feel like ... The second you can move, you're going to get out. Predatory speculators understand that. They're counting on us not knowing the value of our own home. I can't tell you how many little notes I get under my door, or they found my cell phone ... They're telling me they can buy my house for cash, and close within a week. This is a common occurrence.   Eve Picker: Wow.   Majora Carter: For folks that don't understand what they have, guess what? They're going to be like, "You want to pay me what for this crap that I'm living in right now?" So, they end up selling, actually, generally for less than what the house is worth, because they just don't know. Then the predatory speculator makes out really well.   Majora Carter: Since there isn't a whole lot, from what I've seen, within the non-profit industrial complex and communities like this, that's actually going to support homeowners within a community; which I think home homeownership is actually often - especially in areas where there's a rental unit in them - there's very little support to support those folks, like there's [cross talk] non-profits or government. They're like, "Oh, we're going to focus on the poorest people in those communities," and anybody else, it's like sucks to be them, because it's almost like they're invisible.   Majora Carter: What we've actually been doing on our own is trying to identify what are ... First of all, some of the homeowners, and just letting them know, "You're sitting on your family's legacy. You should be using this to help create wealth and retain it within your own family. Or, if you want to sell, at least understand what you got so that you're not being reamed for it."   Majora Carter: The other thing is we've actually hosted things like small zero-percent-interest loan workshops, and low-interest-loan workshops and you specifically - on our own dime - just so that folks have an understanding of what that is. On another level, and I think funny, because this is, again, on my own time, because we don't have funding to do this; it's just that we saw that it was a need ... We're really hoping that we are going to be able to convince somebody or other to develop some kind of a fund that supports low-income homeowners in low-status communities.   Majora Carter: You know there's that cooling-off period, if you change and get insurance, or you buy a house, or whatever, and you've got a little bit of time where you've got to prove that this is what you want? Wouldn't that be kind of great that before any kind of real estate transaction goes down in a neighborhood like this, that there's actually folks just making sure that folks understand what their options are?   Eve Picker: That would be great. What would the fund ideally do?   Majora Carter: It would, number one, support folks to actually be in that role, to play that kind of adviser role to the folks to let them know what their options are. But also, people may need ... We find that some folks are selling their homes [cross talk]   Eve Picker: -could not repair the roof.   Majora Carter: Yeah!   Eve Picker: I know, I know.   Majora Carter: One little thing, and it's just like [cross talk]   Eve Picker: So, a neighborhood fund- a neighborhood fund for people who really need help to keep them in their homes. I thought Philadelphia was doing a program like that.   Majora Carter: It is ... New York is definitely not; New York City, at least [cross talk]   Eve Picker: Yeah.   Majora Carter: -sad how little they think about it-   Eve Picker: I think there are ways to do a fund like that. Do you think there are people in the neighborhood that would contribute to a fund like that, themselves, in their own neighborhood?   Majora Carter: I'm not sure about that. I think it's something that, frankly, should be a part of city government. I really do, because I feel like they've just- they watch the tax rolls in communities like ours, and it does fall along racial lines, as well. Nobody pays attention in poorer communities of color to supporting the homeownership right here. It's not in our government. There are non-profits; there are a few nonprofits that work on- none in the area that I'm in, actually, which is why we've been posting those type of meetings and bringing those resources in. It's really challenging.   Majora Carter: Another thing that we're working on and is literally building our own projects to prove this talent-retention strategy that we have. It's like if you build the kind of community that makes people feel like they don't have to move out of it, in order to live in a better one ... But you've got to build it. One of the things that we saw in all of our research, in the market research that we did here, was that people were leaving the community across income levels; not because they thought the neighborhood was dangerous or anything like that.   Majora Carter: It was because it was- there was no real lifestyle infrastructure here. There was no place to get a drink, if you're an adult, that wasn't a topless bar; there wasn't a coffee shop, or a bookstore, anything like that. Even the kind of cute stores that people want to go to, or a place to get dinner. There's plenty of greasy spoon places, and, of course, fast-food chains, et cetera, but nothing that actually spelled quality in any real way, and no attractive third spaces that made people want to stick around, like a coffee shop with Wi-Fi.   Majora Carter: We actually were able to acquire the lease on two very inexpensive leases on the main street in our community. It was just a wonderful deal that we got, long term. So, we were just like, "This is great." We looked, actually, for a coffee-shop operator for years-   Eve Picker: For years?   Majora Carter: Oh, yeah, literally. We had that lease for a while [cross talk] and basically, it was clear, because it looked like the market here wouldn't appreciate anything like this, even though we knew that our data proved otherwise, because we knew people were leaving the community to experience things like that-   Eve Picker: I know what happened. You started it yourself, right?   Majora Carter: Exactly. I was never planning to be a barista [cross talk]   Eve Picker: Well, there's not many developers who've done that in areas where no one sees the market potential, because our financial institutions - I sound a little bit like a broken record, because there's lots of reasons to say this - financial institutions, really, they're crushing the innovation of the cities-   Majora Carter: Exactly.   Eve Picker: They're really just financing cookie-cutter projects, so the moment you do something different  ... I mean, I get it. They have regulators, but shouldn't someone step up?   Majora Carter: Yes! Yes! You know what? What was wonderful is that, in our example ... We decided to open- we first started- it was a joint venture with a really amazing coffee shop and roaster downtown. They'd never had a Bronx presence, and was kind of interested in the idea, called Birch Coffee. So, we partnered with them for almost a year. First, it took six months just to understand the business. Then, we actually opened in the latter half of the year. We learned everything from them about how to actually operate a coffee shop, and bringing people in, all that stuff. It was amazing. It really was their guidance [inaudible] I am so grateful.   Majora Carter: But it was sort of clear that the market up here was a little different than this very high-end big coffee shop downtown, where there'd be no flavors, or whipped cream, and syrups, and people ... That's what, frankly, people wanted up here. We also wanted to provide healthy options, as well, but we had- in order to stay in business, we actually had to respond to the market. So, we actually [cross talk]   Eve Picker: They wanted over-the-top luxury, right?   Majora Carter: Yes, and it's just like no. I know expertly steamed milk is beautiful, on its own, but, look, if somebody wants whipped cream on top of it, I'm going to give it to them.   Eve Picker: Yes!   Majora Carter: Oh, it was just [cross talk]   Eve Picker: That's a Viennese, right? [cross talk]   Majora Carter: -we should start calling it that now. You're totally right.   Eve Picker: Yeah, and they're all over the ... Call it a Viennese.   Majora Carter: What was so interesting is that it ... It also gave us an opportunity to stick our own swagger on it, quite frankly-   Eve Picker: Right.   Majora Carter: -because, after all, this is the South Bronx. It is the birthplace of hip hop. We are all about innovation. We were like, we need this cafe to pay homage to that. We literally ended up moving it to a larger space, and then we actually hired a two hip hop historians to actually help us curate the actual wallpaper, which is literally the early days of hip hop, mostly [broad] space. We just built this ... It's like an homage to graffiti, and it's just beautiful.   Majora Carter: We use it as this tremendous third space for open mikes, and art shows. It's just really this beautiful community gathering spot. It did take us a while to get to that point at a place where we won't be losing money soon, which is awesome. But what was fascinating about it was the fact that, early on, we literally ran out of money to do it, because we were not anticipating ... First-time coffee shop owners not knowing anything [cross talk] One of the members of the advisory board that we had that was literally giving us intel about how to do our projects better, actually, they volunteered to invest- her family volunteered to invest in our project-   Eve Picker: Isn't that great?   Majora Carter: It was just like ... What was amazing was that we didn't talk about it. We socialize a lot of things, and it's a small community, but what was interesting is that the way people found out that another family in the community had invested in this business was just like, "Wait, we can do that?" I'll never forget some of the conversations we've had about it. It was just so beautiful that it was ... Because people just did not realize that this was like within their grasp.   Eve Picker: Yeah.   Majora Carter: For our next project, we acquired [cross talk]   Eve Picker: I think you should- I think you should be the spokesperson for Small Change [cross talk] that's really what my hope is for it, that people can invest in the way big investors can invest and they can get the same return. Because, you know, hey, it's money, right? Why should they get less than someone else? Anyway, I'm sorry to interrupt you-   Majora Carter: -powerful place.   Eve Picker: Very powerful.   Majora Carter: -just to even know that you can add value. Literally, you are adding the value to make this project grow. It is really amazing. Our next project, we acquired a rail station, a former rail station, that was designed by the same architect that did the Woolworth Building, and the U.S. Supreme Court building - his name's Cass Gilbert. Of course, I'm sure you know who that is. I owned a little piece of Cass Gilbert, like Woo-Hoo!, Which just makes me very happy. It really does! It's only about 4,000 square feet. Our goal is to transform that into a restaurant incubator, or a food hub for local chefs, because we've ... Interestingly enough, the Bronx has some tremendous culinary talent that comes out [cross talk]   Eve Picker: I'm sure it does, yeah.   Majora Carter: There's this one group called Ghetto Gastros. It is four young men from the Bronx; [cross talk] one of them I mentored 20 years ago, which I'm so proud of. Now, they're like these ridiculous caterers that are flown all over the world to do their version ... Haute couture is- I think that's a fashion term. That's not a food term. It's like nouvelle cuisine, except they put their spin on it, because they're these wonderful boys from the hood, but they're all trained chefs. It's unbelievable what they do, and it's just extraordinary. Ghetto Gastro - you look it up [cross talk] There are folks like that literally come from our communities, but then kind of parachute out, because there aren't many opportunities for them to open up businesses here. I'm like, how cool would it be if we had this restaurant [cross talk]   Eve Picker: Yeah, that'd be awesome. You know, we have an incubator like that in Pittsburgh that's done very well. I think they've got three stations, and they have like rotating startups in there.   Majora Carter: Because the restaurant incubatees, all they do, they cook ... In our version, we would manage the bar and the dining area, and each one of the restaurateurs, either three or four, depending on what we can fit, is literally what ... They would, instead of rent, we would get a gross percentage of sales [cross talk]   Eve Picker: Right, right, right, right.   Majora Carter: -they get a chance to really hone their craft-   Eve Picker: Right.   Majora Carter: -and at least focus on building their market, but the-   Eve Picker: What's the holdup? Why can't you get that off the ground?   Majora Carter: We're in a neighborhood that's not ... You can read lots of real estate development articles about the South Bronx, and how it's like the next ... It's like the next extension of Manhattan, and it's booming, and there's a lot of market rate development going on, and a lot of commercial things happening in it. But that's the part of the South Bronx where that's happening. There are other parts of the South Bronx, which is where I'm in, and born, and raised, and still live, that's the part that's sort of being reserved for poverty level economic maintenance [cross talk] Yep.   Majora Carter: There is one big project that's coming up here that's about ... Basically, it's another low-income-housing project. It's so crystal clear that all that's happening is they're trying to concentrate more and more poverty here. I think that's one of the reasons why it's kind of like, "Well, that's what happens here, so we can't really think about investing in it." Also, it seems like it might be considered a smaller- like almost too small a project for some folks, as well, because-   Eve Picker: How many square feet is that?   Majora Carter: It's only 4,000 square feet.   Eve Picker: Oh, that's big enough.   Majora Carter: That's about- with all the added ... We actually, interestingly enough, discovered a basement [cross talk] found the other room up top. It was- we discovered another basement [cross talk]   Eve Picker: That could be the speakeasy [cross talk]   Majora Carter: You know that to redevelop a 5,000-square-foot space, it's almost as ... The brain damage is about the same as a 50,000-square-foot space, but the returns are much higher for the 50,000-square-foot space. So, I think that's also part of it, as well.   Eve Picker: Yes, but the return on this would be phenomenal for that neighborhood [cross talk]   Majora Carter: Oh, absolutely.   Eve Picker: -the triple-bottom-line return that really we're talking about here. I don't know. I think there would be people who would invest. I really do. It's really an amazing story. I want to come see the building, and I want to eat with Ghetto Gastro, and-   Majora Carter: I know! Oh, my gosh, who knows where they are right now? [cross talk]   Eve Picker: -because the neighborhood sounds amazing, and I want to cry when I hear about more and more affordable housing being built.   Majora Carter: I know, I know, and it's just like ... I know whenever I say that, I have to preface it with, "Please don't think that Majora Carter hates poor people," because I think that's the way that folks immediately go, like, "Oh, she doesn't want any more affordable housing." I want- Actually, I do want more affordable housing. I want affordable housing for a range of incomes, because we know that economic diversity needs economic stability and community stability. Whereas, the concentration of poverty is exactly opposite that.   Majora Carter: But again, if we've been led to believe that this is all that happens in low-status communities, we start to believe it, and then feel the only option is to leave, if we have an opportunity to do so. Who does that benefit? It benefits the predatory speculators and the government programs, who take advantage of the fact that there are really poor people in our communities that probably have lifestyle-related illnesses, low educational attainment, or who'll probably be within the justice system. They make money for somebody; not for the people that are here. It just seems like such a tragically obvious thing that we see happening over, and over, and over again, and since we're led to believe that there's no real value in our communities, we internalize it.   Eve Picker: Yes. A lot of this is about educating community, right?   Majora Carter: Yeah.   Eve Picker: What community-engagement tools do you think work best?   Majora Carter: Honestly, opening our coffee shop [cross talk] having a presence, and being there has been so transformative. My husband and I both work there [inaudible] and work out of it a lot. We've met ... I thought I knew a lot of people in my own neighborhood, but I have met so many more, as a result of having that space, opening it up in a way that is just- it's not a community center that people feel like they've got to tip-toe in, or have a problem to be in. No, this is a place of joy, and access.   Majora Carter: I'll give you an example of how I knew that we were really something that our community appreciated, because, again, the idea ... I mentioned before that some folks within the social justice industrial complex totally demonized me and think that I'm bringing in developers to kick out poor people. Some of the stuff is just insane, and they won't acknowledge that I'm actually a developer. It's like, no, no, no, I'm the developer. I want to be called a developer ... I have my own ideas. I don't want to talk to these guys.   Majora Carter: We were hosting a workshop for small business owners in the community, as well as homeowners to get access to capital for zero-percent-interest loans and low-interest loans and also figure out other ways ... There was going to be a presentation on how to make your building- add additional units on top of your building, to see if this is something even you could do. We were protested. We had 40 people inside the space waiting to hear more about these zero-percent-interest loans and how do you make your actual building work for you, and there were like 10-15 people outside yelling about how I was destroying the neighborhoods with bringing a coffee shop there.   Eve Picker: Really?   Majora Carter: Yeah, and I have to tell you, I was ... The signs were huge. They were saying, "Majora Carter destroys the South Bronx one coffee at a time." That I'm a community destroyer. It was just like, "Some of you people know me ... You could've just literally knocked on my door and said, 'Can we talk?'" But they wouldn't do that. But I have to say, after that, I'm like, "Oh, my God, my whole neighborhood is seeing people yelling, with my name on a sign, talking about how evil I am.   Eve Picker: Yeah.   Majora Carter: I was just like, "We might have to close this stupid coffee shop. I mean, who's going to want to come?" The next day, we had the best day ever-   Eve Picker: Oh, that's really great.   Majora Carter: The best day ever. We had people coming in, one after another. It was like, "You know what? I've actually never even been here before, but I saw that, and I thought that was stupid. I'm going to buy a cup of coffee just to support you." I was just like [cross talk]   Eve Picker: That's really lovely. That's really lovely. Yes, yes, it is. Many people just fear change, right?   Majora Carter: Yes, and I get it, and I understand ... That's like to your point, it is we fear what we don't know, but if we don't actually look at ... Because real estate developers ... You know that Bishop Desmond Tutu quote? A knife's a knife. You could either use it to cut a hole in somebody or to cut a slice of bread and feed it to your child ... It's a tool. We can use it for horrible things, or we could use it for great stuff, but it is what it is. But how we use it, and unless we are empowering ourselves and other folks who are actually looking at places that actually have that triple bottom line and going, "That's valuable. Maybe I won't make the kind of returns ..." because I'm sure ... My rail station, one of the reasons why it's also empty is because I've been very choosy. I am not going to open it up to another health clinic, or a tax-prep place that's [cross talk]   Eve Picker: Yeah, yeah, yeah ...   Majora Carter: We've said no to folks like that.   Eve Picker: Yeah.   Majora Carter: No. So, yeah-   Eve Picker: So have I, so you're making me feel stronger.   Majora Carter: Good, good. No, I don't mind at all; at all.   Eve Picker: I said no to a tax-prep space. I couldn't bring myself to sign the lease. I just couldn't do it.   Majora Carter: They have so much money, and they don't even have to be open. It's really crazy.   Eve Picker: No, they don't have to be open. That's the really bad thing. What a horrible thing to do in a neighborhood, just have a place that's open for three months and then a shuttered storefront [cross talk] Anyway, now we've said what we think ... Just like there's been a wave of green-washing in this country, but I feel like there's a wave of good-washing. People are talking about impact investing.   Majora Carter: I hope so.   Eve Picker: But when I hear you, I really wonder if they're really impact investing.   Majora Carter: Nope.   Eve Picker: What do you think the future holds for impact investing? What do we have to do to change that?   Majora Carter: I am actually hopeful about some of the smaller-scale investment platforms that are out there, and just crowdfunding, in general, for real estate. I'm still learning about it. I do feel like our communities and our country, as a whole, is really only going to be changed when we start seeing each other in ways that we want to support. Look, I'm a woman of faith, so I think I actually really do believe that we can create a kind of heaven on earth, if we were really good at it, but I also think that- I am hopeful that ... People are really tired of the expecting the status quo, because, by all accounts ... I've got great vision. I have no balance sheet, so I don't look good to anybody, and I get that, but I have a track record of getting things done, and-   Eve Picker: No, you don't look good to very traditional financial [cross talk]   Majora Carter: No, I look miserable.   Eve Picker: You look great to other people, so that's-   Majora Carter: Yes, and those are the people that I'm hoping will go, "Oh, wait ..." But in order to continue to do that great work, she needs something that's a little bit different than what she was getting before." That's what I'm hoping. Because I do- I also love the idea of people really taking ownership. I think that's been one of the reasons why our low-status communities in America feel so disjointed and so destabilized is because we don't have a way to really keep and retain roots in those areas where there's access to capital, or predatory speculation. It's all up in there, just [cross talk]   Eve Picker: But it's really hard to get a neighborhood to focus, when has more than its fair share of single parents and people with two or three jobs.   Majora Carter: Those are the people that want more, and you know what? Believe me, and not to pooh-pooh it at all, yes, there are those who are not going to get out of their heads at all, but then there's those are just like, "You know what? Why can't I have it?" There's always a critical mass of folks who are just literally waiting for something to do, like, frankly, the folks who saw me being bullied with this protest and who were just like, "No, wait ... I see that. I know what I can do." You may think that just buying a cup of coffee, a specialty cup of coffee, might not be an act of rebellion or resistance, but I absolutely looked at it like it was.   Eve Picker: Yeah, I think you're right.   Majora Carter: I think there's more of that that's just waiting for a reason to be there, to actually stand up and be counted, and maybe even count a little bit of their own dollars to say, "You know what? Yeah, I believe in it. I believe in it so much that I'm going to invest in it."   Eve Picker: So that's what we've got to make happen at the train station, right?   Majora Carter: Yes [cross talk]   Eve Picker: I'm going to ask three sign-off questions that I ask of everyone, because I think I've taken up enough of your time. I could keep talking to you all day long.   Majora Carter: I know. I love it [cross talk]   Eve Picker: I think I know the answer to this, but we may as well reiterate - what's the key factor that makes a real estate project impactful to you?   Majora Carter: Mixed-income housing, mixed-use ... Well, the actual specifics - mixed income housing and mixed-use economic developments. But I think the real vision is talent retention in low-status communities.   Eve Picker: Then, do you think that crowdfunding might ... I mean, you touched on crowdfunding. Do you think it might benefit impact real estate developers in more ways than just raising money?   Majora Carter: Would it impact real estate developers?   Eve Picker: Well, or neighborhoods or any [cross talk]   Majora Carter: -no, I think that you couple the idea of putting your cash into something that you believe in that is actually going to support your community creates a level of ownership that, you can't buy that; you just can't. It sets up a foundation and roots in ways that I think a lot of folks wouldn't know what else to deal with.   Eve Picker: I think that's right. Then, this is a really hard one - if you were going to change one thing to make real estate development better in the U.S., what would it be?   Majora Carter: Just one?   Eve Picker: Blow up all the Walmarts ... I'm just joking ...   Majora Carter: You know what? Honestly, I really would go back to  ... It's very practical. Creating a fund and education platform specifically for people in low-status communities to either retain their properties or purchase them.   Eve Picker: Like a land bank.   Majora Carter: Mm-hmm. It's not necessarily a community land trust, although that could certainly be a byproduct or a result of it, absolutely. But I think, ultimately, right now, we just have to stop the bleeding. I just think about my own neighborhood, whereas, I think within the past 10 years, our local homeownership rate has gone down from like 20 percent down to less than seven.   Eve Picker: Oh, why? Why did that happen?   Majora Carter: Because predatory speculators [cross talk]   Eve Picker: -foreclosures ...   Majora Carter: Yeah.   Eve Picker: That's really bad.   Majora Carter: Yep, exactly.   Eve Picker: Well, on that sad note, I'm going to say [cross talk] I'm going to say thank you very much for talking to me. I thoroughly enjoyed it-   Majora Carter: Thank you. Right back at you.   Eve Picker: -and I really hope we'll continue talking.   Majora Carter: Cool. I hope so. Yes.   Eve Picker: That was Majora Carter. I'm in awe. Majora is uncompromising about her mission. She lives and works in Hunts Point in the South Bronx, one of America's lowest-status communities, just two blocks from the house she grew up in. Majora is undaunted by taking new and necessary steps. When it became clear that no coffee shop operator wanted to operate out of her space in the neighborhood, she created a own business to achieve her goal. She's committed to further developing the neighborhood where she lives and has now set her sights on the conversion of a former railway station into a food hub. She lives in a brownstone, two blocks from the one she grew up in. Now that is putting your money where your mouth is.   Eve Picker: You can find out more about impact real estate investing and access the show notes for today's episode at my website, EvePicker.com. While you're there, sign up for my newsletter to find out more about how to make money in real estate while building better cities. Thank you so much for spending your time with me today, and thank you, Majora, for sharing your thoughts. We'll talk again soon, but for now, this is Eve Picker signing off to go make some change.

An intense psychological thriller for readers of I Am Watching You, The Luckiest Girl Alive, and All the Missing Girls. Two missing girls. Thirteen years apart. Olivia Shaw has been missing since last Tuesday. She was last seen outside the entrance of her elementary school in Hunts Point wearing a white spring jacket, blue jeans, and pink boots. I force myself to look at the face in the photo, into her slightly smudged features, and I can't bring myself to move. Olivia Shaw could be my mirror image, rewound to thirteen years ago. I've spent a long time peering into the faces of girls on missing posters, wondering which one replaced me in that basement. But they were never quite the right age, the right look, the right circumstances. Until Olivia Shaw, missing for one week tomorrow. Whoever stole me was never found. But since I was taken, there hasn't been another girl. And now there is.

SN earlier this month spoke with Steve Silver, president and chief operating officer of Krasdale Foods. Based in White Plains, N.Y., the grocery wholesaler operates a 325,000-square-foot distribution center in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, overlooking Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. That location gives Krasdale an excellent position in one of the nation’s most intensely competitive markets: metropolitan New York. Most recently, Krasdale announced a refresh of its private-label product lineup, including an updated logo and packaging. But Silver, who added the president’s title in January, noted that the company’s ongoing challenge is to serve a diverse array of retailers in a fast-changing marketplace.

In session three of our 2019 retreat, Ray Carter considers the trait of “empathy.” Ray invites us to journey outside our circles to places like Hunts Point and Montgomery. Jim Hallene joins Ray to share lessons learned through trials in his own life.

After combining businesses just a few months ago, Shea and Lindsay have been quickly learning how to renegotiate their roles, both personally and professionally. And since they’re both ambitious, they have to set clear boundaries around when and where work ends. That way, they and their beautiful blended family can enjoy the fruits of their labor.   Today’s funny and honest conversation includes: The unique aspects of parenting kids who have a big age gap between them How raising a business together is like raising a child together What Lindsay has had to learn as Shea’s new boss, and Shea as her new team member Each couple has a mixed combo of one morning person and one night owl — so, how do they manage their combined energy levels?   Lindsay’s Optimizer Tip: Your business is always growing, or dying; the key to growing it is keeping a student-like growth mindset.   Connect with Shea and Lindsay on LinkedIn, and through their website, N2pub.com Check out their publications, especially if you’re in any of the Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, Clyde Hill, or Mukilteo neighborhoods surrounding Seattle!    The Points Living | Instagram @pointsliving Mukilteo Monthly | Instagram @mukilteomonthly Seattle Real Producers | Facebook @realproducersmag | Instagram @seattlerealproducers | Website   You can find the video version of every episode here on YouTube!   Connect with the Mont-Roses online on Facebook @moncord, Twitter @moncordRE, Instagram @moncordRE, or on their website.   And remember! You can help others find the show: Subscribe and Review on iTunes Listen and Review on Stitcher Subscribe and Comment on Castbox Subscribe on Google Play Leave a comment and subscribe on YouTube Or, wherever you listen!   Alex & Lisa’s business: Moncord Real Estate Professional Services   Production Credits

For the fifth installment of our Strong Towns Podcast Greatest Hits series, we revisit a 2017 conversation between Strong Towns podcast host Chuck Marohn and acclaimed writer and photographer Chris Arnade. Arnade has a history that makes him unusually well-positioned to see things from multiple angles. His life has taken him from a small town in Florida, to a PhD in particle physics, to 20 years as a Wall Street bond trader, to producing a powerful series of photographic essays for The Guardian on the toll of addiction and social disintegration in America’s small towns and big cities alike. In 2011, disenchanted with the Wall Street life and looking for a change, Arnade began taking a lot of long walks around his adopted city of New York. But with a catch: he made a point of walking around all the neighborhoods they tell you not to go to—“because they’re too dangerous, or because I’m too white.” Arnade talked with whoever would talk with him, and listened to their life stories. He found something the media, even the liberal media, rarely discuss: “There was a lot of dignity, a lot of community. These neighborhoods weren’t wastelands, and they were filled with people doing their best to struggle against a system that was stacked against them.” As a non-journalist, Arnade was able to break a cardinal rule of journalism: don’t get involved. He made friends with addicts and homeless people, helped them out with cash when needed, went to court hearings with them, gave them rides, and learned a lot about an America that is invisible to many of us. Strong Towns’s Chuck Marohn was prompted to interview Arnade after reading a Medium piece on Cairo, Illinois. (Arnade’s original piece appears to have been deleted.) Cairo, located on a narrow peninsula of solid ground where the Mississippi and Ohio rivers converge, has endured decades of steep decline. Home to about 2,000 people, mostly African-American and mostly poor, very little industry remains in the city, and the historic downtown is so empty that, Arnade says, on his visit there he couldn’t find a place to use the restroom. As a planner and engineer, Marohn, upon viewing photos of Cairo’s desolation, was taken by the town’s legacy of failed experiments to bring back the prosperity it had lost—such as the striking visual of an ornate “Historic Downtown Cairo” arch framing a street of boarded up shops. Arnade, on the other hand, helps us understand the sociology of a place like Cairo, Illinois, or Portsmouth, Ohio, or Hunts Point in the Bronx. In this conversation, Marohn and Arnade discuss how the longer-term consequences of the loss of a locally self-sustaining economy are often more severe than the easily quantified short-term ones. They’re the human toll of overdoses and suicides. To an economist, economic consolidation can look like a thousand jobs lost here, a thousand jobs gained there, and a percentage point of GDP on a spreadsheet. But to a town that has lost its major employer, Arnade says, “They hadn’t just lost the factory. Once the factory was gone, they lost all forms of community and all forms of meaning. Then the churches started falling apart. Then the families started falling apart.” Marohn and Arnade discuss the alienation that results from economic dislocation, and how conventional prescriptions fall short as an answer: How anomie—the feeling of not being a meaningful part of anything bigger than yourself fuels America’s epidemic of addiction and suicide Why “education is the solution” doesn’t always work Why people don’t leave struggling towns for opportunity elsewhere, and sometimes shouldn’t How society’s “front-row kids” and “back-row kids” fail to understand each other How small-town, provincial society can be exclusionary and judgmental—but so can elite, educated society

Fotograaf Richard Koek woont en werkt al achttien jaar in een van de meest gefotografeerde steden ter wereld: New York City. Het liefst zet hij de Amerikaanse helden van deze tijd – the working class heroes – op een voetstuk, terwijl hij beroemde Amerikanen die hij voor zijn lens krijgt juist ‘ontglamouriseert’. Lopend door de Bronx spreken we over scènes die hem visueel aanspreken, over de theorie van ‘het beslissende moment’ van Henri Cartier Bresson en over zelfcensuur.

S5E10: Tortured by Police, Failed by the Justice System, & Locked up in Hell on a Putrid Prison Ship: Angel Cordero’s Fight for Freedom Angel Cordero was convicted in 1999 of attempted murder and robbery of then-Boston University freshman Jason Mercado, who was attacked and stabbed by strangers while walking in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. Four plainclothes Bronx Gang Unit cops driving by the scene observed the tail end of the assault and quickly arrested five men out of the crowd, including Angel Cordero, who at age 26 had no prior criminal record, and his brother, Ramon Rivas. Three of the five young men pleaded guilty in exchange for lesser sentences, but Angel Cordero and Ramon Rivas refused to plead guilty and went to trial. At trial, multiple people testified that a man named Dario Rodriguez had committed the stabbing. In addition, the three confessed assailants also told police that Angel and his brother were not involved. Both brothers were found guilty of second-degree attempted murder, robbery in the first degree, and assault in the first degree, and they were both sentenced to 15 years in prison. Ramon Rivas won his appeal due to judicially inappropriate actions made by the court and was released 6 years into his sentence. Angel Cordero served 13 years in prison despite numerous statements from witnesses that he was not involved, as well as the 2007 confession of longtime drug dealer Dario Rodriguez, who admitted he actually committed the crime. Angel Cordero was released on parole in 2012, and he is still fighting for exoneration with his attorneys at the Innocence Project. In this episode, he is joined by his biggest supporter, his wife Michelle Cordero, who married him while he was still in prison. wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com Wrongful Conviction with Jason Flom is a production of Lava For Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1 and PRX.

BLAQ-ED OUT: 102 "The Weed Episode" Cynthia Nixon runs for governor, Deblasio wants to open up a jail in Mott Haven and a dispensary thrives in Hunts Point. Special Guests Raph Schweizer and Win join.

Rebel Diaz is about the work. The brother-brother duo came up in Chicago as self-described "movement kids," and has since traveled the world bringing their music and radical framework to resistance moments and movements around the world. They've been organizers and community members in the Hunts Point neighborhood of The Bronx for the last 15 years. Recorded 4/5/17 in Chicago Music from this week's show: I Feel Alive - Rebel Diaz Radical Dilemma - Rebel Diaz

For this year's 10th annual Bowery Boys Halloween special, we're highlighting haunted tales from the period just after the Civil War when New York City became one of the richest cities in the world -- rich in wealth and in ghosts! We go to four boroughs in this one (sorry Brooklyn!): -- In the Bronx we highlight a bizarre house that once stood in the area of Hunts Point, a mansion of malevolent and disturbing mysteries -- Then we turn to Manhattan to a rambunctious poltergeist on fashionable East 27th Street -- Over in Queens, a lonely farmhouse in the area of today's Calvary Cemetery is witness to not one, but two unsettling and confounding deaths -- Finally, in Staten Island, we take a visit to the glorious Vanderbilt Mausoleum, a historic landmark and a location with a few strange secrets of its own PLUS: Stay tuned until the end to hear the trailer for the new Bowery Boys podcast series -- The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences   www.boweryboyshistory.com Support the show.

Majora Carter embraces the idea of “self-gentrification” in her native South Bronx. She founded a park in a spot slated to become a waste-transfer facility. She hires local gamers to test software and provide customer service for major tech outfits. And now she’s opened the first boutique coffee shop in Hunts Point, a marginalized neighborhood that, once upon a time, she swore she would leave forever.

Majora Carter embraces the idea of “self-gentrification” in her native South Bronx. She founded a park in a spot slated to become a waste-transfer facility. She hires local gamers to test software and provide customer service for major tech outfits. And now she’s opened the first boutique coffee shop in Hunts Point, a marginalized neighborhood that, once upon a time, she swore she would leave forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first episode back I decided on a project called Faces of Addiction by Chris Arnade which focuses on the stories of people living with addiction in the New York neighbourhood of Hunts Point.

Learn how GrowNYC’s Greenmarkets are distributing regional produce on this week’s episode of The Farm Report! Erin Fairbanks chats with Olivia Blanchflower of Greenmarket Co. about their mission to get products from small to mid-sized farms into local corner stores and bodegas. Find out why Greenmarket Co. is joining other produce wholesalers in Hunts Point in the south Bronx. Learn about the organization’s dedication to transparency and food access. What surprising institutions have recently supported Greenmarket Co.? Later, find out how the organization works financially, and how national harvests affect local prices. This program has been brought to you by The International Culinary Center. Music has been provided by SNOWMINE. “Only about 2% of the food that Americans eat is through farmers’ markets.” [2:10] “We saw a lot of business in areas that we didn’t expect. One of these areas was in the form of institutions in the city, such as senior centers.” [13:30] — Olivia Blanchflower on The Farm Report

Making horseradish runs in Carolyn Sherman’s family. Her father, Lawrence, started tinkering with the recipe more than three decades ago. “My dad couldn't find a horseradish that he was satisfied with,” she said. “He thought [store-bought prepared horseradish] was bitter. The texture was like sawdust; it was pulpy.” The goal was to make a prepared horseradish that would do justice to his mother-in-law’s gefilte fish. And for a man devoted to the family vegetable garden, farm stands, and Chicago’s Randolph Street Market (the equivalent to New York City’s Hunts Point market), there was only one solution: Go straight to the source. “He knew that when you start with a fresh fruit or vegetable, it tastes so much better,” Sherman said. He eventually built up such a following that he was delivering 200 jars of horseradish to friends and family. When daughter couldn’t convince dad to start a business selling the stuff, she took it upon herself to do so. Part of that process was getting to the root of the horseradish, so to speak.  Sherman says her dad tried to grow his own horseradish root in said garden. “It’s very pervasive, though, so after a year or two of that, he realized this is not good, I don’t need to grow my own,” Sherman explained. Fortunately, for the Chicago-based Shermans, Collinsville, Illinois, also known as the horseradish capital of the world, was close by.   Now, she sources fresh horseradish root for her product, ISH Premium Horseradish, from Collinsville, as well as from Tulelake, California. Both locations have soil that is naturally high in potassium, the best growing environment for horseradish. (Photo: Larry and Carolyn Sherman/Courtesy of Carolyn Sherman) ISH comes in four flavors — beet, citrus, ginger, and garlic — that are derived from the original recipe Sherman’s father created for beet horseradish. Sherman knew that working with fresh horseradish root wouldn’t be an easy task, though. “The minute you break the skin on horseradish, it emits just crazy heat, much worse to me than jalapenos or onions,” she said. “It just goes straight to your eyes. And it’s also... somewhat toxic. When I’m working with it for a while, my hands are red, my skin turns red for a day or two. I have to cover my eyes, and I wear ski goggles. My dad used to wear a gas mask. I kid you not.” That bite from fresh horseradish mellows when it’s used in cooking, though, says Sherman. She created the different flavors to encourage people to use it as an ingredient, instead of only as a topping. The added bonus is that horseradish contains more Vitamin C than oranges. “I always tell people... if you’re afraid of the heat, then mix it into different things and cook with it because when you cook with it, the heat goes away but the flavor is infused,” explained Sherman. “So for instance, when I make my ISH mashed potatoes, it’s wonderful with the citrus. The citrus flavor is infused in there, and it’s so nice and kind of delicate, but you don’t get that heat.” She also advocates trying it with cheese and crackers, mixing it into tuna salad, or even using it as a topping for vanilla ice cream. “It’s so easy,” Sherman said. “I want people to understand that when you’re working with something that’s good and fresh and healthy, that you can add it just about anything.” Below, try her recipe for Sauteed Whitefish With Citrus or Ginger ISH. Sauteed Whitefish With Citrus or Ginger ISH  Another delicious way to prepare fish.This will have you wISHing for more… Sautee 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and 1 scallion (diced) in a pan until scallion is soft. Dust pan with kosher salt and place 2 fish filets (basa/swai) in pan; sautee on medium heat, sprinkle with kosher salt and black pepper; cook for 7 minutes and then add 1-2 teaspoons of Citrus or Ginger ISH on the top of each filet; spread evenly. Cook 5 minutes longer and then gently flip; spoon the butter/scallion mixture (and any extra ISH) over the fish. Cook for another 5-7 minutes and remove from pan. Spoon the remaining butter-scallion-ISH mixture onto the filet and serve.    

How far would you go to put food on the table? Or, a roof over your children's head at night? It's not often that you hear the details of a career lived on the streets, let alone by someone who raised a family from the money she earned working them. But Barbara Terry supplied them for an article in The New York Times. Trained to be a medical lab technician, by age 21 Terry's husband had left, leaving her with children to support. So, she says, she turned to prostitution, working the streets of Hunts Point, a Bronx neighborhood of warehouses and repair shops that straddles a busy expressway. It's where, Terry says, she has worked most of her adult life. Mike, Jeff and Karan weigh in. A New Kind of Talk Radio! 9pm ET, 8 CT and 6 PT. Join hosts Mike Jay, Jeff, Karan Ashley and Katrina Johnson for a full hour of all the day's hot topics, celebrity gossip, and news headlines! Join the conversation on air by calling 323-417-6705 or join the chat room open every night during the show. Log on to www.UnscriptedRadio.com/shows for upcoming show topics and interviews and be sure to "like" our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, too!

Speakers at Bioneers By The Bay Connecting For Change (2011) When Barretto Point Park opened in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx in 2006, it marked a major accomplishment —becoming the only riverside park in the neighborhood and one of the few greens space in the heavily industrialized area. But Misra noted that […] The post Youth Taking Action appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

Ronnie is joined by Seth W. Pinsky, President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. The two discuss the Atlantic Yards project, Hunts Point and New York’s two new baseball stadiums.