Podcast appearances and mentions of urban regional planning

"It's really important for arts advocates and tradition bearers, artists, and cultural organizations to participate in the visioning and guiding principle process in your community plan, to get named in the vision statement of the community" - Tracy HudakJoin Tracy Hudak, Director of Field Engagement for California for the Arts, and Jackie Melendez, Assistant City Manager of the City of Chino, for an insightful discussion in "Casemaking for Collaboration." This episode explores the intersection of arts advocacy, economic development, and urban planning. Discover how artists, cultural organizations, and advocates can effectively engage with local governments to ensure that arts are recognized as a vital part of inclusive economic development and community growth. You'll learn practical tools and strategies for making a compelling case for arts and culture as essential contributors to a region's economic vitality and quality of life.Watch, Listen and Discover how you can support and shape the future of the creative economy!- Make a Donation: Support Voices of the Community, fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and enjoy tax deductions for your contributions. Stay Connected:- Participate: Join our next virtual and live in-person community dialogue event.- YouTube: Watch this episode on our YouTube channel- Newsletter: Sign up to stay updated on future episodes and events - Feedback: Share your thoughts and show ideas at george@georgekoster.com. Delve deeper into our Voices of the Community Series: explore episodes, speakers, organizations, and resources on our dedicated page. Watch and learn from all five series now!

Part 2 - Janet and George return for Part 2 of their episode and discuss George's Rare Earths Project and working in the community with the Lakota Sioux Nation George Byers is a 35-year mining and energy industry veteran with extensive executive experience in federal, state and local government relations. He has worked in a variety of settings, including public policy issues involved with mineral exploration, project siting and development, land use and public affairs issues in the Western United States. He has been a consultant to the precious metals, rare earths, copper, and uranium industries on a variety of public and government issues. Mr. Byers has held senior level positions with Cameco, Rio Algom, Newmont and Santa Fe Pacific. While with Cameco, he was detailed as vice president of New Mexico site development and government relations to Louisiana Energy Services. He successfully built the case for a European/U.S. consortium to site the first commercial gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility in the western hemisphere. This critical facility is now in commercial operation and is the first major US nuclear fuel cycle facility to be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in over 30 years. Mr. Byers holds a BA in Geology and a Masters of Urban & Regional Planning, both from the University of Mississippi.

Formerly known as The Property Planner, Buyer and Professor, we've rebranded to The Property Trio. Our listeners who have subscribed to our show don't need to do a thing. Each week's episode will keep landing in your feed.Got a question for the trio? https://zfrmz.com/0S6ddQ7y4WzaE3qX3xZtShow notes: https://propertyplanning.com.au/the-property-professors-memoirs-part-3-ep-199/This is arguably one of the trio's favourite set of episodes. Taking a trip down memory lane was not only a thrilling chat for Pete, but a wonderful way to share some very important learnings with our listeners.Following on from last week's episode 1 where Pete got started on his property journey in 1984, this week's episode introduces listeners to Pete's learnings as he embarked on value-adding to his investments.Episode 1 - Getting Started. It starts back in 1984 when Pete and his wife purchased their first home in High Street, Ardrossan (SA) and spans the the purchase of their first upgrader home, as well as some early value adds and long-term investments that Pete embarked on.Episode 2 - Property Speculation. Pete branched into purchasing value add properties and wised up to other ways that investors can value add, other than gaining a DA.Episode 3 - Property Development and Construction. Pete started building and retaining properties in this particular investment phase. In Episode Two, Dave delves into Pete's 'mid-journey' property acquisitions and upgrades.In the last of these three special episodes, Cate hosts this episode and looks into the various ways that Pete's skillset and experience have enabled him to achieve success and to have choice as he approaches semi-retirement. Episode Three hinges on Pete's growing expertise in relation to subdivision and building."Two equilateral triangles make a square"... Listen in to find out how Pete optimised two sites for development.Pete also touches on his experience post-GFC with his NRAS scheme properties, and the implication of the benefits that have spanned ten years of his investing journey.Cate reflected with Pete about his growing national brand and his achievements over the years. Pete appeared in almost every API magazine, contributed to journalist articles, authored two books; firstly in 2008 and then in 2013, he's continued his studies, maintained his passion in property as an active investor, and in 2013 Pete had what he describes as a 'landmark year'. His Masters of Urban Regional Planning study commenced, he was teaching full time, he managed authoring his book and he was training for a marathon. No small feat indeed."Knowledge is power in many different fields, and it's no different when it's in property."Pete emphasises the need for investors to take action, because time is only a wonderful thing once you're investing. He considers some of the students he's taught and the people who have asked him for help over the years, and he touches on the sad reality that many didn't take action to actualise their goals. Pete's saga about his daughter bidding for him while he was holidaying in Melbourne. While sitting outside a fashion shop waiting for his wife, he trawled the internet on his phone. Recognising a poor listing on the internet that had previously been incorrectly uploaded, Pete set himself the challenge and geared up for an auction (with his daughter's help) in a tiny space of time. It's a wonderful story! Tune in to hear why this particular property caught Pete's eye.Another great project that Pete shares with our listeners relates to a quadrilateral shaped block that one of his students identified, and in fact it's one of his favourite developments. Pete built the townhouses and holds them to this day, retaining them as a key piece of his retirement plan."You don't need to be a genius to do well in property. You just need to know a bit more than the last person".The trio ponder the properties they've sold, the losses they've averted and the reasons why they sold at the time. Pete's sensible words of wisdom shine through as he reminds listeners that sometimes we make decisions that were the right decisions to make *at the time*.To sign off the episode, Pete happily sits in the hot seat and answers Cate and Dave's questions. From his best performer, to his tips for success, this episode can't be missed.And... our gold nuggets!Pete Koulizos, the Property Professor's Gold Nugget: "Surround yourself with like-minded people to help you on your property journey."David Johnston, the Property Planner's Gold Nugget: Dave asked Pete a fantastic, burning question that he wanted to bring to light for the listeners; was Pete's property journey the right journey for *him*?Cate Bakos, the Property Buyer's Gold Nugget: Pete's success can be attributed to his passion, continuous learning and his willingness to take action, but a significant ingredient that Pete had on his side was all about time. He got started early.

Part 1 - Janet Talks to George about mining in Wyoming and his experiences on September 11th George Byers is a 35-year mining and energy industry veteran with extensive executive experience in federal, state and local government relations. He has worked in a variety of settings, including public policy issues involved with mineral exploration, project siting and development, land use and public affairs issues in the Western United States. He has been a consultant to the precious metals, rare earths, copper, and uranium industries on a variety of public and government issues. Mr. Byers has held senior level positions with Cameco, Rio Algom, Newmont and Santa Fe Pacific. While with Cameco, he was detailed as vice president of New Mexico site development and government relations to Louisiana Energy Services. He successfully built the case for a European/U.S. consortium to site the first commercial gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility in the western hemisphere. This critical facility is now in commercial operation and is the first major US nuclear fuel cycle facility to be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in over 30 years. Mr. Byers holds a BA in Geology and a Masters of Urban & Regional Planning, both from the University of Mississippi.

Ross Kilgour and George Kuhl will provide an overview of the City of Lethbridge's heritage program. Why should we protect Lethbridge's heritage? How does the City's heritage program work today? And how will the upcoming new Heritage Management Plan change things? Speaker: Ross Kilgour and George Kuhl George Kuhl is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge with professional roots in urban and regional planning. As a planner with the Oldman River Regional Planning Commission, George worked on City of Lethbridge projects and an array of rural and small-town projects for over 21 years providing him with invaluable community development experience. He became Senior Development Officer for the City of Lethbridge in 1997 and led the Planning Department for nearly 7 years before becoming the Downtown Revitalization Manager. In 2004, George was advisor to City Council's Downtown Revitalization Steering Committee (DRSC); his role evolved to becoming the Heart of Our City Master Plan Project Manager. George continues to be an advisor to the Heart of Our City Committee as well as several City project steering committees. He brings his passion for those he has visited in Europe and North America to this presentation. Ross Kilgour earned his first-class honours degree in Urban & Regional Planning from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was awarded the Royal Town Planning Institute Award for the Top Final Year Graduate. He then worked in London, England, first as a planner for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea before moving to the private sector as a planning consultant with Firstplan Ltd. After immigrating to Canada in 2013, Ross joined the City of Lethbridge where he is now a Senior Community Planner, focusing primarily on the redevelopment of Lethbridge's older neighbourhoods and the City's heritage program. Ross' specific passions in urbanism include sustainability, equity, planning/zoning reform, and enabling active transportation and walkable neighbourhoods. His research has been published in Planning Practice and Research journal.

Episode Summary:  Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, and guest Jennifer Zhan, all with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to develop a proactive grant strategy.  Listeners will learn the following in Episode 7: Background on Federal discretionary transportation grants – what they are, how they are advertised, and their recent history How grants play an important role for everyone and how they can benefit the public How grants are focusing on equity, sustainability, resilience, and climate change and what that means for the types of projects that are being selected for funding How innovation and technology is playing a role in discretionary grants 7 steps to planning a proactive grant strategy Links: R.3684 – Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act legislation text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684 Federal Highway Administration “one-stop shop” for FHWA's IIJA implementation https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/ Justice40 Initiative https://www.transportation.gov/equity-Justice40 RAISE Grants https://www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants   Co-Hosts: Keli Kemp, AICP, PTP has almost 25 years of experience in transportation planning and consulting and co-founded Modern Mobility Partners in in early 2018 with Jennifer Zhan. Keli holds a M.S. degree in Urban Planning from Texas A&M University. Kirsten Mote, AICP has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning and most recently got certified by MIT's Media Lab in their Beyond Smart Cities program. Kirsten holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from Georgia Tech. Guest Speaker: Jennifer Zhan, AICP, PTP has over 20 years of experience in planning and engineering and is co-founder of Modern Mobility Partners. Jen holds a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University, as well as an M.S. in Human Geography/GIS and a B.S. in Urban / Regional Planning from Nanjing University in China. Modern Mobility Partners is an Atlanta-based women and minority-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm.  Service areas include transportation planning, travel demand modeling, traffic and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, project prioritization and performance measures, funding strategies and grant applications, all looking through a lens of new and emerging technologies. If you are interested in learning more about Modern Mobility Partners, please visit www.modernmobilitypartners.com.  If you are interested in becoming a guest on our podcast, please email podcast@modernmobilitypartners.com.

Garrett and Gary are joined by their first guest speaker Nicolas Fawcett. Nick's background is in Philosophy and Urban Regional Planning. Nick is also an Ambassador for The Seasteading Institute. We get into a variety of topics, new forms of governmental systems, how to build smart cities, transportation systems, clean energy and water scarcity. Naturally, we get into a bit of philosophy. The nature of reality, quantum physics, solipsism, religion, life and meaning. Free Private Cities by Titus Gebel https://www.freeprivatecities.com/en/  The Seasteading Institute www.seasteading.org Floating Houses “Seasteads” www.oceanbuilders.com

Michael R. Boswell is Department Head and Professor of City & Regional Planning at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo. He has a Master of Science (M.S.P.) and Ph.D. in Urban & Regional Planning from The Florida State University. He has published on topics such as climate action planning, hazard mitigation, adaptive management and governance, local government planning, autonomous vehicles, and sustainable development. He is lead author of the book Climate Action Planning published by Island Press. Dr. Boswell served as an expert advisor on ‘Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning’ for the UN-Habitat Cities and Climate Change Initiative and attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP-21) to launch the report. In 2017, he represented the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning in the Planners for Climate Action initiative launched at COP-23 in Bonn. Since 2006 he has served as a senior advisor and Project Director, for the California Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan update. He is a founding member and served on the Organizing Committee of the Central Coast Climate Collaborative and he is the Director of the California Climate Action Planning Conference. Dr. Boswell worked as a professional planner for Brevard County, Florida, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. His public service leadership includes having served on the board of the non-profit Bike SLO County and as a member and Chair of the City of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission. Michael Joins Sustainable Nation to Discuss: The basics to climate action planning for communities. The roles of engagement and collaboration in climate action planning Including both mitigation and adaptation in climate action planning Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments Advice and recommendations for sustainability leaders Michael's Final Five Question Responses: What is one piece of advice you would give other sustainability professionals that might help them in their careers? One piece of advice I have is that you have to find some way to deal with the overwhelming challenge that we face and how it can affect you mentally. I talked to so many fellow professionals in this field who seem to kind of go through these peaks and troughs in terms of their sense of the problem and their ability to make a difference with the problem. Part of this is about taking care of yourself and your own physical and mental health and part of this is about developing good professional networks that provide some support. But, it can be difficult. There are certainly days where you can wake up and feel this problem is overwhelming and it's unsolvable. I remember after I read, David Wallace Wells, Uninhabitable Planet, I just sort of wanted to stay in bed for the day. A great book, but not a feel good book by any means. So, I think that's a real struggle for sustainability professionals and I think we have to help each other with that. We can do that through good networking and communicating with each other, and then taking care of ourselves. What are you most excited about right now in the world of sustainability? There's a lot to be excited about. You have to find the exciting things because that's what really gives you hope. I think there are a couple of important ones for me right now. I've come a lot more focused on getting better up to speed on energy and our energy situation. It just really seems like we are finally at that moment where we are really about to make rapid progress on renewable energy, both due to the cost of renewable energy, continuing to come down but also some of the other real benefits to things like electrification, electric vehicles, that sort of thing. I really feel like we're really finally at that moment we all hoped we would get to on energy. Also, there seems to be a resurgence in the global movement on climate change. We seem to be again in a moment of real activism around climate change, particularly with young people. I think that's always really exciting, although we need to get things done now today on this issue. It feels good that there seems to be this next generation coming up that's highly motivated to push really aggressive action on climate change. What is one book you would recommend sustainability leaders read? Now, the worst thing you can ever ask a professor is to recommend one book. We want to recommend 20. For me, the classic book on this was Earth in the Balance by Al Gore. I have to admit, I haven't gone back and read it recently, but I remember when I first read it, it really was the kind of book that inspired me and got me on the path to sustainability and climate change. I do want to give a recommendation for one of my fellow Island press authors, and that's Designing Climate Solutions by Hal Harvey. Island presses who publishes our book. They're a nonprofit publisher and they do a lot of great books on the environment, sustainability and climate change. Hal just spoke locally recently and I thought he gave a great talk and the book's full of interesting ideas on how we develop solutions for climate change. What are some of your favorite resources or tools that really help you in your work? Yeah, I was trying to figure out a way to answer this where I wouldn't just going to detail a bunch of boring government reports and things of that nature, which tends to be at least for me, a lot of the tools I use things like the Global Protocol for doing greenhouse gas emissions inventories. It's interesting, but it's not a page turner. I thought one set of things I could potentially mention were some of the newsletters that I read. Like I said, there's so much going on in the field of climate change, it's very difficult to keep track of the field. There's a couple of newsletters I'm really dependent on. There's Climate Nexus, which is a daily news digest. That's really great. There's something called EcoAdapt CAKE (Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange). They have a periodic newsletter that's excellent in terms of going over like case studies and new tools and things like that. One greeat energy related resource is called Utility Dive. There's a number of podcasts like this podcast I think are great. I also always try to listen to the Cimate One podcast and the Interchange from Greentech Media. Where can our listeners go to learn more about you and your work? Yeah, you can find me on LinkedIn of course and then my email mboswell@calpoly.edu. I'm periodically on Twitter, and that is at @mboswell  

Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D. on Amazon and future job and economic growth in Our Town~ They worked together to make this happen, and it will benefit the region broadly, but it isn't the final, it isn't all that is coming. This is just the beginning. We expect there to be almost 400,000 new jobs in the next 15 years and this is just 25,000 of them. Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D. and Our Town host Andy Ockershausen in-studio interview Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen and this is Our Town. I have been so excited to know that we could talk to this man and we could talk to him away from his usual role as the head of some meeting or group because I have been following him through the Washington Board of Trade since he first worked for GW. It was way back in the '60s I guess. Steve Fuller, welcome to Our Town. Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: Pleasure to be with you. Andy Ockershausen: You know, we think Our Town and we created the show - my Janice recreated it. We had a television program on channel 50 called Our Town. So Janice dug it up three years ago and said, "Why don't we do it again?" about the people that have impact in Our Town and we think Our Town is Upper Marlboro, it's Vienna, Virginia, it's as far north as Baltimore, it's as far south as Richmond. That's Our Town. We go all over and Steve Fuller, you've had such an enormous impact on that geographical selection, Our Town. Rutgers and Cornell Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: Well, I've been studying it for 50 years and I try to share some of my knowledge. So this is a great opportunity. Andy Ockershausen: I love your resume. I love your background. You grew up in New Jersey, I would take it. You went to Rutgers. Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: I did go to Rutgers. Andy Ockershausen: That's a state school, isn't it? Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: A state school. It's the sixth oldest university in the country. Andy Ockershausen: It's older than Princeton. Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: 1766, Queens College, it was then. Andy Ockershausen: Queens College. Well, wasn't William and Mary King's College at one time in Southern Virginia? I think it's something like that. There were only one of each, I know that. And you graduated from Rutgers in '62, but then it took you seven years to graduate from Cornell. Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: Well, I worked, I went out and worked. Andy Ockershausen: Oh, it didn't say that. Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: I took a few jobs. Andy Ockershausen: The way I read your resume, you graduated in '62 and then went to Cornell, high above Cayuga's waters, right? Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: That's right. Andy Ockershausen: And that launched you into a career by going to Cornell. Was that a special school for you? Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: I went there to get a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and Economic Development, and I was there just for two years. Then I came to Washington in 1967, because I lucked out to get some financing from a small agency to fund my dissertation research on rural redevelopment. Andy Ockershausen: Wow! On Coming to Our Town Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: So I came down here with the promise of one year paycheck to do my research and write my dissertation, and then they hired me to stay on for a year and after that I went to GW in '69. Andy Ockershausen: And you became whether you planned or not, you became part of Our Town, a big part of Our Town. Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: I did. Andy Ockershausen: And you had had all the training to better urban development and training about how to judge markets and growth and so forth. So you were prepared to help at GW. Were you're the first one in that category at George Washington? George Washington University Opportunity - New Urban Regional Planning Department Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D.: There was a new department at George Washington that offered a master's degree in Urban Regional Planning, and it just started up in 1968 and they needed a third faculty member,

Organically recycling through vermicomposting. In This Podcast: Rhonda Sherman, an extension specialist in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University, shares how throwing away our food waste is a major problem in landfills, releasing methane gas which is a contributor to climate change and causing heavy metals to be released into water sources. She spends 90 percent of her work time educating people in what to do with their food waste instead, namely by composting or vermicomposting. Rhonda shares access to many of the publications she's written which can be found on her website. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for podcast updatesor visit www.urbanfarm.org/podcast Rhonda is an extension specialist in the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University, providing leadership for university outreach programs on solid waste management issues through the Cooperative Extension Service. She holds degrees in Environmental Studies and Urban/Regional Planning, and Environmental Resources Analysis with an emphasis in solid waste management. Rhonda's areas of expertise are vermicomposting, composting, recycling, and waste reduction. She gives about 40 presentations annually and has authored over 65 publications on these topics. Her new book is The Worm Farmer's Handbook: Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions published by our friends at Chelsea Green. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/wormfarmershandbook for more information and links on this podcast, and to find our other great guests. 405: Rhonda Sherman on Worm Farming  

Dedicated To Elevating Your Health & Family Wellness Lifestyle Lindsay Bell is a Michigan native and has been a Norwex Independent Sales Consultant since 2015. Lindsay attended Denison University where she majored in Environmental Studies and Economics, and has a Master of Urban & Regional Planning degree from the University of Michigan. With a focus on public participation, she helped shape urban development policies for 10 years in the Planning Department of Fairfax County, Virginia, before becoming a full-time homemaker in 2012. When she’s not teaching people how to clean safer & simpler with Norwex, Lindsay enjoys gardening, cooking and traveling. She and her husband have a daughter and live in Northville, Michigan.   https://www.michiganfamilywellness.com/podcast/2016/3/7/episode-001?rq=lindsay   https://www.facebook.com/Lindsay4GreenerClean   lindsay4greenerclean@gmail.com   http://lindsaybell.norwex.biz/   http://www.ewg.org/        

"The road to sustainability runs through the world's towns and cities. By building sustainable towns and cities, you will build global sustainability." Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary GeneralThe twin challenges of climate change and increasing urbanisation will place significant pressure on cities into the future. Cities will need to become more strategic in their approach to these challenges and rethink how urban growth in managed.Professor Barbara Norman, head of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Canberra, chair of the ACT Climate Change Council and former National Chair of the Australian Fabians, will discuss the role that urban planning can play in helping to address these challenges and what cities such as Canberra should do.Listen to the Fabians and Professor Barbara Norman in their fascinating discussion on a key challenge for our future.

Students in Iowa's Graduate Program in Urban & Regional Planning learn firsthand how to enhance the quality of life for all communities.

Students in Iowa's Graduate Program in Urban & Regional Planning learn firsthand how to enhance the quality of life for all communities.