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We're telling the stories of entrepreneurs artists and other creative class warriors making a go of it in cities and small towns all over the country. The Are We Here Yet? Podcast blends topics of economic development, urban planning and arts and culture. We are the official podcast for SMGravesassociates.com.

Are We Here Yet Podcast Scott M. Graves

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We're telling the stories of entrepreneurs artists and other creative class warriors making a go of it in cities and small towns all over the country. The Are We Here Yet? Podcast blends topics of economic development, urban planning and arts and culture. We are the official podcast for SMGravesassociates.com.

    One View of Vermont’s Future - Kevin Chu of Vermont Futures Project

    One View of Vermont’s Future - Kevin Chu of Vermont Futures Project

    Kevin Chu is Executive Director of the Vermont Futures Project  People from throughout the United States can access their thoughtful and well researched information in order to make the case for workforce, middle market, affordable and any other form of housing needed.  
    The core goal driving the work of the organization is to increase Vermont’s population while providing good housing to a more diverse population.  The information provided by the project goes well beyond just addressing housing.   
    Like many rural states Vermont’s demographic changes are placing pressure on communities and every system that drives a population.
    Our conversation brought us together to discuss not only housing from a development and economic standpoint but from a perspective of what’s fair and what’s right for rural citizens of Vermont, immigrants and those US citizens eying Vermont as their land of opportunity. 

    • 57 min
    Premiere of The Vermont Tech Special Feature

    Premiere of The Vermont Tech Special Feature

    Join Vermont tech leaders Will Jeffries, Ryan Munn and Scott Graves as they discover the best this Brave Little State has to offer in technology-driven entrepreneurship.  
    Maybe you’re local, maybe you have a rural project in another part of the country, maybe you just love to talk technology and tech policy.  
    We want YOU to come with us, listen in and join the neighborhood. #ruraldevelopment #techinvestment #ruralinnovation
    Like what you hear?  Have a episode topic you want us to tackle? Let us know.
     

    • 42 min
    A BHM report: The Housing Crisis from Massachusetts Plus: Bertha Hope in The Jazz Room

    A BHM report: The Housing Crisis from Massachusetts Plus: Bertha Hope in The Jazz Room

    The housing crisis gripping the United States is gaining a disconcerting momentum in the Northeast, as it is in many regions of the United States.  In this episode we’re speaking with Worcester, MA developer Jackson Restrepo regarding the challenges to the housing market in this, the second largest city in New England and one of the fastest growing cities there, as the Biotech sector continues to grow in Massachusetts.  This is the second in our ongoing series of episodes focused on the housing crisis in the US for Breaking Housing Matters.
    Also, meet pianist, Bertha Hope. She talks about her husband Elmo Hope and her CD "Nothing But Love" featuring drummer Jimmy Cobb as part of her ensemble. For more information Bertha Hope's Biography click here.

    • 1 hr 9 min
    How Immigration Affects Tech America w/ Davide Dantonio

    How Immigration Affects Tech America w/ Davide Dantonio

    We all hear about the importance of international talent to the US technology sector. We understand how an open set of arms to international trade, travel and immigration plays a role in our country’s success.  But our historic relationship to immigration tells a much more complicated story and with the recent threat of closed borders as posed by a possible Trump 2024 administration, we wanted to take a closer look at the lived experience of those plying the waters of our current international tech sector to really find an explanation for why an open society is so very important. 
    Our guest represents the human personification, the energy that comes to us and makes our tech sector vibrant and our country great.  Davide Dantonio is with us for this podcast.  He’s a Class of ’22 Venture for America fellow and currently plays program lead on no less than 2 Indiana-based gener8tor accelerators.  He’s also a podcaster in his own rite.   You can find him and his crew at the Young Outcast’s Podcast.
    Davide is also Program Manager for two Indiana based programs for gener8tor, a rural-focused technology fund operating more than 223 accelerators nation-wide.
    We’re talking multiculturalism and the lived experience of young entrepreneurs living and working in America. 

    • 52 min
    The Big ‘D’ in Decentralize/Lakecia Benjamin

    The Big ‘D’ in Decentralize/Lakecia Benjamin

    Scott M. Graves, host of the ‘Are We Here Yet? Podcast speaks to us regarding the importance for small cities and towns to take advantage of the opportunity recently presented to solve some of the most pressing economic and social issues of our day. 
    ‘For we are, I’m sure of this, at the start of a national movement to decentralize the map. For placing venture capital where it’s needed most, for updating outmoded zoning laws so we can start rebuilding our built environments to serve all of our neighbors and financing policies so more Americans can access the housing they desire.  Here’s to transforming our cities and towns for a new generation.’
    The Jazz Room w/ Lakecia Benjamin
    Meet saxophonist, composer, Lakecia Benjamin. We met briefly after her set at the Newport Jazz Festival. She talks about her CD, “Phoenix” and the story behind the project. Learn more at Lakecia’s Website.
     

    • 39 min
    Breaking Housing Matters/Kurt Elling

    Breaking Housing Matters/Kurt Elling

    With a background in housing policy, law and international business, author and business leader Peter de Krassel has witnessed the long arc of bad housing policy across the globe.  
    He is launching Breaking Housing Matters as a novel means to solve the global housing crisis, one that is designed to address the impasses our current system of financing and policy has created over the last half century or more.
    More on Peter’s Book, Custom Maid Housing for a New World Disorder
    Breaking Housing Matters (BHM) is a grassroots movement dedicated to delivering affordable housing profitably. We believe landlords and developers must get a reasonable return on their investment while people must be able to afford decent housing.
    Our proposed Housing Subsidy Solution (HSS) could become a public-private model for local communities to achieve affordable housing profitably around the world.
    Full disclosure: AWHY? Podcast host Scott Graves is now agent to BHM. 
    Working with SMGraves Associates, Breaking Housing Matters intends to develop its program to proliferate throughout the United States beginning with the leadership of the city of Rutland, VT, USA.  
    Connect with Peter de Krassel
    Engage BHM through SMGraves Assoc.  
    The Jazz Room welcomes Kurt Elling
    Our interview with Kurt Elling at the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival includes stories about the people who have lifted him up through the years and his personal observations of The Jazz Room during his visit. Learn more on Kurt’s Website
     

    • 1 hr 6 min

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