Ron Frantz, Jr. FAIA is a licensed architect who has spent his career focused on architectural historic preservation. He has worked with communities throughout the state of Oklahoma including Guthrie, Chandler, and Pawhuska to preserve their historic buildings and tell the stories of those communities. In this conversation, Ron tells us about some of the intricacies of working on historic structures and why preservation is an important endeavor in building stronger communities.

The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future.

This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Austin Tunnell is the founder of Building Culture, a vertically integrated real estate development, construction, and design firm working to create beautiful buildings that will last for centuries. They are working to resurrect the lost art of structural masonry construction right here in Oklahoma City. In this conversation, Austin shares a bit about how he got started on this path, what is so exciting about New Urbanism, and what Building Culture aims to do in the future.

The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future.

This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Vanessa Morrison is the co-founder of Open Design Collective alongside Architect Deborah Richards. Their Oklahoma City based practice employs the tools of planning and design to empower unerrepresented communities and to build spaces where they can prosper and thrive. In this conversation, Vanessa updates us on several projects she has worked on, including the South of 8th neighborhood plan, the Jewel Theater, an update on Blackspace Urbanist Collective, Black Town Homecoming, and Threatt Station on historic Route 66.

Check out the Eryngo Urbanism video on Urban Renewal and the South of 8th Neighborhood Plan featuring Vanessa here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEZCJoPbnJg

The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future.

This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.