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.

Michelle McBeath Lubbers is the executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Her work connects professionals from across disciplines who have a focus on commercial real estate and on shaping the built environment. In this conversation, Michelle shares some of her thoughts on how ULI Oklahoma's impact on her and on the community around her.

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.

Larry Hopper is a retired Oklahoma City planner who has been a longtime advoceate for multimodal transportation options in Oklahoma City. He is a founding member of the Oklahoma Alliance for Public Tranportation, which has recently helped save the OKC Route 19 bus that serves Spencer, Oklahoma. In this conversation, Larry shares some insight into the way he thinks about the history of OKC's development and how we can best organize to push for better transportation 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.

Thomas Dougherty is an architect and urban designer with a particular focus on creating more human scale urban spaces in US cities. His practice is called Innerblock Design, and he works with Building Culture in Oklahoma City. Thomas has written a book titled "The American Alley: A Hidden Resource" that highlights the history and hidden potential of alleys throughout the US. In this conversation, Thomas shares some of his thoughts on alleys and other opportunities to develop a human-scale public realm in our modern US cities.

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.

Rhys Martin is a Route 66 preservationist who is heavily involved with historic preservation initiatives pertaining to the highway on a local, state, and national scale. After traveling the world, Rhys returned to his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he began to pay more attention to the unique culture and history of the central US. In this conversation, Rhys shares what he's come to love about Route 66, some projects he's gotten to take part in, and a glimpse into the future of the road and the community that surrounds it.

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.

Danny Vo is a photographer, and videographer with a background in marketing who is one of the primary organizers of HideAndGoBike in Oklahoma City. HGB is a "critical mass" bike ride, where people gather weekly to bike around OKC and generally have a great time doing it. In this conversation, Danny shares the story behind HideAndGoBike, some of the logistics behind planning such an initiative, and some of the impacts it has had on him and on others in the community.

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.