Do our neighborhoods reflect our natural community patterns? Have we designed them to create economic success? We gravitate towards highly interconnected walkable ecosystems, but somewhere along the way we've turned away from that natural inclination, compartmentalizing our cities so that offices and commercial uses are separate, making the retail businesses surrounding them dependent on the 9-5 workers that frequent the area and leaving the neighborhood emptied outside of traditional office hours. Perhaps it's time to evaluate the ecosystems we create for ourselves to insure they match out natural order: to create neighborhoods that are fully livable and fully functional, with high levels of diversity that create natural economic success.

This week's episode features Jared Rodriguez, Principal, Emergent Urban Concepts, a thought leader in the realm of community development. With a degree in civil engineering, architectural Studies, and has worked in Real Estate Development with a focus on green energy components and sustainability, Jared helps communities determine who they want they be. 

How has the pandemic shaped the future of commercial development? This week we're looking at the future of commercial and industrial development, exploring the future of healthcare centers and models, and considering the future of residential development in response to the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week's episode features Guy Leibler, President of Simone Healthcare Development, and Kevin Plunkett, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Simone Development. 

The Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. operates the oldest continuously operating theater in the state, one of the oldest in the country right here in the Hudson Valley, as well as the region’s premiere orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and presents in venues including the Mid-Hudson Civic Center and Kingston’s Ulster Performing Arts Center. The organization offers affordable, world-class arts education programs, music, dance, theater, live in HD broadcasts, and classic films for the diverse audiences of the Hudson Valley.

This week's episode features Chris Silva, Executive Director of the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie, exploring the challenges of small theaters during the pandemic and what the future holds. 

In this special episode, we tune into the Delaware Engineering Government Series which explores governing in the time of COVID with regional government leadership to meet newly elected New York State Senators Michelle Hinchey, Mike Martucci, and Elijah Reichlin-Melnick. Each in their thirties, unfiltered and inspiring, these remarkable young State Senators ran and won their campaigns during the COVID-19 Pandemic, shifting from the traditional campaign playbook to all virtual campaigns focused on service. Hear what inspired them to run for office and all about their first few months on the job.

This week's episode features President & CEO Jonathan Drapkin joined by Vice President for Marketing & Communication, Michelle Pfeffer, to host newly elected New York State Senators Michelle Hinchey of the 46th Senate District, Mike Martucci of the 42nd State Senate District, and Elijah Reichlin-Melnick of the 38th State Senate District. 

How do you approach conflict? Do you seek to change minds or do you seek common ground? As it turns out, our views may be closer than we think, and finding that out is the key to successfully negotiating resolution.

This week's episode features Dr. Joshua N. Weiss, the co-founder, with William Ury, of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project. He is also the Director and creator of the Master of Science degree in Leadership and Negotiation at Bay Path University. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in 2002.

New York City's water supply system is the largest municipal water supply system in the United States. This modern marvel of engineering consists of 19 reservoirs and 3 lakes that store 570 billion gallons of water when full, delivering that water through 400 miles of aqueducts to 8.5 million people in New York City and another 1 million people in 72 communities throughout the Hudson Valley - by gravity alone. This system shaped the design of older neighborhoods in New York City - the powerful force of gravity was capable of sending water to the 4th, 5th, even the 6th floors of those buildings, so that's how high they were built until the advent of strong electric pumps which could push the water to even higher heights. This system is also the largest unfiltered water system in the country, which means it's a priority to protect the quality of the water at the source, delivering it clean to the 9.5 million people who depend on it everyday.  

This week's episode features Adam Bosch, Director of Public Affairs at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, discussing this powerful system, water quantity and water quality, as well as the jobs that support this incredible water supply. 

The film industry is booming here in the Hudson Valley. With close proximity to New York City - the second largest hub for the entertainment industry, as well as the availability of incredible crew, beautiful locations, supportive film commissioners, and the expanded film tax credits in New York State, the Hudson Valley is an amazing place for film production. The industry is bringing incredible opportunities, new jobs, and economic growth. And it's expanding. This week's episode features Summer Crockett Moore and Tony Glazer, Managing Partners at Choice Films and Umbra of Newburgh. 

There's a renaissance happening in Sullivan County - a movement that believes in building beautiful, active communities through beautification, neighborhood revitalization, community development, healthy communities, and business.

This week's episode features Denise Frangipane, Executive Director of Sullivan Renaissance, who oversees the organization and operational activities of Sullivan Renaissance and facilitates collaborations, representing Sullivan Renaissance through its many community partnerships. Sullivan Renaissance was founded in 2000 by Sandra Gerry, who saw the possibilities for Sullivan County, and ultimately teamed up with another existing grassroots effort called Sullivan First, who was working on similar clean up and beautification issues.