Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between.

Join Jack Storey as he talks to Jermaine Ruffin. Jermaine is the director of development for the west region of the city of Detroit, the host of The Streets Are Planning podcast, and a tireless champion for black and indigenous community representation in planning and development fields. We had a great conversation that covers housing, community development, and equity in banking, in what we both agreed will act as part one of an ongoing discussion.

Check out The Streets Are Planning Podcast by clicking here!

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Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between.

Join Jack Storey as he talks to Scott Beyer, an urban affairs analyst who writes for Governing Magazine, HousingOnline.com, and the Independent Institute. He also owns Market Urbanism Report, a think tank dedicated to urban policy reform.

Show Notes:
- Market Urbanism Report
- Market Urbanism Facebook group

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Welcome to the Saving Cities podcast. In each episode, a member of our team hosts a conversation with an expert in a place-related field, from Accessibility to Zoning, and everything in between.

Join Diane Larusso as she talks to her friend Ruby Lopez Harper, who sets her own headline as Mexican, Mother, Wife, Dancer, Photographer, Poet, and Social Justice Warrior. She serves as the Senior Director of Local Arts Advancement for Americans for the Arts—a national organization whose mission is to build recognition and support for the extraordinary and dynamic value of the arts and to lead, serve and advance the diverse networks of organizations and individuals who cultivate the arts in America.

Ruby works with local leaders all over the country that represent a cross-section of business, non-profit, and arts sectors that are pursuing creative placemaking and offering arts enrichment for the benefit of their neighborhoods. Listen on to hear us weave through the “whys” of art and then on to best practices, trends, and resources—including those in pursuit of cultural equity in and through art. If you’re interested in leveraging the power of art to transform your community, this conversation is for you.

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Americans for the Arts: www.americansforthearts.org

ArtsU: https://artsu.americansforthearts.org/

Connect directly with Ruby: rharper@artsusa.org

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