Talking About Cities with Carol Coletta of The Kresge Foundation
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Talking About Cities with Carol Coletta of The Kresge Foundation
Kresge's American Cities Practice leverages the breadth of our programs and depth of our experience in Detroit to support transformation in other cities.
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9 episodes
#30 Equity. What Is It And How To Achieve It? (with Andrea Batista Schlesinger)
Andrea Batista Schlesinger, a partner at the real estate and economic development consulting firm HR&A Advisors, dscusses her experience in developing...
#29 Closing the Achievement Gap at Georgia State University (with Dr. Tim Renick)
Georgia State University’s successful decade-long effort to use big data to improve student success – especially among students of color and first-gen...
#28 The Future of Washington D.C. Public Libraries (with Richard Reyes-Gavilan)
Richard Reyes-Gavilan, executive director of District of Columbia Public Library, discusses libraries' evolution from mainly repositories of informati...
#27 Media and Libraries (with Shannon Mattern)
Shannon Mattern, an associate professor at the New School in New York City, discusses the current media environment and its effect on public trust, th...
#26 Los Angeles' Grand Central Market (with Adele Yellin)
Adele Yellin, director of Los Angeles' 100-year-old Grand Central Market, talks about one of the city's few true civic spaces and how it draws togethe...
#25 Reimagining Akron's Civic Commons (with Suzie Graham, Nick Moskos and Dan Rice)
Suzie Graham, president of the Downtown Akron Partnership, Nick Moskos, chief of planning for Summit Metro Parks, and Dan Rice, president and CEO of t...
#24 Reimagining Detroit's Civic Commons (with Maurice Cox, Michael Forsyth and Alexa Bush)
Detroit Planning Director Maurice Cox, Liv-6 Alliance Co-director Michael Forsyth and landscape architect Alexa Bush discuss efforts to redevelop neig...
#23 Reimagining Chicago's Civic Commons (with Theaster Gates and David L. Reifman)
Theaster Gates, a social practice installation artist, and David Reifman, head of Chicago's Department of Planning and Development, discuss the city's...
#22 Reimagining Philadelphia's Civic Commons (with Kathryn Ott Lovell and Jennifer Mahar)
Kathryn Ott Lovell, Philadelphia’s commissioner of parks and recreation, and Jennifer Mahar, senior director of civic initiatives for the Fairmont Par...