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Next City

Straw Hut Media

Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked. At the end of the day, it"s all about focusing the world"s attention on the good ideas that we hope will grow. Grab a seat from the bus, subway, light-rail, or whatever your transit-love may be and listen on the go as we spread solutions from one city to the Next

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32:57

Why Urban Farms Should Be Taken Seriously

Next City ·

2024/10/09

Urban farms in Essex County, New Jersey are calling on local governments and the state to make long-term investments in combating food insecurity.

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29:18

Where Artists Are Taking Over Vacant Storefronts

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2024/10/02

Florida’s Zero Empty Spaces is a win-win where artists are connected with spaces in otherwise vacant spots. The result is bolstered careers and activated unused space.

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27:16

The Truth About Whether Speed Cameras Make Us Safer

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2024/09/25

After Pennsylvania legalized speed cameras, they showed up on Philly’s deadly Roosevelt Boulevard. The results are clear, according to a study of what happened next. Researchers found a drop in crashes and deaths.

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36:52

These Loans Help Poor Families Rebuild After Climate...

Next City ·

2024/09/18

As storms and fires keep coming, emergency loan funds from CDFIs are helping low-income communities get back on their feet.

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31:04

The New Rules Are Here: Unpacking the CRA

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2024/09/11

New regulations for the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) will drop before November. After they’re available, we ask, what do you need to know?

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0:45

Happy Labor Day!

Next City ·

2024/09/04

We’re off this week for Labor Day, but we’ll be back next Wednesday with more inspiring and workable ideas that move our society toward justice and equity. If you can’t wait for the next story, head to NextCity.org for the latest coverage. As always, we’d love to hear any feedback from our listeners. Please feel free to email us at info@nextcity.org. And if you haven’t already, subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, Goodpods or anywhere you listen to your podcasts. We’ll see you next week.

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34:42

Farming While Black

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2024/08/28

Today, we'll hear the story of Soul Fire Farm and one of its founders, Leah Penniman. A new documentary called "Farming While Black" shows how this farm in Upstate New York is part of a larger movement trying to return land to the stewardship of people of color and restore Afro-indigenous farming practices along the way.

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36:42

Even Your Property Taxes Were Redlined

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2024/08/21

Today, we'll speak with Joe Minicozzi, an urban designer and founder of Urban3, about the work he's been doing that proves these disparities in property assessments are subsidizing wealthier, whiter neighborhoods at the expense of historically redlined neighborhoods — and we'll talk about what can be done to change it.The New York Times : "How Lower-Income Americans Get Cheated on Property Taxes"

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29:50

A Boston Neighborhood’s Cautionary Tale About Climate...

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2024/08/14

The Seaport neighborhood in Boston is nicknamed by activists as the “Inundation District,” and a new documentary of the same name shows where urban planning went wrong and what residents are doing now. In this episode, writer and director David Abel — a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist — shares lessons learned from the Seaport expansion.

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0:45

Happy Juneteenth!

Next City ·

2024/06/19

This is Lucas Grindley from Next City, a show about changemakers and their stories. We’re off this week for Juneteenth, but we’ll be back next Wednesday with more inspiring and workable ideas that move our society toward justice and equity. If you can’t wait for the next story, head to NextCity.org for the latest coverage. As always, we’d love to hear any feedback from our listeners. Please feel free to email us at info@nextcity.org. And if you haven’t already, subscribe to the show on Apple,

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34:43

A Climate Documentary on Solutions

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2024/06/05

The documentary film “How to Power A City” looks across communities in the United States to uncover multiple approaches, big and small, for mitigating climate change. In this episode, writer and director Melanie LaRosa outlines what she found and why she chose to focus on solutions.

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26:43

Revisiting "What If You Give $5,800 To Someone Who Is...

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2024/05/22

Just over a year ago, we delved into a groundbreaking initiative by a foundation in Vancouver. Their question was: What if we gave people experiencing homelessness a lump sum of cash, no strings attached? The results were nothing short of remarkable — though they probably shouldn’t be surprising. Now, two years after that experiment ended, the idea is spreading to cities across the United States. So let’s revisit that initial episode — when we asked, what really happens when you give money to people

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28:36

This ‘Big Town’ Has Solutions for Cities Everywhere

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2024/05/15

Leaders from Lexington, Kentucky share lessons about what’s working as they foster collaboration and nonpartisanship in a city that’s solving problems like community engagement and closing the racial wealth gap.

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34:27

The Future of Human Transit

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2024/05/08

We’re going to hear about how looking at transit from the human perspective almost always serves the greatest number of people and how it's really us who should be making decisions about the future of transit.

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32:39

What If Your City Gave You Money for Transit?

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2024/05/01

America’s biggest test of a “mobility wallet” is in South L.A. where residents were given cash each month to cover their transit needs.

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33:26

Why We Need More Real Estate Developers of Color

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2024/04/24

A future with plentiful affordable housing won’t come from an industry where fewer than 5% of the real estate developers are minorities. Here’s what’s being done to change.This episode is part of our series, CDFI Futures, which explores the community development finance industry through the lenses of equity, public policy and inclusive community development. The series is generously supported by Partners for the Common Good. Sign up for PCG’s CapNexus newsletter at capnexus.org.

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0:38

Short Break

Next City ·

2024/04/10

We're taking a short break for a couple weeks. In the meantime, feel free to revisit past episodes and be sure to subscribe to our email newletters at www.nextcity.org/newsletter. Thank you for listening to our show. We will be back April 24th!

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29:28

The Future of Chinatown

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2024/03/27

Today, we will hear from multiple Chinatown organizers who are fighting to ensure their neighborhoods remain for generations to come.

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36:21

A City Where Mental Health Isn’t for Policing

Next City ·

2024/03/20

Too often cities are answering mental health problems with systems of punishment. One alternative is proving that being accessible means when people need help, they’ll reach out earlier in their crisis, allowing for more options in problem-solving.

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37:18

Revisiting: The Black Barber Who Launched A Credit Union

Next City ·

2024/03/13

In light of the Academy Awards ceremony, we're re-highlighting our episode featuring Arlo Washington, the Black barber-turned-visionary behind People Trust Community Federal Credit Union and the central figure of the Oscar-nominated short documentary, "The Barber of Little Rock." When neighbors started coming to his Little Rock barbershop to borrow money, Arlo Washington went a step further and chartered Arkansas’ newest credit union.

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