Partners for Better Communities (Virginia DHCD's Podcast)
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SubscribersIn this episode of the podcast, Buena Vista, Virginia, business owners join Main Street Buena Vista's Jen Carpenter for a discussion of the power of partnership when small businesses, community vo...
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Join Harrisonburg's Andrea Dono and Hilton Village's JB Crowley for a conversation on how to foster "Main Streets for All" with a focus on visitor accessibility, continual improveme...
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- 8 months ago
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Friends of Old Town Executive Director Brady Cloven joins the podcast for a conversation about Winchester, the longest standing Virginia Main Street community. Catch up on community progress and the ...
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- 8 months ago
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Luray Downtown Initiative Program Director Jackie Wood joins the podcast for a discussion of the business support and resiliency muscles that strengthened as a result of community work during the pand...
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- 8 months ago
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Hopewell Downtown Partnership Executive Director Drew Dayberry joins the podcast to share how natural assets and entrepreneurial energy are shaping the future of this industrial riverside city.
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Downtown Wytheville's Charlie Jones shares his Main Street journey on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Virginia Main Street program. The Wytheville native was the nonprofit's first ...
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- 9 months ago
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Tune in for a special conversation with Antonio Miller of Downtown Ashland Association
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Tune in for a special conversation with Kyle Meyer of Virginia Main Street.
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A special episode with Rebecca Rowe and Courtney Mailey diving into Virginia Main Street.
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Cindy Davis spent her 30-year career in the coding industry as a trailblazer and pioneer, making invaluable contributions throughout the commonwealth and beyond. Hear about her journey as a woman in t...
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- 2 years ago
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Holly Lesko, Business Continuity Team Program Manager for the New River Valley Regional Commission has spent three decades in the region, building relationships and exploring community engagement thro...
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Kathleen Frazier, FAIA, of Staunton, Virginia's Frazier Associates drew upon a career in preservation based downtown revitalization to create one of Virginia Main Street resource-rich technical sheets...
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DHCD staff member Melissa Mason sits down with Mathews County Broadband Advisory Board Chair Judy Rowe on attaining "reliable, high speed affordable access to universal broadband for all of Mathews Co...
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- 4 years ago
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This year we're profiling some of Virginia's local administrators, public servants who are often behind the scenes making things happen with creativity, passion, and care for the place and people surr...
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Crowdfunding can attract capital to new and growing businesses, and the "return on crowd" is measured in much more than dollars. In the final Creating Community Vitality podcast, crowdfunding expert B...
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Kirsten Moore opened Magpie–a breakfast and lunch diner-inspired restaurant and bakery, and The Perch at Magpie–a coworking space for small businesses, freelancers, and remote workers—in July 2020 in ...
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By layering weatherization and energy efficiency resources, DHCD's new Weatherization Deferral Repair Program will help more people in need and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this episode ma...
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Public spaces – ones that are truly equitable and inclusive – are essential for creating community vitality. Our continued health and racial pandemics prove the urgency of more in-depth analysis and t...
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More people and places can benefit from interconnected place-focused policies and programs. That's a key idea of transformative placemaking, says Brookings Institution's Jennifer S. Vey in this episod...
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We're talking support for food-based businesses and small scale manufacturing in the August installment of the Creating Community Vitality series.
Bok Vocational High School was built in 1936 an...
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Becca Richardson's work investing in neighborhoods and communities is deeply personal. So is this conversation with DHCD's Rebecca Rowe, in which the Richmond based economic development and community ...
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52. Creating Community Vitality with The Tomorrow Building ⇒ Lamp Post Properties' Tiffanie Robinson
How does a community make it easy for newcomers to try it on for size? Check out the innovative strategy of Chatanooga, Tennessee's The Tomorrow Building, a model that's quickly being explored b...
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To wrap up Building Safety Month, DHCD Code and Regulation Specialist Paul Messplay talks disaster preparedness with Virginia Building and Code Officials Association (VCBOA) President Jimmy Moss. &nbs...
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Dive into water safety codes in this seasonal reminder with Martinsville Building Code Official Kris Bridges.
"First," says Bridges, "there's no replacement for proper adult supervision." How el...
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The Creating Community Vitality series continues with NextHERE's Aaron Bolzle. The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based consultant is sharing strategies learned from the success of Tulsa Remote, an intentional effor...
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International Code Council (ICC) Building Safety Month continues with week two on Training the Next Generation.
As President of the Virginia Building & Code Officials Association, City of Ga...
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DHCD Staff Member Richard Potts celebrates week one of Building Safety Month with a conversation with Viridiant's KC Bleile. "We're collaboratively working within an industry to make important improve...
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Vinton, Virginia-based nonprofit The Advancement Foundation is growing a small-business and community development structure that now encompasses 650 program alumni and more than 200 mentors and indust...
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Sarah Milston listens. In her work with communities and organizations at The Spark Mill, she helps future-focused groups frame the right questions though authentic community engagement. "The key," she...
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Resilience might be defined as a practiced state of readiness. But what does that look like across the country? "We're finding that many of our rural communities were already working on strategies tha...
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Raven Bates has a passion for nonprofits and is driven by the work they do to transform lives and communities. Spending her entire career gaining experience in all aspects of mission-oriented work, Ba...
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In the second podcast of our yearlong Creating Community Vitality Series, DHCD's Katherine Miller explores placemaking with GreenspaceNYC's Laura Scherling. "Vibrant, well-maintained public spaces pla...
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A community development philosophy centered around locally grown business and care for neighbors comes through in this conversation celebrating Lydeana Martin's graduation in the inaugural class of th...
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Kick off a year's worth of enlightening conversation with the Creating Community Vitality series from the Community Revitalization Office. Each month of 2021, take part in an informational webinar, he...
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Attendees of the 2020 Virginia Governors Housing Conference will have the opportunity to play the Diversity and Inclusion edition of Winning the Training Game. Hear trainer Kay Taylor describe the fun...
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Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Cassie Kimberlin connects the personal experience, a passion for addressing housing needs and the individual's ability to contribute in t...
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"We're working to help businesses in Virginia and to bring new businesses to Virginia, and that means we have to have affordable housing," Governor Ralph Northam told DHCD staff member Kyerra Ca...
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Stay Home Virginia. The Commonwealth is rallying coordinated relief to keep residents in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode Virginia Housing's Chris Thompson joins DHCD's Amanda...
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Ava Gabrielle-Wise continues a family legacy of working for safe and affordable housing on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The executive director of New Road Community Development Corporation of Exmore, Inc...
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At the 2019 Virginia Governor's Housing Conference, we caught up with Michelle Coward, the operations manager for property maintenance code enforcement for the City of Richmond. "We're empowering resi...
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"It's such a blessing to be able to help others," says Cheryl S. Carter of Culpeper Housing and Shelter Services. Cheryl's spent a career providing housing solutions and shelter in the Culpeper area, ...
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"The best part of my job is watching residents leave," says JaLauna Burton, public housing administrator at the Williamsburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Incorporating first-time home bu...
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Listen in on a conversation from the 2019 Virginia Governor's Housing Conference. Resiliency Program Manager Traci Munyan talks about the partnerships and engagement strategies behind the living...
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Spanning seven years and seven blocks, St. Paul, Virginia, completed its comprehensive downtown infrastructure project in 2019. Lead by the town, with input from St. Paul Tomorrow’s Design Committee i...
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Watching Lineage owner Paul Hansbarger work on his signature leather and waxed cotton canvas designs is a key attraction at Agora Downtown Market in Harrisonburg, Shoppers marvel in the details of the...
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Winchester entrepreneur Holly Redding inspires volunteers and residents with a unique, infectious brand of can-do, creative energy. This year, she was awarded the 2020 Virginia Main Street Merit Award...
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Grizzly's Hatchet House has developed a new gathering spot in Danville's River District. Join owner Christie Wall and River District Executive Director Diana Schwartz for a conversation about entrepre...
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At the recent 2020 Downtown Intersections virtual conference Merit Awards session, the Town of Strasburg received the Best Downtown Business Promotion award for their annual Grilled Cheese + Toma...
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Hear the behind-the-scenes scoop on how Sip and Shop became a reality for Downtown Manassas. The recurring event allows attendees to bring their favorite adult beverage along to wander and explore the...
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- 6 years ago
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The podcast of the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (VADHCD). Each episode features the voices of leaders and change makers across the commonwealth. We'll look at the innovation and inspiration at play as local, regional, and state leaders work together to create safe, affordable, and prosperous communities.
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