The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) – Details, episodes & analysis

This month on the Mpact podcast we're going back to the Mpact Transit + Community conference in Philadelphia to hear about proven approaches to saving naturally occurring affordable housing. From tangled title to home repair, ULI Philadelphia's Kevin Moran leads a local panel.

Moderator: Kevin Moran, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute (ULI), Philadelphia, PA
Nikil Saval, State Senator, District 1, Pennsylvania State Senate, Philadelphia, PA
Jamie Gauthier, Councilmember, District 3, Philadelphia City Council, Philadelphia, PA
James Leonard, Commissioner, Department of Records, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

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This month on the Mpact Podcast we're joined by Ryan Kelley, Community development Manager for Hennepin County in Minnesota. Ryan chats with us about the county's transit-oriented communities program and how they support commercial aid and affordability.

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This month on the Mpact podcast we're joined by Dr. Kathryn Howell, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland. We talk about her daily e-bike commute, organizing around the Purple Line, the importance of eviction data, and commercial displacement.

For more information visit http://Mpactmobility.org

This month on the Mpact Podcast we're at the 2023 Mpact Conference in Phoenix Arizona.  Jon Ford of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco leads a panel discussing the connections between transportation, housing, and public health.

Moderator: Jon Ford, Senior Regional Field Manager, Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | Debarati "Mimi" Majumdar Narayan, Ph.D., Officer, Health Programs, Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC | John Vu, Vice President of Strategy for Community Health, Kaiser Permanente, Berkeley, CA

This month on the Mpact podcast, we're at the closing plenary of the Mpact Transit & Mobility conference in Phoenix. Christopher Coes, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at USDOT moderates a panel of experts discussing the evolution of downtowns. 

Learn more about Mpact and the annual conference at http://mpactmobility.org

Moderator: Christopher Coes, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, Office of the Secretary, USDOT, Washington, DC

Karen Chapple, Ph.D., Director, School of Cities, University of  Toronto / Professor, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Nichol Bordeaux, Chief Planning and Engagement Officer, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UT

Dee Brewer, Executive Director, Downtown Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT

Emeke Moneme, President, Capitol Riverfront, Washington, DC

Ryan Johnson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Culdesac, Tempe, AZ

This month on the MPact podcast we're joined by Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at The National Housing Trust.  We chat about Danielle's new book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation and housing policy that benefits everyone.

For more information about Mpact or the annual conference, visit http://mpactmobility.org

This month on the Mpact podcast we're joined by Abby Thorne-Lyman, Director of Real Estate and Property Development at BART.  We talk about BART's development projects and priorities, and the importance of real estate to BART's future.

For more information on the Mpact Transit and Livability conference, visit http://mpactmobility.org

This month on the Mpact Podcast we're joined by Phoenix community builder Tim Sprague. We chat about supporting local culture through development projects and the importance of sustainable development.

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This month on the Mpact podcast we're listening in on part 2 of a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix, and Ryan Winkle from RAIL CDC.  The two of them discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa and the impact their work has on local businesses.

For more information about Mpact, visit http://mpactmobility.org

This month on the Mpact podcast we're listening in on a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix, and Ryan Winkle from RAIL CDC.  The two of them discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa, what it takes to earn trust, and getting positive results.

To find out more, visit http://Mpactmobility.org