Announcing the Engagement of Mr./Ms. Health & Ms./Mr. Housing October 11, 2020 Health & Housing. Another set of terms and associated values to add to a long list of ambiguous, commodified vocabulary that is supposed to…
Using COVID for Good Density May 12, 2020 Strangely, with the hundreds of hours I’ve been trapped inside, I still haven’t managed to finish the updated design of this blog nor even…
The Evolution of Venture Capital March 30, 2020 Tristan Pollock eloquently summarized the life of venture capital in this March piece for Entrepreneur. In “The Rise of Alternative Venture Capital”, Pollock points…
Hope and Justice is Ford Foundation’s 2019 Message February 2, 2019 Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, issued his annual call to action in a public letter this month. It’s titled, “The Coming of…
Opportunity Zones Should Drive Local Initiatives January 21, 2019 Bruce Katz, urbanist extraordinaire, recently posted “The Unanticipated Effects of Opportunity Zones.” As a consultant, he has been diligently working with cities across the…
It Takes Three to Address Gentrification September 23, 2018 Recently, I was asked to be a guest on KCUR 89.3, Kansas City’s NPR affiliate. I was joined by Audrey Navarro of Clemons Real…