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This Week on Smart Radio - Urban Redevelopment

May 13th, 2007 category: Downtown Riverhead, Real Estate News

Smart City™ is a weekly, hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life, the people, places, ideas and trends shaping cities. Host Carol Coletta talks with national and international public policy experts, elected officials, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others for a penetrating discussion of urban issues.
Urban Redevelopment is the topic this week on Smart City Radio.

Urban redevelopment has been fun to watch over the past decade. Surprising projects are popping up everywhere, and Smart Cities guests this week are behind some of the most interesting.

Eve Picker is transforming Pittsburgh’s long-ignored downtown buildings into stylish residences and offices, setting the stage for future residential development in the heart of that city. Trained as an architect and urban designer, Eve has built an entrepreneurial real estate development business called No Wall Productions in Pittsburgh.

Jeanne Goodman was the very first investor in Boston’s Jamaica Plain Cohousing where she now lives. It is an unusual style of shared living with neighbors to fit today’s busy lifestyles. Jeanne is a co-housing advocate with Ecodevelopments. Her newest project is EcoVillage.
Listen to this segment.