A year ago, we published an episode of Create the Village entitled, “Has ‘Infrastructure Week’ Finally Arrived?” There was plenty of conversation, rolling into a national election, that supported the idea that the time had finally come…that after years of neglect and procrastinating, Washington was ready to enact a massive program to address crumbl…

In the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, Dr. Calvin Mackie was appointed to the 33-member board of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. In 2009, he was appointed to the Louisiana Council on the Social Status of Black Boys and Black Men. Recently, Mackie was appointed to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board. In 2014, Dr. Ma…

Sherri Powell founded the Rural America Chamber of Commerce in 2021. She's working to empower rural entrepreneurs and to advocate for their economies and communities, and she's not stopping there. Not afraid to dig into the real issues, she's helping them talk about things like racism in America.By Egbert Perry

Deidre Woollard, an Editor at Million Acres, a division of Motley Fool, returns to Create The Village to discuss the ongoing market confusion and looming problems facing the real estate and banking industries and local and state governments.By Egbert Perry

President and chief executive officer of the YMCA of Metro Atlanta, Lauren Koontz, discusses her leadership in the midst of a worldwide pandemic and period of national racial awareness.By Egbert Perry

This week’s episode of Create the Village is a potent conversation about some of the issues of inequality facing the U.S. and some of the policy initiatives designed to raise awareness. Linda Goler Blount is President and CEO of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the only national organization focused on Black women’s emotional, physical and fina…

Mary Means is an award-winning community planner and innovator who has led the movement in Main Street Revitalization for more than four decades. She has been dubbed the Queen of Main Street by her colleagues and industry leaders. Today, Mary is a popular conference speaker and continues to help public interest clients envision and build consensus …

Guest: John O’Callaghan, President and CEO of Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP). Atlanta is famous for the ebb and flow of its real estate market. And, while some parts of the metro area are certainly doing well, some parts of the market are still feeling the impact of the 2008 foreclosure crisis. Atlanta is famous for the ebb and…

This week's episode of Create the Village asks the question, “Are we living through a temporary bubble where low-income children stop attending school or underperform, or are we seeing a trend that will live with us for decades?” Jill Barshay and Egbert Perry discuss the barriers to educational attainment for children from modest-income households …

Egbert Perry, CEO of Integral, and Hollis Towns, VP of local news at Gannett, discuss the recent Georgia special election, the assault on the US Capitol, and what the public can expect from media companies during this era.By Egbert Perry

Susan K. Thomas, president of the Melville Charitable Trust, where she oversees the Trust’s grantmaking strategy, philanthropic partnerships and administration.By Egbert Perry

We’re living in the midst of a technological revolution and the Digital Divide is leaving millions behind. Autumn Glover, an urban planner passionate about “The Intersection of Race, Place and Health” joined Egbert Perry on this week’s episode of Create the Village. Also joining the conversation was Eric Pinckney, the Project Executive responsible …

Edward Golding, Executive Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy, discusses "The Unequal Costs of Black Homeownership" with Egbert Perry.By Egbert Perry

Egbert Perry discusses the lasting effects of structural decisions made by political governance, governance that is emerging in the wake of decades of policies that intentionally advantaged some over others.By Egbert Perry

In this episode of Create the Village, Egbert Perry explores how market forces can be leveraged to diminish systemic inequities that are rooted in existing social dynamics and public policies.By Egbert Perry

In this episode, Egbert Perry and Rick White discuss the origins of Integral and the philosophy that undergirds the company’s approach toward Community Development. The discussion revisits an afternoon conversation in Harlem, New York in the early 1990’s when two friends made a commitment to build healthy communities that did not discriminate along…

The podcast’s second season launches with what is summed up best by host Egbert Perry, “There is no question that a lot of people have been awakened to the disparities (in the US), the inequities that are drawn along racial lines. Now, the question is are we prepared to change enough in our system, you know economic system, to deal with the reality…

Egbert Perry’s thoughts about where we are roughly 120 days into this new era.By Egbert Perry

How the COVID-19 pandemic will impact architecture, public spaces, and real estate. Guests: Eugénie “Genie” Birch FAICP, FAcSS, RTPI (hon), the Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania and co-director of Penn Institute for Urban Research Susan M. Wachter, t…

How COVID-19 is impacting our educational system. Guests: Dr. Harris Cooper, The Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University; Dr. Raymond Hart, Director of Research for the Council of the Great City Schools.By Egbert Perry

Local governments' approach to providing relief for renters unable to pay due to the impact of COVID-19 & impact of revenue loss on states. Guests: Margaret Abe-Koga, mayor of Mountain View, California; Lucy Dadayan, senior research associate with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.By Egbert Perry

Guest: Nicolas Retsinas, Director Emeritus of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The most important stats that you think that all Americans should know in order to best understand the challenges and opportunities surrounding the housing crisis that we hear so much about.By Egbert Perry

Guests: Linda Goler Blount, Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones. A conversation with two professionals on the front lines designed to get everyone on the same page.By Egbert Perry

Guest: Eric Letsinger, founder and CEO of Quantified Ventures. To Save Local Governments, It’s Finally Time for Infrastructure Week.By Egbert Perry

David M. Dworkin - President, National Housing Conference. His call for a long-term federal policy for renters affected by COVID-19, including a national rental assistance program.By Egbert Perry

Deidre Woollard, Editor/writer at Motley Fool, has researched and written about the state-by-state responses to COVID-19’s impact on renters.By Egbert Perry

Mark Calabria, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offering multifamily property owners mortgage forbearance with the condition that they suspend all evictions for renters unable to pay rent due to the impact of COVID-19.By Egbert Perry

Cities across the United States are experiencing an urban Renaissance. More people want to live in walkable communities near amenities that don’t require a car trip. But as Baby Boomers and Millennials compete for some of the same real estate, housing costs are going up, contributing to the affordable housing crisis. (Perry) “What it costs to devel…