EPISODE #3: Saving Our Main Streets
The Best Cities Podcast
As the pandemic grinds on, the future of Main Streets and commercial neighborhoods—and the restaurants, bars and shops that bring them to life—is in peril. What can cities do? Veronica Briseño, Economic Development Director at the City of Austin, Texas, and Kimberly Branam, Executive Director at Prosper Portland, in Portland, Oregon, have answers.
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The Best Cities Podcast
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EPISODE #1: Welcome to the Best Cities Podcast
The Best Cities Podcast
The Best Cities podcast explores the stories, people and strategies behind the worlds’ top-performing cities—places that are vibrant, prosperous and coveted by investors, visitors and talent, and loved by their residents.
info_outlineWelcome to the Best Cities podcast, where we explore the stories, people and strategies behind the worlds’ top-performing cities—places that are vibrant, prosperous and coveted by investors, visitors and talent, and loved by residents.
In this episode we discuss the efforts by cities to sustain their small businesses amid the current economic slowdown. These initiatives aren't just about saving jobs. They're about protecting a city's spirit in the wake of a pandemic.
Because as the pandemic grinds on, the future of Main Streets and commercial neighborhoods across the country—and the restaurants, bars and shops that bring them to life—is in peril, as with so many aspects of business and life. So what are the vital steps to solving the crisis?
Our two guests, who lead the resiliency of their respective cities, have a few ideas. Veronica Briseño is the Economic Development Director at the City of Austin, Texas, and Kimberly Branam is the Executive Director at Prosper Portland, in Portland, Oregon.
LEARN MORE:
Prosper Portland | ProsperPortland.us | @ProsperPortland
The City of Austin | AustinTexas.gov | @AustinTexasGov
Music: Sunrise Drive courtesy of Purple-Planet.com