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A conversation about New Urbansim with President of the Congresss for the New Urbanism, Mallory B.E. Baches. Mallory is an urban designer with over twenty years of experience working at the intersection of urban planning and community development. She began her career with , leading firm in new urbanist design, development and implementation practices. In this convesation we discuss many topics including the 60th IMCL (International Making Citiies Livable) and the upcoming Congress that will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This historic river city where its urban core was rebuilt...
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John Simmerman, Founrder of Active Towns and 's Executive Director, Christy Milliken dive into active mobility in this episode. John Simmerman is a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience with concentration that has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior relate to active living and especially active mobility. In 2012, he launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places. Since that time, he has been exploring, documenting, and...
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In this episode Victor Dover and Joseph Kohl share a conversation with Podcast Host and Executive Director, Christy Milliken of the SEASIDE Institute™ about the origin story of Dover, Kohl, and Partners, the imaging process they use for envisioning town design, the new ubanism movement, the influence of SEASIDE® and Andrés Duany along with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the revitatilzation of Historic Downtown Panama City, Florida after Hurricane Michael, a CAT 5 that devestrated the area. Victor and Joe will be recognized as the 2024 SEASIDE Prize™ recipients. The Seaside Prize...
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SEASIDE Institute™ Executive Director, Christy Milliken sat down with Advocate and Author, and Founder, Mike Lydon for a conversation about the history of their career and their beginnings with Both Mike and Jeff are members of our Board of Fellows. In 2017 Mike Lydon won the SEASIDE Prize™ and in 2022, Jeff Speck won the SEASIDE Prize™. They were invited to SEASIDE® via the Institute to assess our county-wide bike path plans. Learn how New Urbanism is catching up with tactical urbansim with adaptable solutions for a more cohesive mobility implementation for...
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In this episode Director, Christy Milliken and Chief Vision Officer, Dave King have a conversation with Digital Graffiti Curator, John Colette. John is a professional in media/arts with a career of over 35 years spanning both industry and Academia. He is a Professor in the Motion Media Design program at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, Georgia. His experience and expertise have contributed over many years in the success of the Digital Graffiti event as he worked with his students and the team at Alys Beach in previous years. Colette became...
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In this episode, Christy Milliken has a conversation with Co-Producers, Arix Zalace and Sean Couch of Feature Film and non-profit. The Paper Bear is a conservation movement that will stem from a soon-to-be-released feature film. Millions of people visit the Florida Panhandle for its beautiful beaches and emerald-colored waters. Soon they will learn there is far more to DISCOVER, LOVE, and PROTECT beyond the coast. The Florida Panhandle is a national treasure and is considered one of North America's five richest biodiverse hotspots. In this episode you will learn why the...
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In this conversation with Director of Events at , Alexis Miller we talk about what to expect for the 16th Annual Festival. The cultural significance and history of this festival is a unique experience that attracts global artists and encourages attendees to become immersed in an experience where art and architecture collide. As part of the tradition of the festival, the weekend will kick off with a themed party by Festival Curator and Professor of Motion Media Design at , John Colette along with the team at Alys Beach is in full swing as they prepare for the weekend to take place May...
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This is a special collaborative episode with the . Founder of SOWAL House, Dave King will be co-hosting with Executive Director, Christy Milliken on this episode featuring Seaside, Florida Founder, Robert Davis and Archictect and Urbanist, Dhiru Thadani. This conversation will be aired on both the SOWAL House and Seaside Institute podcasts. We cover some of the origin story of Robert Davis, the Seaside vision, and the evolution of both and We talk about the community of and how it was shaped by visionary Robert Davis. Robert has always been skillful at...
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The 2023 Seaside Prize Receipient and Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA, Donald Shoup sits down with Christy Milliken and Henry Grabar for a discussion about New Urbanism, parking policy, and walkable communities. Donald Shoup and "Shoupista," Henry Grabar talk about our dependency on the automobile and how that has affected our communities through decades of parrking requirements.
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A conversation with Seaside Community Development Corporation (SCDC) Vice President, Micah Davis about the legacy of Seaside, FL. As the only child to founders and visionaries of Seaside, FL, Robert and Daryl Davis - Micah talks to Christy Millken about his responsibility and stewardship in carrying the vision forward. We talk about upcoming Seaside Prize recipient, Donald Shoup and how his work in parking reform is challenging the way we think about town design and development. We talk about the culture that shapes a community.
info_outlineA conversation with Jared Schnader, Senior Director at CALSTART.
As part of our adaptability message we talk about electric and autonomous vehicles, solutions based ideas for transportation, and the infastructure that is needed. Our discussion also explores sustainability advantages with the use of electric vehicles and how they can be incorporated as solutions during natural disaster plans and used as generators. We bring the conversation home through a discussion on connectivity and how our community has been shaped through tourism.
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