Covid City Stories, Episode 2: The End of the Beginning?

Inspired by these stories? Want to tell your own? Just click below to record and we’ll feature it in an upcoming set of stories from citymakers around the world in the trenches of the Covid19 pandemic. Thank you for sharing!

Today, we present to you the second episode in our special series, Covid City Stories, featuring five citymakers from Miami, Minneapolis, Bengaluru, the Emirates, and Bethesda, Maryland. While their citymaking roles vary from activists, planners to developers, to real estate financiers, to place managers, their collective voices convey a sense of hope in the face of fear, offer light in the midst of darkness, and call on us to take action as we reach the end of the beginning of this global story…Again, we hope these stories inspire you to get into some “good trouble” and compel you to record your own, below, as we continue to attempt to amplify your voices. And if you haven’t already, we invite you to read Mariela’s (our Founder) New Cities piece about the implications of Covid on citymaking, which inspired this initiative. And after you’re done listening to “episode 2,” scroll down to hear the first collection of stories!

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In this Covid City Stories episode, a thank you to:

Lisa Middag, Director of Nicollet Activation at Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District, Minneapolis, MN

Thejas Jagannath, Author, Editor, Researcher at Planning Tank, Bengaluru, India

Nadine Bitar, Founder, Placemaking.me, United Arab Emirates

John Coe, Real Estate Financial Advisor at Coe Enterprises, Bethesda, MD

Benji Power, Urban Planner and Real Estate Development Professional/Principal Power Urban Thinkers, Miami, FL