Are We Here Yet Podcast
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A Southern Vermont Strategy for Housing
A Southern Vermont Strategy for Housing
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We're telling the stories of entrepreneurs artists and other creative class warriors making a go of it in cities and small towns all over the country. The Are We Here Yet? Podcast blends topics of economic development, urban planning and arts and culture. We are the official podcast for SMGravesassociates.com.
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- A Southern Vermont Strategy for Housing · 9 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 219Host and substack writer Scott M. Graves on the premise for developing a strategy to alight the regional economy with an industrial basis in solving the housing crisis. The Why…
- What I Had Wanted to Say to the Citizens of Dorset, VT · 12 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 218'My firm recently won the nod through a Request for Proposal (RFP) to build a 123+ unit mixed income development for the upscale town of Dorset, VT. In the midst of negotiating a…
- A Small Town in Vermont Says, 'No' to Workforce Housing · 17 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 217Our parent company, SMGraves Associates recently won the nod to build 123+ units of workforce and moderate income market rate housing in the town of Dorset, VT. This was slated…
- 'I'm Not Dead Yet!' Living Poets from the Culture Desk · 47 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 216We're joined by Culture Desk co-host and writer Joshua Michael Stewart to explore the work of some of America's great living poets. This is a great chance for our listeners to…
- What Should Cities Do with Abandoned Properties? · 13 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 215What Should Cities Do with Abandoned Properties? Today's Episode is taken from host Scott Graves 'Are We Here Yet? substack of January 2, 2026. The following is a transcript…
- What Makes a Good Corporate Neighbor? · 35 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 214Report from the New England Beacon We're talking with correspondent Chris Brady of the New England Beacon for this AWHY? Episode. His recent article in the Beacon entitled, 'CVS…
- What's in a Civic Brand? · 51 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 213Author Ryan Short's 2025 The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place caught our attention for a singular reason. One of the books many underlying themes is to choose…
- My Response to the Magical Teenage Idol · 16 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 212Transcript taken from SMGtheHouser.substack.com This week, a break from our work solving all the problems of small scale developers in rural America. Besides, our work relies on…
- Empowering Gig Workers · 54 min · Kausi 14 Jakso 211Empowering Gig Workers Tamara Laine is the founder of MPWR, a fintech services platform launching in 2026 to serve the some 80 million global gig economy workers. This isn't the…
- The Later Days of Big Bands: From the Culture Desk · 2 h 0 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 210The Later Days of Big Bands: From the Culture Desk Join co-hosts Joshua Michael Stewart & Scott Graves on a musical look at just what all those Big Band musicians were doing…
- What's to Come in 2026 · 45 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 209Cohosts Ryan Munn and Scott Graves delve into what's on the horizon in Vermont tech in 2026. Talk of BETA Technologies recent IPO and its consequences on employment opportunities…
- Rural Housing Report: New Ideas from Otis, MA · 43 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 208Rural Housing Report: New Ideas from Otis, MA We're joined by Dr. Stacey Schultze, a fifth generation citizen from the Berkshire hamlet of Otis, MA. After listening to Stacey…
- Lean Into Success Lean Real Estate's Michael Cohen · 42 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 207Michael Cohen is a partner and founding member of Lean Real Estate, a successful investment firm buying directly from owners. The team at Lean applies lean manufacturing…
- New England Equity Collective Transforms Lives One Neighborhood at a Time · 30 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 206Taiese Hickman is a realtor who recently donned the hat of a developer and non-profit leader. What makes this remarkable is the model of her new venture, The New England Equity…
- Hypnotic Boogie: Re-discovering the Hill Country Blues · 47 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 205The Hill Country Blues is, in effect for many of us, a form of early american music that is hiding in plain site. Take one part, fife and folk from the british isles,another part…
- Our 200th Episode · 11 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 200Robert Reich wrote on his substack for September 16, One study found that half of Americans expect a second civil war to happen "in the next few years," even if the specifics…
- A Housers Report from Rural New England · 46 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 204Darren Sherburne is Associate Broker of Four Seasons Sotheby's Fairlee VT office and an active houser developing a variety of properties in the Upper Valley region of New…
- For the Small Scale Developer In Your Life · 44 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 203Andrew Overton is a founding member of Creative Land Strategies, where he partners with small developers and communities to make sense of the real estate process. From…
- Getting in the Zone: Make or Break Your Cities Recovery · 43 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 202I'm joined this week by Ed Bove, the Planning Director for my hometown of Rutland, Vermont, USA. A year into his tenure Ed is leading the effort to refine our cities zoning…
- Sticking to the Plan · 55 min · Kausi 13 Jakso 201The city of North Adams, MA is a great locale these days if your passion is transforming downtowns. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is slated to fund a complete reversal of…
