If you missed a week or want to watch again, all of our recorded webinars are available below. The series is moderated by Kevin McGinnis, President and CEO of Keystone Innovation District, and weekly panelists are listed for each webinar.

Affordable City Series

Week 1 (5/14/20): Cost-per-Acre Discussion

• Dennis Strait, Managing Principal, Gould Evans Studio for City Design
• Kevin Klinkenberg, Executive Director, Midtown KC Now
• Michael Collins, Managing Director, JE Dunn Capital Partners

Week 2 (5/21/20): Maximizing Our Existing Infrastructure

• Kevin Klinkenberg, Executive Director, Midtown KC Now
• Jeffrey Williams, Director of City Planning, KCMO
• Tom Gerend, Executive Director KC Streetcar Authority
• John McGurk, Vice President of Development, Milhaus

Week 3 (5/28/20): Development Best Practices for a Productive City

• Dennis Strait, Managing Principal, Gould Evans Studio for City Design
• Diane Binckley, Deputy Director, City of KCMO
• Joe Perry, Vice President of Development at Port KC

Week 4 (6/4/20): Regional Perspectives from Kansas City, St. Louis, and Indianapolis

• Michael Collins, Managing Director, JE Dunn Capital Partners
• Sean Northup, Deputy Director, Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization
• John Nations, Attorney, Evan & Dixon St. Louis; former Mayor of Chesterfield, Missouri, and President of Bi-State Development

Equitable Development Series

Week 5 (6/11/20): Spotlight on Equitable Development

• Jeffrey Williams, Director of City Planning, KCMO
• Emmet Pierson, President/CEO of Community Builders of Kansas City
• Abby Kinney, Urban Design and Planning Consultant, Gould Evans Studio for City Design

Week 6 (6/18/20): How Incentives Impact Equitable Development

• Pat Jordan, Owner, Pat Jordan & Associates; President, Gem Cultural and Educational Center
• Daniel Serda, KC-CUR Project Manager, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
• Katherine Carttar, Director of Economic Development, Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte County

Week 7 (6/25/20): How Zoning and Regulations Impact Equitable Development

• Diane Binckley, Deputy Director, City of KCMO
• Rachel Jefferson, Executive Director, Groundwork NRG
• McClain Bryant Macklin, Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Health Forward Foundation

Week 8 (7/2/20): Regional Perspectives on Equitable Development from Kansas City, Memphis, and Oklahoma City

• Jeffrey Williams, Director of City Planning, KCMO
• Paul Young, Director of the Division of Housing and Community Development, Memphis
• Cathy O’ Connor, President/CEO of The Alliance for Economic Development, Oklahoma City

Equity in Parks Series

Week 9 (7/23/20): Equity in Parks

• Carlton Brown, Principal, Direct Invest Development, New York City
• Allison Schapker, Senior Director of Capital Projects at Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia
• Emeka Moneme, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Capital, The Menkiti Group, Washington, D.C.
• Terry Rynard, Director of Parks and Recreation, Kansas City

Week 10 (8/13/20): What Equity in Parks Looks Like

• Mitchell Silver, Parks Commissioner, New York City
• Roosevelt Lyons, Deputy Director of Operations, KCMO Parks & Recreation

Week 11 (8/20/20): How Parks Can Partner With a Conservancy or Foundation – recording not available

• Dan Biederman, President, Biederman Redevelopment Ventures; Bryant Park Corporation; 34^th Street Partnership, New York City
• Pete Browne,  President, Kissick Construction Company; Roanoke Park Conservancy
• Lance Klein, Studio Manager, Senior Associate, SWT Design; Vice President, Roanoke Park Conservancy

Week 12 (9/3/20): Best Practices from Thriving, Economically Viable Parks and Green Spaces

• Adam Regn Arvidson, Landscape Architect/Writer, Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board
• Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Partner, Inclusive Cities, HR&A Advisors, New York City

Transit in KC Series

Week 13 (10/29/20): Transit in KC: The Current State

• David Johnson, Vice President, Kansas City Area Transit Authority
• Ashley Hand, Co-Founder, CityFi
• Laura Machala, Transportation Planner, Mid-America Regional Council

Week 14 (11/5/20): The Impact of the KC Streetcar and the Main Street Expansion

• Tom Gerend, Executive Director, KC Streetcar Authority
• Kevin Klinkenberg, Executive Director, Midtown KC Now
• Lauren Jensen, Business Development, Exact Partners
• Craig Slawson, Founder, Epoch Developments

Week 15 (11/12/20): Housing + Transportation as Measures of Affordability and Equitable Development

• Scott Bernstein, Founder and President Emeritus, Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Brien Starner, President, Ride KC Development Corporation
• Slides available here

Week 16 (11/19/20): Regional Perspectives on Transit and Transit-Oriented Development from Austin, Chicago, and KC

• Ellen Ray, Owner’s Liaison, DMA Companies, Austin
• Juan Sebastien Arias, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago

Affordable Housing Series

Week 17 (3/18/21): Housing a City We Can All Afford

• Michael Spotts, President, Neighborhood Fundamentals | Research Fellow, ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing
• Stacey Johnson-Cosby, Reece & Nichols Realtors | Jackson County Board of Equalization

Week 18 (3/25/21): Community Land Banks and Housing Trust Funds

• Ruben Alonso III, President, AltCap
• Kelley Hrabe, Owner, Prairie Fire Development Group

Week 19 (4/1/21): The Pros and Cons of ADU’s

• Eric Kronberg, President of Kronberg Urbanists + Architects
• Sara Copeland, Director of Community Development, North Kansas City
• Slides available here

Week 20 (4/15/21): Perspectives from Durham, NC

• Tiffany Elder, Owner/Managing Broker Paradigm Construction and Paradigm Properties