Growing Cities, A #Video for Friday May 9

Even though we kinda left you guys hanging for #AudioThursday this week (I’m sure one of you still hasn’t listened to the preview podcast episode yet), trust us, we were busy. In addition to attending the last symphony performance at the soon to be demolished War Memorial Auditorium, we were checking out a new site Urbanful, by our friends at Smart Growth America. Recently launched, Urbanful seeks to be a site connecting smart growth principles to regular people and supporting the work of Smart Growth America and its partners. Look for a very familiar name and face there soon ;).

In the meantime, while browsing Urbanful, I found the trailer for Growing Cities, a film project from two childhood friends who drove around the country, getting a very diverse slice of all the urban farmers and farms across the U.S. They are encouraging groups to sponsor the film and we’ve unfortunately missed the Greensboro showing. Anyway, check out the trailer below and have a wonderful weekend!

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By Kristen Jeffers

Kristen Jeffers has always been interested in how cities work. She’s also always loved writing things. She went off to a major state university, got a communication degree and then started a more professional Blogger site. Then, in her graduate seminar on urban politics, along with browsing the urbanist blogosphere, she realized that her ideas should have a stronger, clearer voice, one that reflects her identity as a Black southern woman. And with that The Black Urbanist blog was born. Seven years, one Twitter account, one self-published book, two podcasts and a litany of speeches and urban planning projects later, here we are.