#225: Defeating a private equity takeover of trailer parks

An episode of the Appodlachia podcast, hosted by Appodlachia: Appalachian Podcast, titled "#225: Defeating a private equity takeover of trailer parks" was published on August 15, 2024 and runs 66 minutes.

August 15, 2024 ·66m · Appodlachia

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Summary

On today's episode, Chuck and Big John talk why private equity is buying up trailer parks nationwide and how the community of Charlottesville, VA fought a buy-out to keep ownership local. We also talk about Tim Walz and why he's leaps and bounds better than ol' John Dammit Vance Timestamps 02:29 — A brief chat about ol' TIm Walz 15:15 — Background on private equity buying up trailer parks 21:09 — PE bad practices when owning trailer parks 34:42 — Charlottesville story on community fighting b...

Episode Description

On today's episode, Chuck and Big John talk why private equity is buying up trailer parks nationwide and how the community of Charlottesville, VA fought a buy-out to keep ownership local. We also talk about Tim Walz and why he's leaps and bounds better than ol' John Dammit Vance

Timestamps
02:29 — A brief chat about ol' TIm Walz
15:15 — Background on private equity buying up trailer parks
21:09 — PE bad practices when owning trailer parks
34:42 — Charlottesville story on community fighting back
52:12 — Beef with toxic masculinity and Appalachian gatekeeping

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