A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES AND NATURE

Grant Geiger is the founder and CEO of EIR Healthcare, a startup that brings modular construction techniques to healthcare facilities. He told us how healthcare will be different in cities of the future, and how his company can not only decrease the cost of building hospitals, they could actually improve patient outcomes. This week The Mission Daily is presenting interviews from our new podcast, The Future of Cities. You can subscribe to The Future of Cities by visiting themission.co/cities. To view the full show notes and more, go to themissiondaily.com The Mission publishes the #1 newsletter for accelerated learning. Join our community of hundreds of thousands at themission.co/subscribe The Mission creates custom media for world-class companies. To connect with our team of creatives, please reach us at info@themission.co

In this next episode of ON CITIES, host Carie Penabad will speak with Olivia Ramos, the visionary founder and CEO of Deepblocks, an AI-driven real estate platform that is transforming the way we think about the future development of cities. The conversation will dive into the exciting and rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence and what this means for architects, urban planners, and anyone interested in the future of our built environment. You will not want to miss this conversation, as we explore the endless possibilities of AI and its potential to shape the cities of tomorrow. Tune in Friday, April 28th at 11:00 AM EST, 8:00 AM PST and find all episodes on Spotify, Apple iTunes or your favorite podcast platform.

Are market cities better than people cities? Does the satisfaction that residents take in their city vary from market city to people city? In Market Cities, People Cities: The Shape of Our Urban Future (NYU Press, 2018), Dr. Michael Oluf Emerson and Dr. Kevin T. Smiley identify the kinds of cities people want to live in and the façades strategically placed by city administrators to draw a specific crowd. Emerson and Smiley characterize cities as being somewhere along a spectrum with market city as one extreme and people city as the other extreme. Market cities are inclined to focus on wealth, employment, individualism, and economic opportunity. People cities are more egalitarian, with government investment in infrastructure and an active civil society. In this interview, Dr. Smiley discusses the implications urban design and policy have on environment and on the experience of people who inhabit these two types of cities. He shares that the approach in which a city takes to mitigate and respond to environmental disaster can be a distinguishing characteristic for labeling a city as market city or people city. Each city lies somewhere along the spectrum and likely does not land on either extreme. An interesting find, however, that Dr. Smiley bore out is that inhabitants of both market cities and people cities tend to be generally satisfied with their place of residence. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the continuous process that occurs with placemaking at farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

Americans are reevaluating their priorities when it comes to where and how they live. The pandemic has spurred a mass migration of people over the past two years, with some cities experiencing vast population increases and others steep declines. But there is a recipe for success: For cities to be prosperous and have vibrant, opportunity-rich economies, they must build a highly educated workforce; provide a strong sense of community; maintain a welcoming approach to newcomers, including immigrants; pursue commerce-friendly policies; invest in walkable centers, greenspace, and good physical infrastructure; and offer an affordable quality of life. In this virtual conversation, Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, and Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, discuss how America can create more cities of opportunity. Moderated by Holly Kuzmich, Executive Director of the Bush Institute, the conversation addresses policy changes city and state leaders should prioritize to ensure future success.