Episode #52: Interview with Tim Sprague

SHOW TOPICS - Tim Sprague - Real Estate Developer - Phoenix, AZ SHOW NOTES - 00:10 - Welcome Tim Sprague! - 01:00 - Tim's story: "I got thrown into the deep end of the pool!" - 03:00 - Prime interest rate comparison provides perspective - 04:19 - Crazier than the 1980's! - 04:27 - COVID, world economy, supply chain issues, Ukraine - 05:15 - Tim is "pro-Phoenix", but it took awhile - 05:45 - Waiting for cold tap water... - 08:00 - Desert biome sunsets are the best! - 10:43 - Courage, school of hard knocks, transforming community - 11:40 - Applying lessons from bigger urban centers - 12:15 - Cultivating arts, culture, and design into buildings - 12:30 - Oasis on Grand - Affordable Housing for Artists - 15:00 - Funding affordable living and political challenges - 15:55 - Stratified Economic Housing - 17:20 - Greenfield development vs in-fill projects - 18:30 - Urban sprawl taxes community infrastructure - 20:00 - Walkable communities, neighbors, being known - 22:00 - Good design beats fashion - 23:40 - Found:Re - Hotel and Gallery - 27:01 - Arizona "Art Boutique Hotel" for all facets of art - 28:35 - Not pretentious, not fussy, just beautiful art - 29:08 - "Industrial Chic" and good lighting! - 31:10 - "Cracking the egg" on in-fill development - 32:38 - Roosevelt Action Association in response to 1-10 expansion - 33:35 - Margaret T. Hance Park, the most invisible park in the country - 34:12 - "The Golden Spike" joins East and West freeways - 35:48 - Tim listens (and repeats!) - 36:35 - "Creativity means generating ideas, good design pays for itself" - 37:35 - "Everything we really care about is based on a story" - 38:10 - Tim tells a story about his grandfather - 39:10 - Tim will return in "Drought Talk"