RJ Justice of the City of Knoxville

Is it possible for a city to be both flexible and intentional?  How can a fast-growing city create public spaces that invite people to spend time together? In this episode of Closer, Carol Coletta and Mark Wallace talk with Rebekah Jane (RJ) Justice, the Chief of Urban Design and Development for the City of Knoxville about how cities can grow without losing the qualities that make people love them in the first place. RJ shares how her city has shifted from simply chasing investment to strategically guiding it, and why the most important question in urban design may simply be: Who feels invited here? Closer is a conversation hosted by Carol Coletta and Mark Wallace about the strategies that make cities more social—and why that is the smartest investment in the urban toolkit.