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A few weeks ago, I hinted in a post about some surprises to come…

Here are a few… we’ve been having a lot of fun these days…

Surprise! Leftist Talk Radio?

I’m guessing one the last places in the world you’d expect to find a developer would be sitting with Christine Craft at the sound board of the region’s leftist Talk Radio channel 1250AM and chatting it up for a full hour. But that’s what happened Friday at 5pm. And it was a lot of fun! And we got invited back.

Favorite moment: Seeing Christine break her own rule about not eating on the show, thanks to our eco-urban fortune cookies which she couldn’t resist. Crunch, crunch… great audio moment.

Surprise! Developer or Underground Theater?

Last night, around 120 people packed our work/play space to watch the screening of Radiant City. Folks were standing in back and sitting on the concrete floor, which astounded us (ever sat for 2 hours on a concrete floor?) …afterward, a rousing collective discussion ensued with about 50 folks for about an hour. I think my only regret was that we couldn’t get to all of the comments and questions– I seem to recall a blur of hands popping up throughout and I’m sure some never got a chance to share… if that was you, please feel free to share your thoughts below…

Really, we were stunned by the response to this, and I think everyone who came was encouraged to see so many others who really care about our city and how we can make it better.

Favorite Moment: when architect Craig Stradley walked in right when an audience member was taking Craig’s firm to task for not designing their office building with awnings or over-hangings, stating “there are two fundamental needs buildings provide for: protection from rain and protection from sun.”

Having been under the gun of public critique ourselves, it was great to see how both panelist Renner Johnston and Craig responded with humility and openness (and humor).

Surprise! Sit on a Rock and Dream Big

First we asked you to come write on our car, now we’re inviting (daring) you to sit on our rocks and dream big.

We’ve all seen the chain-link fences bordering vacant land under development… check out the subsequent post for our alternative to this.

Stay tuned…

Jason