Join real estate entrepreneurs and progressive urban planning advocates Scott Graves and Ethan DeSota for a presentation focused on the nuts and bolts of building your neighborhood. Using real life examples that you can bring to your own town, this presentation will take you step by step, as a citizen, on how to advocate to the benefit of you and your neighbors. We will look at the step by step including potential funding schemes, how partnerships between public and private entities work, how to form your own neighborhood advocacy groups, how certain federal or state funding sources actually work and we’ll look at the different possibilities for re-development and why you would consider them including green space, medium to high-density development, economic development projects such as makerspaces and business incubators, the need for middle-market housing and more.
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday March 13 Attend in-person or via Zoom. Registration required: https://somvt.co/eventregistration
Date and Time
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
1 PMLocation
Pizza will be available. Review The Space On Main's COVID Policy requirements for in-person attendance.
About Ethan and Scott Scott M. Graves is founder of SMGraves Associates, a firm dedicated to new ideas in Economic Development and Environmental Stewardship. Ethan DeSota is the founder of the innovative building firm Exponent Homes. Together they founded Exponential Property Investment Co-Operative a wealth building property co-operative. SMGraves Associates includes M the Media Project, producing various media and funding schemes to support a future of robust, local journalism. SMG also administers the Business Triage Program, a state subsidized business assistance program for business owners located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Scott is host of SMG’s ‘Are We Here Yet?’ Podcast dedicated to economics, urbanism and culture. They advocate for strong urban cores, de-centralized financial systems, employee ownership and neighborhood-responsive economic development. Their projects reflect a commitment to entrepreneurship that offers solutions to environmental sustainability, energy efficiency, economic and social justice
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