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Press Release: Mountain Times 07.30.25

MouNTain Times Feature: Launch of Partners In Housing Fund SMG Founder Scott Graves is partnering with local small scale developer Stephen Box in our adoptive hometown of Rutland, VT to build a targeted opportunity for our neighbors to participate in building housing....
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Essays From An Artist

Why Is Affordable Housing Unaffordable to Build?Used by permission of authorScott M. Graves is Founder of M the Media Project and SMGraves Associates.  As contributing writer to M, he writes under the series Essays from An Artist andDemocratic Capitalism.  He formerly...
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Latest White Paper: A $100B Knowledge Towns Strategy for Western MA

What Would $100B do to Transform Western Massachusetts?   What would $100B in total investment do for a rural region of one of the country's powerehouse economies?   In Pioneer Valley Knowledge Towns Strategy Proposal, co-published by author and consultant...
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Episode 180 Are We Here Yet?

Venture Capital & Housing Investment for a better Western MADominic Endicott joins us for a second time on the AWHY? Podcast to discuss a white paper co-published by Dominic and AWHY? Host Scott Graves, detailing a $100 billion dollar strategy for transforming the...
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Client Press Release 09.17.24

SMG Client Breaking Housing Matters Launches first fundraising effort In America today people without a permanent place to live are now at risk of arrest for sleeping outside in public spaces.  BHM believes this is an intolerable solution to the national housing...
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Press Release 03.08.24

Breaking Housing Matters Launches Pilot effort for Rutland, VT  Courtesy of Breaking Housing Matters   Breaking Housing Matters  Contact: Scott M. Graves  978-884-6596  scott@smgravesassociates.com  www.breakinghousingmatters.org  Introduction by BHM Vermont...
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Developing Villages in the 413

Founder Scott Graves interviewed for Biz Buzz 413 hosted by Jill Monson August 2025.  We spoke about what it means to develop Living Local villages, combining accelerator and small business assistance programming with downtown housing, commercial spaces and transportation access.

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Investing in Stronger Communities

Founder Scott Graves and Ryan Munn, co-host of the Innova802 podcast interviewed by Matthew Schnieder for the Code & Concrete podcast Spring 2025

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Resilient Economics of Housing Density

Founder Scott Graves featured on the ‘Econ Dev’ Show in August 2021.  Hosted by Dane Carlson.

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Getting Past Covid, Economic Development, Podcasting

Scott Graves joined Sawtooth Frank and Stomping Jenn from the wilds of Western MA to take stock of the state of things as the pandemic was turning around. The Soft Serve Podcast

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