Are We Here Yet?
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Episode 219 Are We Here Yet? Podcast
What's the priority? Housing? Economic Development? The answer is YES! Host and substack writer Scott M. Graves on the premise for developing a strategy to alight the regional economy with an industrial basis in solving the housing crisis. The Why, What and...
Episode 218 Are We Here Yet? & Episode 16 The Housers Podcast
NIMBYs stopped the project. I would have told them this... 'My firm recently won the nod through a Request for Proposal (RFP) to build a 123+ unit mixed income development for the upscale town of Dorset, VT. In the midst of negotiating a development agreement,...
Episode 217 Are We Here Yet? Podcast Ep. 15 Housers Podcast
Should non-voting property owners be able to dictate who gets to live in Vermont?Our parent company, SMGraves Associates recently won the nod to build 123+ units of workforce and moderate income market rate housing in the town of Dorset, VT. This was slated to be a...
Episode 216 Are We Here Yet? Podcast
Compelling Poetry from Living American WritersWe’re joined by Culture Desk co-host and writer Joshua Michael Stewart to explore the work of some of America’s great living poets. This is a great chance for our listeners to explore poetry and what’s going on in the...
Episode 215 Are We Here Yet? Podcast Ep. 14 Housers Podcast
The question should be 'What could they do with more tax revenue?'Today's Episode is taken from host Scott Graves 'Are We Here Yet? substack of January 2, 2026. The following is a transcriptOur city completed a round of dispossessing themselves of properties they own...
Episode 213 Are We Here Yet? Podcast Ep. 13 Housers Podcast
Author & Founder Ryan ShortAuthor Ryan Short’s 2025 The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place caught our attention for a singular reason. One of the books many underlying themes is to choose substance over shallow ‘solutions’. Why do we hang new...