C-3 San Diego's podcast, 'The Finest City', has been featuring introductions to the Civic Champions of the region's Urban Core via its Knowledge to Action Conversation Series hosted by Jennifer Whitelaw.  If you have yet to subscribe to the series you can check it out below.

Building up the Urban Core: Suchi talks about her commitment to bringing together local thought leaders from planning, design, community development, and more to address San Diego’s distinctive and pressing land use challenges.

The Important Role of Business Improvement Districts in Urban Areas: Stephen sheds some light on the important role of Business Improvement Districts, including supporting economic development activities and promoting city growth and community engagement. 

Design, Land Planning, and Density in San Diego's Urban Core: Diego discusses the big issues in San Diego’s urban core, how our needs differ from the needs of other cities, and why we need to rethink how we design our streets to include more outdoor activities and dining.

Working Together to Achieve Functional Zero in Homelessness: Mirle and Leslie discuss Homelessness Hub’s use of data and visualization tools to support research and policy development for the unsheltered in San Diego.

Housing People Not Cars: Rammy speaks about his work specializing in creating attractive infill residential micro-unit communities in urban walkabout areas. Rammy discusses his belief in housing people and not cars, and how San Diego can better build efficient dwelling units that help all members of the community. 

Forging Resilient and Inclusive Communities: Ricardo talks about the complex work LISC does throughout its extensive network of investment-based collaborations that support San Diego’s underserved neighborhoods. He discusses how LISC stands behind its mission in many ways, including training community development professionals, and gives actionable information about how listeners can take advantage of LISC’s opportunities and funding.