Go Cultivate!
117 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsA podcast for community builders. Discussing ways to grow financially resilient, resource-conscious, and people-friendly cities.
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Season 3 Wrap Up — with Kevin Shepherd
August 01, 2023 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBWe’ve reached the end of Go Cultivate! Season 3! To wrap us up, Kevin details the impacts that the suburban experiment has had on our country and asks the question: what does ‘quality of life’ really mean, and does an auto-centric lifestyle support these outcomes? After defining actionable steps to take in order to address the challenges posed by the suburban development pattern, Kevin emphasizes the importance of finding and connecting with other people and groups in your area to drive mean...
Meet the Verdooners — with Matt Meals
July 14, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIn this episode we are sitting down with Matt Meals, the newest addition to Verdunity’s engineering team. He and Kevin discuss Matt’s journey to Verdunity, and his perspective on how land use fiscal analysis gives cities the education they need to plan for communities to take root, as well as how it empowers citizens to take active roles in shaping the future of their communities. Throughout the interview, Matthew emphasizes the importance of context and community in engineering and design, ...
Leadership and Inclusive Prosperity — with Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan and Shaun Rojas
July 04, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBIn this episode, AJ interviews Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan and Shaun Rojas of the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) where Kaye is the President and CEO, and Shaun is the Senior Director of Civic Engagement. Their discussion emphasizes the importance of building a culture of civic leadership and engaging with community members to address their concerns and build stronger, healthier, and more prosperous communities. The conversation also touches on the idea that leadership is an activity rather than a t...
Meet the Verdooners — with Maddie Bonney
June 27, 2023 21:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBTime to roll out some new Meet the Verdooners episodes to introduce y'all to the newest members of our team! In this episode, Kevin sits down with Maddie Bonney, our new Planner, and they discuss her personal motivations for pursuing a career in planning, including her desire to improve quality of life and promote self-sustaining economic development. She explains how her values align with Verdunity's focus on fiscal health and local wealth, and they discuss the relationship between the desi...
Plangineer to Storyteller — with Andy Boenau
June 07, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBMoving communities beyond status quo is hard. Entrenched practices in zoning, transportation planning, and road design have created places that are unsafe, unhealthy, and inequitable for many, while others who have benefitted from these systems staunchly defend them. In this episode, “Plangineers” Andy Boenau and Kevin Shepherd discuss how their careers evolved from engineering to planning to advocates for change in their respective roles today. They discuss why radical changes to traditiona...
Development Bills at 2023 TxLEG—with Michael Kovacs and Tom Yantis
May 11, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBThere are a number of bills working their way through this year’s session of the Texas Legislature that will impact cities’ ability to guide development in a manner that ensures fiscal sustainability and affordability. Proposed bills address topics like: annexation/deannexation; prohibiting cities from requiring development value and infrastructure costs as a factor in development approvals; reducing the minimum lot size; and allowing accessory dwelling units by right. One side of the conver...
Rural Community Transformation — with Julianna Dodson
May 02, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBRural communities are a focus for us here at Verdunity. In this episode, AJ interviews Julianna Dodson, Deputy Executive Director, and Radically Rural Director for the Hannah Grimes Center for Entrepreneurship. Prior to her work with Hannah Grimes, she was primarily in the financial services industry (which according to her is a lot more vibrant and dynamic than one might imagine!) but has also taught English overseas, and runs her own small business on the side. Together they chat about h...
Place and Prosperity — with William Fulton
April 04, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBWilliam Fulton is one of America’s most established thought leaders in urban planning. From 2014 to 2022, he served as Director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. Prior to moving to Houston, he served as Mayor of Ventura, CA and Director of Planning and Development for San Diego. He’s the author of multiple papers and books, including his most recent book Place and Prosperity, which is the focus of this episode. Kevin and Bill discuss Bill’s experience growing up in ...
2023 Podcast Survey
March 30, 2023 23:00 - 1 minute - 1.79 MBWhether you're a long time follower of our Go Cultivate! podcast or just started listening, we'd love some feedback. This annual survey guides our team in creating content you actually want! As a thank you, all submissions will be entered into a drawing to win a $50 Amazon gift card - winner will be announced in our May 2nd podcast episode! Link: verdunity.com/2023survey
Enabling Desirable Neighborhoods - with Melissa Milton-Pung
March 07, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBMelissa Milton-Pung is a Policy Research Labs program manager at the Michigan Municipal League. As a Federally-qualified architectural historian, her expertise is in place-based economic development initiatives, historic rehabilitation, and heritage tourism. She holds a BA in Public History from Western Michigan University and a Master of Historic Preservation from the University of Kentucky College of Architecture, where her research created the Commonwealth’s first historic property tax cr...
Bridging Infrastructure Gaps — with Mark Funkhouser and Liz Farmer
February 07, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBFiscal policy, municipal finance, thoughtful budgeting, and infrastructure maintenance. If you ever wanted to know where and why your city's money gets spent, you'll want to hear this. Mark Funkhouser, former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, with decades of experience in municipal finance, and Liz Farmer, a writer, thinker, and consultant on policy and budgeting, are two of the most knowledgeable people when it comes to local finance. They present us with some really tangible options for gett...
Engaging Youth in Planning — with Mara Mintzer
January 03, 2023 13:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBWe’re kicking off 2023 with an interview with Mara Mintzer, a co-founder and the Executive Director of Growing Up Boulder, an initiative to engage with city children and youth and offer them opportunities to affect change within their community. In 2017, Mara hosted a TEDx talk on including young people in city planning—which has amassed nearly 2 million views—and she recently co-authored the book, "Placemaking with Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communi...
Meet the Verdooners — with Kevin Shepherd
December 22, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBKevin Shepherd, the founder and CEO of Verdunity is here to talk about where the company has been, where it might be going in the future, and what gifts your city-focused friends might enjoy. Spoiler alert: he loves books. Kevin is an engineer, but as is usually pretty obvious, not your typical engineer, and its interesting to hear from him some of the struggles he has faced trying to communicate a message of fiscal responsibility to sometimes very resistant parties. This episode rounds out ...
Meet the Verdooners — with AJ Fawver
December 20, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBEpisode 5 of “Meet the Verdooners” introduces us to AJ Fawver, who leads Verdunity’s Community Consulting Program. In this episode we learn what initially brought AJ into the planning world and what element of community building she is most concerned about. AJ is a firm believer that we serve communities best when we remember that people are at the center of everything we do, and she greatly admires communities that are willing to have difficult conversations in order to effect positive chan...
Meet the Verdooners — with Tim Wright
December 15, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBTim Wright's work spans the gamut from missing middle housing to incremental development and infrastructure right-sizing. He has been an engineer on the kinds of projects that can transform a place into a more sustainable, connected community. Hailing from the great state of Louisiana (Shreveport to be exact) and proudly lacking on sleep (as he's a brand new dad), Tim is an integral part of the team here at Verdunity. Tim is also the founder of Re:Form Shreveport, an organization that is wor...
Meet the Verdooners — with Mari Austin
December 13, 2022 14:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBMari Austin is Verdunity's Process and Communications Coordinator. Her work is too varied to adequately explain in a podcast blurb – but it ranges from process improvement to multimedia production (including this very podcast), to fostering a positive and forward-looking company culture here in-house. Mari comes from outside the world of municipal planning and engineering, and thus brings a unique perspective to our team. But it's clear in this episode how much Mari brings to the work that w...
Meet the Verdooners — with Karina Castillo
December 08, 2022 06:05 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBEpisode 2 of "Meet the Verdooners is back with Karina Castillo, a planner here at Verdunity. If you are a young planner, ready to go out and change the world, there is some interesting backstory you might enjoy from Karina. There are some real gems of knowledge here when it comes to trying to get good work done – who really makes the big decisions in your community, and are those the same people who are most qualified to solve the issues in front of them?
Meet the Verdooners — with Marshall Hines
December 06, 2022 06:05 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBWe are heading into this holiday season with a little series of episodes called "Meet the Verdooners. You'll get to hear from each of our team members and get a little background on them and what makes them tick. This first episode introduces Marshall Hines, our Creative Director and the person responsible for helping us communicate this message of fiscal responsibility in the most compelling and understandable way possible. After the episode be sure to check out the books Marshall recomme...
Community Branding and Engagement — with Ryan Short
November 01, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBRyan Short is the CEO of CivicBrand, a firm that blends together branding, communications, and direct engagement with communities. As we think about the kinds of places we want our cities to grow into and be in the future, it's important to directly connect with members of the community to help identify and then take ownership of a place. CivicBrand is right at the place where those things converge. If you are interested in how to get your community more engaged in discussions both large and...
Neighborhood Evolution in South Bend - with Mike Keen and Monte Anderson
October 04, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBHow sustainable is any system which requires the agreement and buy-in of those with the deepest pockets and largest portfolios to be successful? Can many small players create the same value in a place that the big guys do? This week's guests will tell you that the former simply isn't sustainable, and not only is the latter, but it also creates more lasting value for the community. Monte Anderson and Mike Keen are working in two different places (South Dallas and South Bend, Indiana). Still, ...
Navigating Different Stages of Growth
September 06, 2022 05:05 - 1 hour - 56 MBKent Cagle has been a city manager in Texas for over 20 years, and has worked in local government in Texas for nearly 35. He has worked in cities that are growing rapidly, and ones that are built out and having to determine how they can balance a budget with limited resources. He is the current city manager in Killeen, Texas and oversaw the city's recent Comprehensive Planning effort. Kent shares a great deal of knowledge on how he has navigated the changing landscape of local government and...
Navigating Different Stages of Growth - with Kent Cagle
September 06, 2022 05:05 - 1 hour - 56 MBKent Cagle has been a city manager in Texas for over 20 years, and has worked in local government in Texas for nearly 35. He has worked in cities that are growing rapidly, and ones that are built out and having to determine how they can balance a budget with limited resources. He is the current city manager in Killeen, Texas and oversaw the city's recent Comprehensive Planning effort. Kent shares a great deal of knowledge on how he has navigated the changing landscape of local government and...
The Rosetta Stone of Zoning - with Sara Bronin
August 02, 2022 05:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBIf just about anyone tells you that they totally understand zoning codes, they are probably lying to you. Well, unless they are today's guest. Sara Bronin is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, and policymaker specializing in property, land use, historic preservation, and climate change. She's a professor of planning and law at Cornell University, and she was recently nominated by President Biden to Chair the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, pending Senate confirmation. She f...
Embracing Incrementalism - with Colleen Askew
July 06, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBIncremental improvement is a key element to the success of any place. The biggest projects, developments, and infrastructure also come with the biggest collection of dangers and places that something can go wrong. Starting from the bottom and working to solve an immediate need in the most effective way possible can also solve big problems over time, we just need to embrace that way of thinking. Kevin and Colleen Askew discuss just this (and more).
Resurrecting a Dying Downtown - with Jason Duff
June 07, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBJason Duff is the Founder of Small Nation which encompasses a group of companies, leaders, and investors who develop places, spaces, and dreams for small towns and small-town entrepreneurs across the county. Jason and his team at Small Nation have completely revitalized the town of Bellefontaine, Ohio. In 10 short years, they have turned a dying town around and helped make it a Best-in-State destination. If you want some serious inspiration for how your downtown can be enlivened with passi...
Rethinking Budgeting – with Andrew Kleine & Shayne Kavanagh
May 03, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBAndrew Kleine is the author of "City On the Line" and is working tirelessly toward a future in which municipal budgeting produces the results that leaders are looking for. Shayne Kavanagh, the Senior Manager of Research for the Government Finance Officers Association, has spent his career looking at how government policy interacts with the fiscal health of the places in which he works. To some, municipal budgeting is a black box, but today's conversation aims to make this sometimes-confusin...
Demystifying Affordable Housing — with Deborah Myerson
April 05, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBHave you ever heard the phrase "affordable housing" used by 5 different people, but it seems like every one of them is talking about something slightly different? This episode will help shed some light on this sometimes confusing, always complex subject. AJ and Deborah go deep and we are here for it. Lots of great content to check out after you listen to this episode: Deborah’s Business: https://dmyersonconsulting.com/ Mentioned in This Episode: How Did They Do It? Discovering New Opp...
The Battle Over Broadway – with Kea Wilson
March 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBIn the heart of San Antonio, Texas lies 2.2 miles of 7-lane stroad that connects to I-35. Originally part of a state owned loop, the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) approved a transfer of ownership to the City of San Antonio in late 2014. Since then, the City has undertaken a public engagement process to determine how best to adjust this road to better suit its citizens. Leaders in San Antonio are proposing to reduce travel lanes to two in each direction and add protected bike lanes,...
Vibrant Downtowns - with Catherine Sak
February 03, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBWhat makes a great downtown? What do we sometimes miss that can influence the way new visitors feel about our downtown? AJ interviews Catherine Sak, Executive Director of Texas Downtown to get the answers to these questions. If you care about your downtown, or are just a lover of downtowns generally this episode is for you. Catherine and AJ get into when you need to drop Truth Grenades on the members of your community who aren't helping your downtown to be as successful as it can be, and ho...
Serving You Better: 3 Reflections from 2021 and Initiatives for 2022
January 11, 2022 06:35 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBIn this first Podcast of the year Kevin takes an introspective look look back at Verdunity’s last year and gives a preview of what we expect to be up to in 2022. Listen in to Kevin giving some thought to What prosperity is. How we are building cities we can’t afford to live in or maintain. How clear it’s becoming that there is hope at the neighborhood level. As we look forward to 2022 we hope you will join us for some upcoming workshops we will be holding around the state of Texas. Stay ...
Fiscally Informed Planning - with the City of Taylor, Texas
December 07, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBDoes your community say it values fiscal responsibility but continue to make development decisions that increase infrastructure and service liabilities without a plan to pay for them in the future? If so, a fiscally-informed comprehensive plan process like the one Verdunity helped Taylor, Texas prepare might be beneficial. Taylor is a small town in Central Texas who’s heyday came and went in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Originally a major hub for commerce in Williamson County, Tay...
"Buckle Up, Baby" – with Chuck Marohn
November 02, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBThe Go Cultivate! podcast is back! In this episode Kevin introduces Marshall Hines who will be helping out with episodes going forward and they talk about what to expect from us in the future. Chuck Marohn (of Strong Towns) and Kevin Shepherd (of Verdunity) discuss how they came to engineering in the first place, what led them to discover some problems in the profession, and their divergent paths to solving them. It turns out to be a critical conversation between two engineers recovering fro...
Aligning City Budgets with Desired Outcomes – with Andrew Kleine
December 16, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBAndrew Kleine is the Former Chief Administrative Officer for Montgomery County, MD, and before that, he was the budget director for the City of Baltimore. He’s the author of one of our favorite books, City on the Line: How Baltimore Transformed Its Budget to Beat the Great Recession and Deliver Outcomes. He describes the city's implementation of outcome-based budgeting during his time there. It’s an excellent resource for any city looking to implement an outcome budgeting approach. Learn mo...
2020 Wrapup & survey
December 11, 2020 23:28 - 6 minutes - 3.19 MB2020 is almost over, and it's time for our annual assessment of how we're doing and what we want to focus on in the upcoming year. In this short update, Kevin and AJ talk about Verdunity's commitment to serving our listeners, followers, and partners and how we use listener feedback to inform what we write and talk about. To help us make the podcast and other content as relevant and helpful as possible, we're asking our friends and followers to complete a quick survey. Click HERE to let us kn...
Infrastructure funding! – with Jim Proce
September 30, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBKevin speaks with Jim Proce, City Manager for the City of Anna, Texas, about a pressing issue many cities are facing: the struggle to find the money needed to maintain and replace streets and other infrastructure built back in their growth years. Also discussed in this episode: The difference between street maintenance and replacement, and how they're each typically funded How cities typically prioritize maintenance and CIP projects How Jim is approaching his job in a city that is in the ...
Are We Doing This Right? // Sidewalks Edition
September 23, 2020 21:23 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBIn this installment of the 'Are We Doing This Right?' series, we take on the humble sidewalk. We packed a lot into this episode, including: How the use of the street right-of-way has changed over time Who “pedestrian infrastructure” is really for The common use of the term “pedestrian” and its implications The bizarre ways sidewalks get paid for (and who that impacts most) The recent resurgence in walking awareness Elements of successful sidewalks Scoring streets for their sidewalk qu...
'Smart growth' and fiscal sustainability
September 16, 2020 21:03 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBIn this episode, Kevin is joined by a trio of folks from Smart Growth America: Vice President for Economic Development Chris Zimmerman, Deputy Director of Economic Development Jeri Mintzer, and visiting Director of Research Michael Rodriguez. We discuss Smart Growth America's fiscal sustainability research and its implications for communities of all sizes, as well as some things the group would like to see all levels of government doing differently to build a stronger foundation for the co...
Reflecting on 40 years of growth in North Texas – with John Lettelleir
September 02, 2020 23:02 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBKevin sits down with John Lettelleir, Director of Development Services for the City of Frisco, Texas. John has been with the City of Frisco since 1998, when the population was around 25,000, and has seen it grow to more than 200,000 residents. John brings a unique perspective on planning for and managing fast population growth in North Texas. Kevin and John discuss the recent repeal of the Plano Tomorrow comprehensive plan and the impact it may have on planning in North Texas in the coming...
Building a culture of fiscal sustainability – with Noel Bernal & Helen Ramirez
August 26, 2020 16:55 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBNoel Bernal and Helen Ramirez, are the city manager and assistant city manager (respectively) for the City of Brownsville, Texas. In this wide-ranging interview, they discuss some of the ways they're using the lens of fiscal sustainability to guide investments, prioritize infrastructure projects, and make land use decisions. (Last year, Verdunity conducted a land use fiscal analysis for Brownsville, which was used as the launch point for a more intentional budgeting process, the creation of ...
Are We Doing This Right? // Budgeting Edition
August 19, 2020 21:12 - 59 minutes - 27.3 MBThis time on our ‘Are We Doing This Right?’ series, we take a look at the local budgeting process. Here’s what you can expect from this episode: A quick rundown of common presumptions An overview of the way budgeting processes work in most towns and cities A discussion of the “seven deadly sins” of public finance (as told by friend of the show Liz Farmer), Some of the most common criticisms of city budgeting processes and outcomes A bit of perspective from AJ on what budgeting processe...
Safeguarding small business during the pandemic – with Kennedy Smith
August 13, 2020 23:16 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBIn this episode, Kevin speaks with Kennedy Smith, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), about strategies that city leaders can use to help local businesses weather the pandemic—and the post-pandemic world. Kennedy has just authored a report titled 'Safeguarding Small Business During the Pandemic: 26 Strategies for Local Leaders.' The 26 actions outlined are grouped into three main priority areas that address immediate, short-term, and longer-term actions to guid...
Connecting housing & community health – with Becky Gray
August 05, 2020 13:46 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBIn this episode, Kevin speaks with Becky Gray, Director of Housing for Chaffee County, CO, to discuss the County's early efforts to build a more resilient regional housing system. We follow up on their work since the County hosted Kevin and Monte Anderson for a workshop last year. Curious about the original radio show discussed in this episode, featuring Kevin and Monte? We aired it as a podcast episode last year. Note from your producer: The audio quality in this episode is not quite w...
A recovery toolkit for local leaders – with Rachel Quednau
July 29, 2020 15:12 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBOur friends at Strong Towns have put out a new resource for folks in local government called The Local Leader's Toolkit: A Strong Towns Response to the Pandemic. Jordan speaks with Rachel Quednau of Strong Towns and then with Verdunity's AJ Fawver to discuss some of its key points. -- The Go Cultivate! podcast is a project of Verdunity. Find more about this and other episodes (and our blog) at verdunity.com/go-cultivate. You can also find us on social media. Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn ...
Are We Doing Doing This Right? // Comprehensive Plans Edition
July 22, 2020 22:21 - 1 hour - 32.4 MBFor this month’s edition of ‘Are We Doing This Right?’, we’re turning our attention to the comprehensive plan. There’s a lot to talk about, including: History! Where did comp plans come from? How to know when your city’s comprehensive plan is outdated (or even harmful) An alternative vision for what comprehensive plans could be… from all the way back in 1967 Why some comprehensive plans just sit on the shelf gathering dust What it means for comprehensive plans to “fail”—and what causes ...
Who gets to participate? – with Shari Davis & Derrick Braziel
July 08, 2020 22:10 - 58 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this episode we’re joined by Shari Davis, Executive Director of the Participatory Budgeting Project, and Derrick Braziel, co-founder and Development Director of MORTAR Cincinnati. On today’s show, we follow the money. We discuss public budgeting processes, the moral weight of budget decisions, and the opportunities we have to make these documents “living, breathing reflections of community need and community-driven investment.” Participatory budgeting (PB) is a process by which all peopl...
Are We Doing Doing This Right? // Bike Networks Edition
June 24, 2020 15:26 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBWe're back with another edition of Are We Doing This Right?—this time to ask that question about bicycle networks. If it seems like the conversation surrounding bike networks is straightforward, it's not quite. We dip our toes in what is a much, much bigger and richer discussion, and do our best to examine some of what we're getting right and wrong about bike networks. This one could have lasted for hours, but we had to cut it off well before exhausting our notes! We may have to return for a...
Advocating for Texas cities – with Bennett Sandlin
June 17, 2020 13:20 - 53 minutes - 24.4 MBToday’s episode features a conversation with Bennett Sandlin, the Executive Director of Texas Municipal League. We talk about: what a Municipal League is and what they do; the ongoing dialogue between local governments and state officials in Texas about resource gaps, property tax caps, and annexation; how COVID-19 has had an impact on city budgets; ways TML is available to help all of their member cities, including the many small, rural communities throughout the state; what to expect...
Building vibrant communities – with Quint Studer
June 10, 2020 22:20 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBQuint Studer is the author of Building a Vibrant Community, which we discuss in this episode. His most recent book, The Busy Leader’s Handbook, became a Wall Street Journal bestseller. He is the founder of Studer Community Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on improving the quality of life in his hometown of Pensacola, Florida. He is also the founder of Vibrant Community Partners, which coaches communities in building out a blueprint for achieving growth and excellence. Quint speak...
Emerging stronger
June 03, 2020 23:54 - 5 minutes - 4.1 MBMost cities lack the resources to keep up with infrastructure and service demands, yet daily decisions continue to prioritize growth and short-term wins over long-term costs and impacts. If you’re in local government and are looking for ways to get more out of your existing resources—while building community trust and making immediate progress—we've been working on something we think will help you do just that. We’re hosting a free, 10-part training webinar series called Emerge Stronger, w...
Talking tax bases & sustainable development – with Patrick Lawler and Chad Janicek
May 28, 2020 22:01 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBIn this episode, Kevin chats with Patrick Lawler and Chad Janicek, the co-founders of ZacTax, an online sales and hotel tax analysis platform for local governments. Before making the jump to ZacTax full-time, Patrick and Chad both worked in local government, most recently as City Manager and ACM for Hudson Oaks, TX. They share our passion for helping communities move toward a more sustainable development and operations model, and using data to inform decisions. We talk about what led them ...