Cities are networks.

<p><strong><a href="https://evepicker.com/cities-are-networks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Eve Picker:</strong> [00:00:07] Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:00:13] My guest today is Bruce Katz, co-founder of New Localism Advisors. Over the last 25 years, Bruce has established himself as one of the foremost policy experts working on urban and metro areas. He founded the Metro Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and is credited with reshaping and revitalizing several cities in the U.S. More recently, he co-wrote several books shifting his thinking to how cities can thrive in the age of populism, what he calls the new localism.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:00:52] Be sure to go to evepicker.com to find out more about Bruce on the show notes page for this episode. And be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small change.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:13] Hello, Bruce. I'm so pleased you could join me today.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Bruce Katz:</strong> [00:01:16] Well, thanks for having me.</p> <p> </p> <p>[00:01:18] Yeah, it's really a pleasure. So, I would really love to talk about your current work and what you call the new localism. And first, I just wanted to know what that means.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Bruce:</strong> [00:01:29] Well, I think the new localism is the way we solve problems in the world today. Cities are networks of public, private, civic, community institutions, intermediaries. They're not governments. And I think the kinds of challenges we have today require multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral solutions. And so, cities have become the places where you can do that. Whether it's around transportation or housing or small b