Saving places.

<p><span class="edit-post-post-link__link-prefix"><strong><a href= "https://evepicker.com/saving-places/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.</a></strong></span></p> <p><strong>Eve Picker:</strong> [00:00:10] 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> [00:00:18] My guest today is Patrice Frey, the president and CEO of the National Main Street Center. Through the Center, Patrice and her team offer programs and guidance on placemaking, local entrepreneurship, facade improvements, crowdfunding and green habs, all in service of revitalizing commercial main streets in both big cities and small towns alike. Their network is very big with eighteen hundred members. If you want to hear why main streets matter, listen into our conversation.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:04] Be sure to go to evepicker.com to find out more about Patrice 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> [00:01:35] Good morning, Patrice. I'm really looking forward to our conversation today.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Patrice Frey:</strong> [00:01:39] Hi, Eve. Thanks for having me. I'm looking forward to it.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:42] Good. You have a pretty big job. The National Main Street Center now has eighteen hundred members. Is that right?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Patrice:</strong> [00:01:50] It is, yeah. Eighteen hundred members all across the country. Every state in the union, I think, except maybe saving Hawaii.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:59] Ok. That's pretty big. How has it grown under your watch? You've been there since 2013, is that right?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Patrice:</strong> [00:02:09] Yeah, I ha