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COMMUNITY CENTER

COMMUNITY CENTER

by ERYNGO URBANISM

Design Society & Culture

Stan Carroll - Beauty in Algorithms

Stan Carroll is an architect-turned-sculptor who designs complex geometries using parametric processes. Some of his larger projects include the Skydance Bridge in Oklahoma City, OK and the Doris Miller Memorial in Waco, TX. In this conversation, Stan discusses function, beauty, simplicity, chaos, digital instructions, and structural expression. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Dan Kassik - Guthrie Urbanism

Dan Kassik is the planning director for the city of Guthrie, Oklahoma. As the original territorial capital, Guthrie's dense, historic urban fabric makes for a great catalyst for traditional neighborhood development. In this conversation, Dan talks through the recent zoning code update and other planning efforts that are making Guthrie a stronger community. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Ben Ilarraza - The Wheels Project

Ben Ilarraza is a community organizer with the Wheels Project, an Oklahoma City mutual aid and advocacy organization focused around cycling. In this episode, Ben speaks about the importance of coming together as a community in order to build up a stronger and more cohesive network of bicycle infrastructure throughout a city. He discusses why cycling is important, and what people can do to get involved. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Shane Hood - Tulsa's Forgotten Architecture

Shane Hood is a partner at Align Design Build in Tulsa. He's also a trustee at the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture (TFA) and sits on both the Tulsa Planning Commission and Tulsa Preservation Commission. Through his work, Shane helps to educate the general public on the importance of historic architecture and design in order to build community support for preservation efforts. In this conversation, he discusses some of the fascinating architecture in Tulsa and why we should fight to protect it. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Landry Willis - Running for City Council

Landry Willis is a candidate for City Council Ward 6 in OKC. Landry is a government affairs specialist at Francis Energy who previously worked for the OKC Realtors' Association on the ADU ordinance. In this conversation, Landry discusses what he considers to be some of the major issues facing OKC today, which includes affordability, sustainability, access to housing and transit, and government transparency. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Erika Warren - Key to Addressing Homelessness

Erika Warren is the communications manager at Oklahoma City's Key to Home Partnership, which is a public-private partnership aimed at coordinating efforts to address the issue of homelessness accross OKC. Key to Home works with many partner agencies to provide aid and services to individuals experiencing homelessness. In this conversation, Erika discusses how systemic factors cause people to become homeless in the first place and how a calculated, coordinated, and well-funded response from the community can genuinely help the same people get back into stable housing. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Lisa Chronister - Fixing Our Zoning Code

Lisa Chronister is a planner at the City of Oklhoma City with a background in architecture. For the past several years, she has been working to rewrite OKC's zoning ordinances to allow for better development patterns that will better incentivize walkable, mixed-use, transit-oriented, mixed-income neigborhoods throughout the urban core. In this episode, Lisa walks us through some of the changes coming in the zoning code update and some of the rationale behind why these changes are necessary. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Matthew Peacock - Small Changes, Big Impact

Matthew Peacock is an architect and city councilor in Norman, OK. In this conversation, we talk about the role he has played an important role in pushing for zoning reform by removing minimum parking requirements and allowing ADUs by right in all residential zones. Matt is also an Incremental Development Alliance faculty member, through which he provides training for those interested in getting started as small-scale developers. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Camal Pennington - What Is City Council?

Camal Pennington is the OKC Ward 7 City Councilor. He is also the executive director of It's My Community Initiative, a nonprofit which provides a wide variety of services to community members in need of help. Previously, he also sat on OKC's planning commission. In this conversation, we discuss how local government works and what we can do to get involved in the processes of local decision-making. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

Ron Frantz - Preserving Historic Architecture

Ron Frantz, Jr. FAIA is a licensed architect who has spent his career focused on architectural historic preservation. He has worked with communities throughout the state of Oklahoma including Guthrie, Chandler, and Pawhuska to preserve their historic buildings and tell the stories of those communities. In this conversation, Ron tells us about some of the intricacies of working on historic structures and why preservation is an important endeavor in building stronger communities. The Community Center is a show about building community. We interview various experts, advocates, and community leaders to collect a wide range of perspectives that showcase work being done in our communities today to give everyone a better idea of where we might be headed in the future. This show is brought to you by Eryngo Urbanism.

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