In this episode…Maybe its time we started talking about resilience and climate change, and how it affects our growing city. Jennifer is joined by Elliot Cappell, an international climate change specialist who focuses on climate resilience and

Within Reach Podcast (EP 8) with guest John Pasalis

Nov 28th, 2019 31m 4s

In this Episode…We like to believe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...if we can find the 'pot of gold'. If you bought a home at the right time, in the right place...you might have the 'pot of gold' already. In fact, we've base

Within Reach Podcast (EP 7) with Amanda O'Rourke

Nov 22nd, 2019 32m 30s

In this episode...We sometimes get trapped into thinking, big moves and big changes in big cities... demand big money; That there is little we can do in our own neighborhoods to make our city a better place to live. Amanda O'Rourke is the Exe

Within Reach (EP 6) with John Sewell

Nov 11th, 2019 31m 34s

City government…not exactly a topic that makes your heart skip a beat. But think about it, when garbage pick-up falls apart…it quickly makes your blood boil. Municipal services like water, road, and transit have the biggest impact on our everyd

The Value of the Neighbourhood News (EP 5)

Oct 25th, 2019 34m 34s

In this episode...We are social creatures. And while we like the anonymity of living in a big city, we also would like to think that in a crunch our neighbors will have our back. Listen in as Dave Bidini describes the reinvention of the neig

The Roads Aren't FREE (EP 4)

Oct 18th, 2019 30m 54s

Guest: Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal at Nelson|Nygaard (Transportation Solutions) Author of the book “Sustainable Transportation Solutions”It could be argued that we have a pretty shabby system for managing our road networks in cities – if the sy

Within Reach w/ Jennifer Keesmaat EP 3/Part 2

Oct 11th, 2019 31m 59s

We like to keep things simple. But city building is complex! The good news is that Larry Beasley, former Chief Planner for the City of Vancouver, has been deep in the weeds of advancing transformative change, and he divulges all in his new book

Within Reach w/ Jennifer Keesmaat EP 3/Part1

Oct 11th, 2019 30m 13s

Getting Ahead of Crowded City Streets (EP 2)

Oct 3rd, 2019 28m 7s

Guest: Alexander Stahle, CEO of Spacescape/Author of the book “Closer Together-This is The Future of Cities”/PhD in Urban DesignIn this Episode…We shouldn’t be surprised by the competition for space that we see on our city streets – we’ve d

Unlocking The Congested City PART 1

Sep 26th, 2019 25m 15s

GUEST: Janette Sadik-Khan - Former Commissioner of Transportation for NYC, Mayor BloombergIf you live in the city, you would be forgiven for believing that a painful, costly, long commute is a given, a trade-off that you must make for your wo