On this edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, takes a break from mourning the closing of Cocoberry Pops, to sit down with Charlotte Caldwell, Executive Director of the Southwest Dream Team. an economic-development nonprofit working in the South End and southwest Louisville. Charlotte is also pursuing a dual-master's in public administration and urban planning at UofL. She was profiled in the March 2019 Louisville Magazine: https://www.louisville.com/content/21-qs-charlotte-caldwell-southwest-dream-team
On this program, we discuss the history & mission of the Southwest Dream Team and its programming, including: The South Points Scenic Area, and the Future Dreamers Civic Leadership Program which will meet on Tuesdays 6-8pm May 7-June 4. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-dreamers-civic-leadership-program-tickets-58642180340?fbclid=IwAR3WbCvREG9D9r9X1HpWLLrJrSn4-aoKnaTuZ3rSWxNcfLIdmqsWt6FPnwU
We also discuss:
o The LIBA South Work Group http://keeplouisvilleweird.com/SouthLouisville
o The new Dixie Highway Project
o Colonial Gardens
o South Louisville Opioid Task Force
o Wilderness Louisville at Jefferson Memorial Forest and the ECHO Mobile
We conclude by revealing Charlotte’s secret talent: an on-air owl call!
More information is at http://swdreamteam.org and http://southpoints.org
You may contact Charlotte at 502-230-8008 or charlotte@swdreamteam.org.
As always, our interview is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!
Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org
The music in this podcast is used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at https://www.appalatin.com