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Are We Here Yet PodcastRecast City plus Arturo O’Farrell in The Jazz RoomMy guest today is Ilana Preuss, founder of Recast City, LLC which she’s led for 10 years. To date, Ilana has worked with 60 communities throughout the United States. Her commitment is to apply her expertise in smart growth, community reinvestment, real estate analysis, and stakeholder engagement to create more opportunity for more people in more places and to create strong, inclusive, and resilient economies. Her core beliefs navigate this approach. Ilana is the author of 2021’s, Recast-Your-City: How to Save your downtown with Small Scale Manufacturing Today’s subject: how we...2024-08-081h 07
The Bottom-Up RevolutionThe Bottom-Up Revolution Is…City Building With Small-Scale ManufacturersIlana Preuss is the founder and CEO of Recast City, a program that helps cities build strong downtowns by empowering small-scale manufacturers. She is also the author of “Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing.” Previously, she was the vice president and chief of staff at Smart Growth America and led the technical assistance program at the EPA Smart Growth Program. She is a TEDx speaker on, “The Economic Power of Great Places,” and a featured keynote speaker.
In this episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution, Preuss joins host Tiffany Owens Reed to discuss the impo...2024-07-1141 min
Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic DevelopmentEncore: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing with Ilana PreussWhat's your downtown like?
As a county economic developer, I can look out over several different cities, all with a diverse array of downtowns:
Some are vibrant, beautiful tourist destinations.
Others are transitioning and improving with city dollars and commercial reinvestment into new stores, new facades, new lighting, new life.
Some suburban cities, to their shame, don't even really have downtowns. Unfortunately, I live in a town like that.
But still, others are shells of their former selves; Empty storefronts with faded signs and broken sidewalks -- places that...2023-10-0937 min
Women CEO In ReflectionIlana PreussIlana Preuss is Founder & CEO of Recast City, a nationally recognized consulting firm working with city, community and business leaders across the US to revitalize cities by integrating space for small-scale manufacturers. Ilana is passionate about her work turning downtowns into vibrant economies so these cities become great places to live, work & visit. Her book, Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing, is a must-read for people and organizations responsible for downtown reinvestment. A visionary in community development, Ilana Preuss is a highly-sought speaker at prestigious events including the 2023 National Main...2023-06-0719 min
Love Is Podcast - Fun interviews with your favorite celebrities!Ilana PreussWherever we drive in cities across the US, we all see blocks of empty storefronts -- yet there are solutions to reverse this trend to make these neighborhoods great places to live, work & visit! Founder & CEO of Recast City, Ilana Preuss is a nationally recognized expert as her firm works with city, community and business leaders to bring in small scale manufacturers (Hardware, Hot Sauce & Handbags!) to fill these spaces and turn these cities into vibrant economies. Her book, Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing quickly became a must-read for people and organizations responsible...2023-06-0614 min
Manufacturing Talk RadioBringing Manufacturing DowntownIlana Preuss, Founder of Recast City, discusses how to bring small-scale manufacturers downtown into vacant storefronts that benefit everyone, from foot traffic to incubating manufacturers.For more on Recast City visit https://www.recastcity.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-05-3020 min
KQED's ForumWhy Are There So Many Vacant Storefronts and What Can We Do About it?Empty storefronts have peppered neighborhoods across San Francisco and the Bay for decades. One stretch of Mission Street, from 19th to 30th streets, has more than 70 commercial vacancies. In the last few years, the pandemic exacerbated the problem as hundreds of small businesses have closed up shop for good. Cities and business owners are grappling with how to bring back foot traffic to support small businesses, but they face a multitude of challenges. We’ll talk about why so many retail spaces remain vacant and whether blight has seeped into your neighborhood.Guests:Heather Knight, col...2023-02-1655 min
Redevelopment TrailblazersRecasting Your City w/ Ilana PreussWhat is small-scale manufacturing, and how can it bring Main Streets and downtowns back to life? In this episode of the Redevelopment Institute Podcast, Leslie Parrish interviews Ilana Preuss, Founder and CEO of Recast City, who explains how this dynamic approach to economic development bolsters local businesses and helps communities grow and thrive in an inclusive and resilient manner.
Learn more about this organization and read the first chapter of Ilana's book here: Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown With Small-Scale Manufacturing.2022-11-1518 min
Booked on PlanningRecast Your CityIn our very first live podcast recording we sat down with author Ilana Preuss to discuss her new book “Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing”. The book was released during the height of the Pandemic, but the problems we saw with shrinking retail, empty storefronts, and closing businesses was a long time coming. In this episode Preuss explains why the old model of economic development did not work and how small-scale manufacturing can support a new, more equitable approach. Thriving economies result from creating great places. Building great places results from a bottom up appr...2022-04-1246 min
GovLove - A Podcast About Local GovernmentSmall-Scale Manufacturing as Economic Development with Ilana PreussRecast your city. Ilana Preuss, author and CEO of Recast City, joined the podcast to talk about her new book Recast Your City, about how small-scale manufacturing is a better way to create thriving communities and strong economic development. She shared what small-scale manufacturing is and how cities can embrace it as an economic development tool. Host: Kirsten Wyatt2022-01-1835 min
Sunday Coffee : Arts Design ArchitectureRecast Your City: How to save your downtown with small scale manufacturing by Illana PreussRecast Your City: How to save your downtown with small scale manufacturing by Illana Preuss. Published by Island Press in 2021In Recast Your City community development expert Ilana Preuss explains how local leaders can revitalize their downtowns and main streets by bringing in and supporting small-scale manufacturing. Preuss shows how this approach helps create thriving places. Small scale manufacturing can deliver local business ownership opportunities, provide well paying jobs, and create communities where people and place are valued. An excellent book for urban designers, landscape architects, and architects. It's about how to build a city fo...2021-12-0651 minManufacturing Talk RadioRevitalizing Small Town DowntownsIlana Preuss, CEO and Founder of Recast City LLC, discusses how small manufacturing businesses can fill vacant storefronts and bring new vitality to struggling small town downtowns in cooperation with government agencies that rely on economic development and the commercial tax base to maintain and improve small town infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-11-0923 minEcon Dev Show Podcast - Economic DevelopmentWith Change Agent Jimi Copland of The Rural SparkI this episode, Dane talks with Jimi Copland.
Jimi is rural economic developer, educator, needle mover, encourager, change agent, and owner of The Rural Spark, an online educational platform for small communities. Special Guest: Jimi Copland.Sponsored By:Econ Dev Pro: Upgrade your subscription and support the Econ Dev Show with a paid membership. Plus AI in Economic Development and other bonuses.Links:The Rural SparkThe Roadmap Course for Economic and Community DevelopersSummer Spark Challenge recordingsTop Ten Takeaways from the Summer Spark ChallengeAmazon.com: Recast Your City: How to Save...2021-08-2326 min
Inside Ideas with Marc BuckleyThe power of great places, with Ilana PreussIlana Preuss is my guest on Episode 122 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Ilana Preuss is the Founder & CEO of Recast City. Prior to that she was the Vice President and Chief of Staff at Smart Growth America and led the technical assistance program at the EPA Smart Growth Program. She is a TEDx speaker on “The Economic Power of Great Places” and a featured keynote speaker. COVID-19 brought about a historic collapse in jobs and people’s livelihoods, devastating many small businesses and leaving storefronts vacant across the country. But even before the pandemic, main streets across the US were s...2021-08-191h 30Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic DevelopmentHow to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing with Ilana PreussWhat's your downtown like?
As a county economic developer, I can look out over several different cities, all with a diverse array of downtowns:
Some are vibrant, beautiful tourist destinations.
Others are transitioning and improving with city dollars and commercial reinvestment into new stores, new facades, new lighting, new life.
Some suburban cities, to their shame, don't even really have downtowns. Unfortunately, I live in a town like that.
But still, others are shells of their former selves; Empty storefronts with faded signs and broken sidewalks -- places that...2021-06-2237 min
First State InsightsRecast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale ManufacturingIlana Preuss, Founder and CEO of Recast City, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about her latest book, "Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing." Released by Island Press in June 2021, the book explains how local leaders can revitalize their downtowns by supporting small-scale manufacturing. It is available for purchase at Amazon and other major booksellers, and you can use the promo code RECAST to save 20% at https://islandpress.org/books/recast-your-city.
Topics covered in this June 2, 2021 interview include the value of small-scale manufacturing for economies...2021-06-1524 min
Breaking Down BarriersBreaking Down Barriers: Ilana PreussHost David Ponraj is joined by Ilana Preuss. Preuss is the author of the new book Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing (Island Press , 202 1). She explains how local leaders can revitalize their downtowns by supporting small-scale manufacturing, thereby providing local business ownership opportunities and well-paying jobs. Get details about the book at: www.islandpress.org/books/recast-your-cityNow SAVE 20% on your order when you use code: RECASTFind out more about Startup Space here: https://www.startupspace.us2021-05-1732 min
No BS Agency PodcastEP 26: Ilana Preuss – What's Possible: Building Authority Online and Owning Your Brand and VoiceWhen you own your brand and voice, you are seen as the authority in your space.
And when you’re the go-to celebrity?
EVERYONE wants to hire you—and they’ll pay whatever high prices you want.
But if you haven’t been showing your business who’s boss, you might be stuck in a pattern of feast and famine. You might be hustling to get clients with tons of emails, calls, and proposals—or so busy working for your clients that it feels impossible to do business develo...2020-10-221h 04
Downtown Happy HourDowntown Happy Hour with Ilana Preuss, Founder & CEO of Recast CityDown Town Happy Hour is joined by Ilana Preuss, Founder & CEO of Recast City.
Ben Muldrow with Arnett Muldrow & Associates, Joe Borgstrom with Place + Main Advisors, and Jeff Siegler with Revitalize, or Die. spend each Thursday with us and a cold beverage to talk about how communities are coping with the impact of COVID-19.
Cheers!2020-05-081h 01
RIA Radio22 - Small Scale Manufacturing: Recast City and Union KitchenSmall scale manufacturing is making a comeback in downtowns and Main Streets across America. Ilana Preuss, the founder of Recast City discusses the importance of making a place for a creative maker economy has part of a health retail mix. Continuing on that theme, Jonas Singer of Union Kitchen joins us to talk about the growth of the shared kitchen industry, and how it is remaking the food industry in DC.2015-12-011h 00