Podcast Production Update

We have a bold vision for a Denver where every individual, neighborhood, and entity in the community are not only able to meet their basic needs, but are set up to thrive. Right now in Denver, prosperity abounds. There is a boom of new education and tech startups, high-level jobs, and rising home prices. Denver is a great place to live, and the growth is understandable, but there is a cost of that growth. As rent and mortgage payments rise past a critical point, so does homelessness, creating a bifurcation between those at the top of the economic scale and those at the bottom. People are drawn to Denver (or compelled to stay here) because of the mountains, great beer and coffee, yes, but also because of the vibe. It is a laid-back small city where people seem to care about the environment and about their neighbors. We want to foster that sentiment and do our part to make sure we still consider our neighbors who struggle to make ends meet.

Our first step is to foster a common understanding of where we are as a community right now, and why we are here. We are doing this through an exciting new podcast where we explore complex issues around how to achieve social and environmental sustainability from four distinct Denver perspectives: citizens, the nonprofit sector, the civic sector, and the private sector. Denver has much to be proud of, and yet like other cities, the private businesses and public institutions that make Denver great still leave too many of our neighbors behind. Many of our nonprofits and public safety-net systems mitigate symptomatic pain, but they do not solve these complex issues at the systemic level. The podcast will explore the cross-sectional root causes at play as we share stories from neighbors across the city. We aren’t just going to talk about the problem. We are going to offer innovative examples and approaches from around the country and world as well as from Denver’s own history, which we will look to for future Elevated Denver work to design solutions.

Listen to the trailer below and hop on the email list to stay tuned!