<description>&lt;p&gt;Changing the status quo can be hard for neighbors to accept, and it often drives NIMBY reaction to new development.&amp;nbsp; Smart developers know the value of hiring a Neighborhood Outreach Specialist. Hear how Tom Bilsten navigates community outreach and makes it an early step for development success.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Changing the status quo can be hard for neighbors to accept, and it often drives NIMBY reaction to new development.&nbsp; Smart developers know the value of hiring a Neighborhood Outreach Specialist. Hear how Tom Bilsten navigates community outreach and makes it an early step for development success.

Ep. 71 - Community Outreach 101...with Tom Bilsten

<description>&lt;p&gt;Boys love their adult toys...but where can you put them?  Jason Phillips at Wesley Development cracked the code in the development of the Toy Barn, a luxury storage condo project meant for all your biggest toys.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Boys love their adult toys...but where can you put them?  Jason Phillips at Wesley Development cracked the code in the development of the Toy Barn, a luxury storage condo project meant for all your biggest toys.

Ep. 70 - The Toy Barn - A grown ass mancave...with Jason Phillips

<description>&lt;p&gt;Recent shootings and other public discord has affected us all. Is there a way to disagree better? County Supervisor Mark Stewart and former Councilwoman Kathy Tilque still have hope.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Recent shootings and other public discord has affected us all. Is there a way to disagree better? County Supervisor Mark Stewart and former Councilwoman Kathy Tilque still have hope.

Ep. 69 - Shouting Loudly: Is Civic Discourse a Lost Art?

<description>&lt;p&gt;Turning dirt to development is hard enough, but try converting a golf course into a new subdivision and the whole world loses their mind. Against all odds, the impossible became possible over a 3 year slog. As the saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Turning dirt to development is hard enough, but try converting a golf course into a new subdivision and the whole world loses their mind. Against all odds, the impossible became possible over a 3 year slog. As the saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way.

Ep. 68 - Golf Course Conversions: Pulling off the impossible

<description>&lt;p&gt;Land development is not for the faint of heart, but it certainly helps to have friends on the zoning commission.  Even better when they are a professional civil engineer. It doesn't always mean a yes, but at least you know they understand the facts.  &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Land development is not for the faint of heart, but it certainly helps to have friends on the zoning commission.  Even better when they are a professional civil engineer. It doesn't always mean a yes, but at least you know they understand the facts.  

Ep. 67 - Friends in the right places...with Steve Bowser

We've got a dirty secret. Quite a few actually, and you will only hear them on our new podcast called Dirt to Development. We give you a behind-the-scenes look at key development projects and the insane stories surrounding them. Stay tuned to listen to all the dirt on land use, development, and the inside politics of Arizona!

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