Episode #52: Interview with Tim Sprague

17/06/2022 39 min Episodio 52

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Episode Synopsis

SHOW TOPICS
 - Tim Sprague - Real Estate Developer - Phoenix, AZ
SHOW NOTES
 - 00:10 - Welcome Tim Sprague!
 - 01:00 - Tim's story: "I got thrown into the deep end of the pool!"
 - 03:00 - Prime interest rate comparison provides perspective
 - 04:19 - Crazier than the 1980's!
 - 04:27 - COVID, world economy, supply chain issues, Ukraine
 - 05:15 - Tim is "pro-Phoenix", but it took awhile
 - 05:45 - Waiting for cold tap water...
 - 08:00 - Desert biome sunsets are the best!
 - 10:43 - Courage, school of hard knocks, transforming community
 - 11:40 - Applying lessons from bigger urban centers
 - 12:15 - Cultivating arts, culture, and design into buildings
 - 12:30 - Oasis on Grand - Affordable Housing for Artists
 - 15:00 - Funding affordable living and political challenges
 - 15:55 - Stratified Economic Housing
 - 17:20 - Greenfield development vs in-fill projects
 - 18:30 - Urban sprawl taxes community infrastructure
 - 20:00 - Walkable communities, neighbors, being known
 - 22:00 - Good design beats fashion
 - 23:40 - Found:Re - Hotel and Gallery
 - 27:01 - Arizona "Art Boutique Hotel" for all facets of art
 - 28:35 - Not pretentious, not fussy, just beautiful art
 - 29:08 - "Industrial Chic" and good lighting!
 - 31:10 - "Cracking the egg" on in-fill development
 - 32:38 - Roosevelt Action Association in response to 1-10 expansion
 - 33:35 - Margaret T. Hance Park, the most invisible park in the country
 - 34:12 - "The Golden Spike" joins East and West freeways
 - 35:48 - Tim listens (and repeats!)
 - 36:35 - "Creativity means generating ideas, good design pays for itself"
 - 37:35 - "Everything we really care about is based on a story"
 - 38:10 - Tim tells a story about his grandfather
 - 39:10 - Tim will return in "Drought Talk"