Ep. 144 - Creating forever design and architecture with Helios

Ep. 144 - Creating forever design and architecture with Helios

Steve Betts talks with Jessica about creating a forever building with the Helios Education site in Phoenix.  Hear about the innovative ways the design team thought 100 years in the future for the buildings' use, energy needs, future water needs, the impact of less parking needs, and how to expand the buildings' usable space without expanding the footprint. Most impressive is hearing how they built a site that stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter without much assistance from utilities, if at all.  Listen in on this very impressive building, which we hope everyone will one day get to tour.

Ep. 143 - Running a small Town like Duncan, Arizona

Town Manager Terry Hinton in Duncan, Arizona talks about managing a small Town and what goes into being a man of many hats in rural Towns and how all the amazing goals he has achieved in 3 short years!

Ep. 142 - Detroit National Planning Conference

Jessica talks about the recent 2026 National Planning Conference in Detroit, Michigan and what ideas and discussions she is bringing back to use in AZ.

Ep. 141 - AAED 2026 Spring Conference Download

Jessica does a download of the recent Arizona Association of Economic Development (AAED) Spring Conference iin Tucson, AZ.  Hear about the great sessions, the first teaming conference with RVi and how she handles a very active extrovert conference... was she able to network all the entire time!?

Ep. 140 - Oh Those Sensitive Architects

Why are architect’s so sensitive? We’ve got Ben Ayers and Dane Astle, both Arizona Architects who tell us about why they are the way they are in this entertaining episode. They will tell us what creates good looking projects and how we can get more of those great designs and places. We will talk about what’s hot and what’s not in their eyes of architecture.