web01.fireside.fm Tue, 05 May 2026 20:22:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Big Towns - Episodes Tagged with “America” https://bigtowns.fireside.fm/tags/america Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0500 You’ve heard of middle America. Big Towns is a conversation for mid-sized America: places too big to be small towns and too small to be big cities. A two-day summit in Lafayette, Louisiana, Big Towns brings together leaders from around the country, hosting conversations with big thinkers about mid-sized city stuff like housing, healthcare, work and quality of life. We help mid-sized cities find ideas that fit. en-us episodic Where mid-sized cities find ideas that fit The Current Media Inc. You’ve heard of middle America. Big Towns is a conversation for mid-sized America: places too big to be small towns and too small to be big cities. A two-day summit in Lafayette, Louisiana, Big Towns brings together leaders from around the country, hosting conversations with big thinkers about mid-sized city stuff like housing, healthcare, work and quality of life. We help mid-sized cities find ideas that fit. no mid-sized cities, American cities, economic development, workforce development The Current Media Inc. johannadivine@gmail.com Episode 1: Eye on the Sparrow: Why divided economies fail https://bigtowns.fireside.fm/1 0eb80680-178d-4d86-8e64-e0ec3a075724 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0500 The Current Media Inc. full 1 The Current Media Inc. The first of a three-part conversation between Dean Baquet and Chattanooga, Tennessee Mayor Tim Kelly, Episode 1 was recorded April 24, 2025 at Big Towns in Lafayette, Louisiana. 22:20 no <p>This is the first of a three-part conversation between Dean Baquet and Chattanooga, Tennessee Mayor Tim Kelly at the Big Towns summit in Lafayette, Louisiana. In this episode, The Current's Executive Editor Christiaan Mader introduces Dean Baquet and Mayor Tim Kelly and Dean invites Mayor Kelly to riff on why the local stuff matters (a lot), what precipitated his choice to run for mayor and how the One Chattanooga plan is addressing the city's one big intractable problem. Produced by The Current. (c) 2025 The Current Media Inc.<br> Special Guests: Dean Baquet and Mayor Tim Kelly.</p> Big Towns Summit, mid-sized cities, housing, economic development, civic engagement, arts and culture, Lafayette Louisiana, Chattanooga Tennessee, fiber optics, Mayor Tim Kelly, Dean Baquet, localism, infrastructure dollars, racial inequality, workforce development. This is the first of a three-part conversation between Dean Baquet and Chattanooga, Tennessee Mayor Tim Kelly at the Big Towns summit in Lafayette, Louisiana. In this episode, The Current's Executive Editor Christiaan Mader introduces Dean Baquet and Mayor Tim Kelly and Dean invites Mayor Kelly to riff on why the local stuff matters (a lot), what precipitated his choice to run for mayor and how the One Chattanooga plan is addressing the city's one big intractable problem. Produced by The Current. (c) 2025 The Current Media Inc.

Special Guests: Dean Baquet and Mayor Tim Kelly.

]]> This is the first of a three-part conversation between Dean Baquet and Chattanooga, Tennessee Mayor Tim Kelly at the Big Towns summit in Lafayette, Louisiana. In this episode, The Current's Executive Editor Christiaan Mader introduces Dean Baquet and Mayor Tim Kelly and Dean invites Mayor Kelly to riff on why the local stuff matters (a lot), what precipitated his choice to run for mayor and how the One Chattanooga plan is addressing the city's one big intractable problem. Produced by The Current. (c) 2025 The Current Media Inc.

Special Guests: Dean Baquet and Mayor Tim Kelly.

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