Parcel data, Detroit, and you — with Jerry Paffendorf

The fascinating Jerry Paffendorf, CEO & co-founder of Loveland Technologies, joins the show to talk about the ways that fine-grained parcel data can be a tool for making cities more equitable and transparent. We also discuss Detroit’s history and present, where its majority Black population is undergoing a historic loss of property ownership due to a flawed tax foreclosure problem—as well as what Jerry’s team is doing to help arm residents with information they need. And of course, we geek out a bit on the history and long legacy of the U.S. public land survey, as well as the centrality of city form in generating (or constricting) possibilities for the next generations of society. 

[Editor’s note: We had a few brief instances of audio issues in this episode. It’s noticeable but (we hope) not overwhelming.]

Mentioned in the episode:

Measuring America: How the United States Was Shaped by the Greatest Land Sale in History by Andro Linklater 

Your hosts for this episode: Jordan Clark & Felix Landry

Learn more about Jerry’s work at Landgrid.com, or send them an email at [email protected]. You can follow Jerry on Twitter, too: @wello.

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(Music in this episode is from No Future and The B-52's)

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