Episode #52: Interview with Tim Sprague

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"