Episode #52: Interview with Tim Sprague June 17, 2022
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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"