Episode Details

In this episode, I reconnect with Roshun Austin, Executive Director of The Works, Inc., a nonprofit community development corporation serving South Memphis, TN.

As you'll quickly learn from this conversation, Roshun and her fabulous team of dedicated professionals are involved in so many efforts and initiatives to Rebuild, Restore, and Renew the communities they serve. Below are links to a few of the topics we discuss.

Additional Helpful Links:

• South Memphis Farmers Market
• The Grocer
• Cooking Matters
• Greenleaf Learning Farm: Knowledge Quest
• South Memphis Revitalization Action Plan 
• The Big Jump Project
• So Memphis Glide Ride
• Revolutions Bicycle Coop 
• Renaissance Park
• Explore Bike Share

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Credits:

All video and audio production by John Simmerman

Music:

Memphis Funk by Bobby Cole via AudioBlocks.com

Resources used during the production of this episode:

- My awesome recording platform is Ecamm

- Adobe Creative Cloud Suite

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Background:

Hi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.

I’m a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

In 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.

Since that time, I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling establish