Two of the founders of the Center for the Living City (CLC), the University of Utah 's Stephen Goldsmith and author Roberta Brandes Gratz, had the extraordinary privilege of knowing and working with urban planning legend Jane Jacobs. CLC Director Goldsmith was a renowned sculptor who was asked to become the Salt Lake City Planner, the first ever artist/planner in a major U.S. city. At the time, he was founding director of Artspace, a community development corp that created affordable housing and workspaces for artists and others in Salt Lake City. During his tenure,  hew produced an award winning guide on walkable downtowns and a project to develop high-performance, green building policies for the city. Brandes Gratz is an international lecturer on urban development issues and former award-winning reporter for the New York Post. Her most recent book is "We’re Still Here Ya Bastards: How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City." She also authored "The Battle For Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs," and the now classic "The Living City: Thinking Small in a Big Way." #journalism #media #storytelling #cities #poverty #Charlotte #CenterForTheLivingCity …see more