Dirt NC

About Dirt NC

Conversations about all thing built environment in the Tar Heel State. We will be discussing places and spaces and the people who make them awesome!

Publisher

Jed Byrne

Category

business · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jun 2021

Latest episode

21 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 62 episodes have a transcript.

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   21 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Interview with Zach Sunderland of Haven Design|Build in Durham, NC

   Send us a text Summary: Zach and I talk about the Design Build Process, housing affordability, and big ideas. ________________________________________________________ Sponsor: This show is supported by the Top Five Newsletter. If you want a simple and to-the-point update on Raleigh commercial development, you can subscribe to the Top Five. It’s free if you want it to be! ________________________________________________________ Big Takeaways: - How to design and build a home well. - Reducing p...

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   7 Aug 2025

   Interview with Morgan Mansa of Wake County in Raleigh, NC

   Send us a text Summary: Morgan and I talk all about housing affordability at the County level ________________________________________________________ Sponsor: This show is supported by the Top Five Newsletter. If you want a simple and to-the-point update on Raleigh commercial development, you can subscribe to the Top Five. It’s free if you want it to be! ________________________________________________________ Big Takeaways: - The connection between housing and healthcare. - Wake County has ...

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   24 Jul 2025

   Interview with Monte Anderson of Options Real Estate and Neighborhood Evolution in Duncanville, TX

   Send us a text Summary: Monte and I talk about incremental development and starting a 12 Steps to Town Making small-scale developer ecosystem. ________________________________________________________ Sponsor: This show is supported by the Top Five Newsletter. If you want a simple and to-the-point update on Raleigh commercial development, you can subscribe to the Top Five. It’s free if you want it to be! ________________________________________________________ Big Takeaways: - There are four c...

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Interview with Zach Sunderland of Haven Design|Build in Durham, NC

Published 21 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's going to be contributing towards the person who owns the building, but also people using the building, but also the community around it, and so when we look at a project, say a project that's serving people who are experiencing homelessness, we're going to study just as much as we're going to look at planning and zoning, we're going to try to understand the context in which the building is going to go. Who are the neighbors? What's the neighborhood like? What are the people who will be impacted by this project? What is actually built? And how can we optimize the impact not just for the client? […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

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46

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0

Engagement

77

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