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Schmooze with Suze

Schmooze with Suze

著者： Suzie Becker
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Hi, I’m Suze. Here with your dose of culture, values and global citizenship- and where we tackle those topics others may consider off-limits.

A little about me, I’m a busy GenX mom who, quite frankly, wanted to grow up like the Brady Bunch… But ended up being raised in the shadow of Schindler’s List. So this means I’ve spent a lifetime navigating these mixed messages we get hit with daily. You know those conversations- where we wonder if it’s safe to speak our minds? Can we share our experiences? Voice our fears and concerns, or should we just keep our mouths shut?

Well, too bad. I need to know! But I’m no expert. So, I’m going to schmooze the experts and get their thoughts. Why? So when we engage with our kids, colleagues, or the countless committees we interact with, we can do it with competence, kindness, confidence, and maybe a bit of humor.

If this sounds like your cup of coffee- welcome to Schmooze with Suze!

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  • How Can The Communities That Shaped Us Become The Communities We Help Shape? My Guest: Allishia Bauman, CEO the Women's Center of Jacksonville

    How Can The Communities That Shaped Us Become The Communities We Help Shape? My Guest: Allishia Bauman, CEO the Women's Center of Jacksonville
    2026/10/29

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    What does it really mean to create community? Is it the organizations we belong to, the titles we hold, or the rooms we're invited into? Or is it something much more personal?

    On this episode of Schmooze with Suze, I'm reconnecting with someone whose leadership journey I've had the pleasure of following, Allishia Bauman, author of The Art of Space Making and CEO of the Women's Center of Jacksonville.

    When I first interviewed Allishia, we explored how community helped shape her life. This time, we're talking about how she's using her life to shape community.

    We get personal about leadership, identity, and the sometimes uncomfortable realization that the work we do can become so intertwined with who we are that we forget to make space for ourselves. We explore what it means to lead from the inside out, embrace the African philosophy of ubuntu, "I am because you are," and recognize that creating belonging requires more than simply extending an invitation.

    Allishia also takes us inside the critical work of the Women's Center of Jacksonville, an organization providing essential resources for survivors of sexual violence, including crisis intervention, a regional rape crisis hotline serving four counties, forensic examination support, trauma-informed counseling at no cost, and community prevention education.

    Throughout our conversation, we challenge what it means to truly show up for others, especially when the circumstances are difficult, uncomfortable, or far from glamorous.

    We talk about curiosity over assumptions, trust over titles, and why clear communication is an act of kindness.

    For me, this conversation reinforces something I believe deeply: Community isn't something we simply belong to. It's something we are responsible for building.

    Whether you're a nonprofit leader, community advocate, professional navigating your own identity, or simply someone who wants to be more intentional about how you show up in the world, there's something in this conversation for you.

    And if this conversation resonates, please subscribe, share it with someone who might benefit, and leave a review. Every listen helps amplify the people and organizations making Northeast Florida a stronger, more compassionate community.

    Curate. Educate. Activate.

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  • What Does It Take to Turn “Coming Soon” Into “Now Open”? My Guest: Colin Tarbert, CEO of Jacksonville's Downtown Investment Authority

    What Does It Take to Turn “Coming Soon” Into “Now Open”? My Guest: Colin Tarbert, CEO of Jacksonville's Downtown Investment Authority
    2026/10/06
    Send us Fan MailWhy do some big downtown ideas become buildings, parks and neighborhoods... while others never make it past the rendering?Jacksonville has never been short on plans for Downtown.We have seen the glossy renderings. Heard the promises. Watched projects get announced, redesigned, delayed, revived and, sometimes, quietly disappear.So what actually separates a beautiful picture from a ribbon cutting?On this episode, I sit down with Colin Tarbert, CEO of Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority, for a candid conversation about what it really takes to transform an urban core.And spoiler alert: it is considerably more complicated than drawing a pretty skyline and putting some people walking dogs into the rendering.Colin brings more than two decades of experience in economic and community development, including serving as President and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation and in senior economic development roles in Baltimore City government before coming to Jacksonville.That means he understands cities not simply as collections of buildings, but as complicated ecosystems of people, money, policy, infrastructure, history, politics, patience and possibility.We get into the part of downtown development that usually happens somewhere between the press conference and the crane. Colin explains why meaningful urban transformation is rarely one giant "catalytic" project. More often, it is ten smaller wins that begin creating confidence, density, activity and momentum.We talk about what today's construction zones and seemingly disconnected projects could collectively become by 2028, 2030 and even 2040And because this is Schmooze with Suze, we also talk about something bigger than development deals: What makes a city feel like a city? For Jacksonville, the answer may be found somewhere between the St. Johns River and its bridges, our neighborhoods and history, our arts and cultural institutions, our sports and entertainment district, and the people who are willing to imagine what Downtown can become while still being realistic about how long transformation actually takes.The Jacksonville our children inherit may include parks, buildings, businesses and neighborhoods they assume have simply "always been there." But somebody has to do the decidedly less glamorous work of getting them built. Renderings are easy. Ribbon cuttings are earned.About Colin TarbertColin Tarbert serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Downtown Investment Authority (DIA), Jacksonville's Downtown Community Redevelopment Agency and economic development agency.Before coming to Jacksonville, Colin served as President and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corporation and held several senior roles in Baltimore City government, including Deputy Mayor for Economic and Neighborhood Development. His career spans architecture, real estate, economic development, neighborhood investment and public-private development.Colin holds both a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Master of Architecture from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Economic Developer.Want to Learn More About Downtown Jacksonville?Downtown Investment Authority (DIA)117 West Duval Street, Suite 310Jacksonville, Florida 32202Main Office: 904-255-5302Colin Tarbert, CEOPhone: 904-255-5301Email: ctarbert@coj.netVisit the Downtown Investment AuthorityRead the Data and Dig DeeperWant to see the numbers, plans and research behind the conversation?DIA Community Redevelopment Agency Annual Report 2023–2024For current budgets, audited financial statements and other public financial information:DIA Northbank CRA Financial Reports and DocumentsFor independent land-use and development research, including Technical Assistance Panel work involving Downtown Jacksonville, the Southbank and other Northeast Florida redevelopment issues:ULI North Florida Advisory Services and Technical Assistance Panel ReportsAnd for a snapshot of where Downtown stands right now, the 2025 State of Downtown Report tracks development, residential growth, visitation, investment, office activity, parks and other measures of Downtown vitality. The latest reporting identifies approximately $7 billion in Downtown's development pipeline, 9,228 residents and 19.7 million annual visits.One Last Thought... Downtown redevelopment is easy to judge one empty lot, delayed project or construction fence at a time.But cities aren't built one press release at a time. They're built through thousands of decisions, investments, compromises, risks and small wins that eventually begin connecting to one another.So maybe the better question isn't simply, "Why isn't Downtown finished yet?"Maybe it's:"Are we finally building the pieces that will make the next generation wonder why it ever looked any other way?"Listen, subscribe and share this episode with someone who cares about the future of Jacksonville.And then tell me:What is the ONE thing you hope Downtown Jacksonville has by 2040?🎙️ Schmooze with ...
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  • What If We Built Cities Around People, Not Places- And What If Connection Is The Real Infrastructure? My Guest: Kady Yellow, Social Architect and Vice President of Placemaking and Events, Downtown Vision Inc.

    What If We Built Cities Around People, Not Places- And What If Connection Is The Real Infrastructure? My Guest: Kady Yellow, Social Architect and Vice President of Placemaking and Events, Downtown Vision Inc.
    2026/09/23
    Send us Fan MailWhat if the most important infrastructure in a city isn’t a building, a bridge or a billion-dollar development? What if it’s connection?This episode on Schmooze with Suze, I sit down with Kady Yellow, a social architect, tactical urbanist, civic entrepreneur, artist, educator and internationally recognized Placemaker who has built a career asking a deceptively simple question:What happens when we treat the people who live in a place as the experts on what that place could become?Kady is currently Vice President of Placemaking and Events at Downtown Vision, Inc., where she leads work designed to make Jacksonville’s public spaces more public. But Jacksonville is only one stop in a career that has taken her through New York, New Orleans, California, Alaska, Michigan, Texas, Canada and Western Europe.Before coming to Jacksonville, Kady helped lead 120 pop-up projects in Michigan, activating riverfronts, parks, sidewalks, streets and alleys. Her work has included civic entrepreneurship, the creative economy, tactical urbanism, public-space activation and resident-led economic development. And the list of credentials is… very Kady.She is a TEDx speaker, International Downtown Association Fellow, Jacksonville Business Journal Woman of Influence, Leadership Jacksonville Class of 2025 alum, Strong Towns Accelerator inaugural class member, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Research Fellow, PlacemakingUS Network Leader, Urban Land Institute member, Florida Main Street founding board member, former university adjunct professor and published author.She holds a master’s degree in Arts Administration from the University of New Orleans and, because apparently one undergraduate degree wasn't enough, dual bachelor’s degrees in Mathematical Sciences AND Graphic Design from Binghamton University. Which actually makes perfect sense when you understand Kady.She lives somewhere between the shovel and the spreadsheet. Between creativity and data. Between the person standing on the sidewalk and the person writing the policy. Between what a city IS and what its people can imagine it becoming.And somewhere along the way, this woman who is more than a decade younger than I am became one of my mentors. Because Kady doesn’t just practice placemaking. She practices people planning.We talk about building cities from the sidewalk up, where artists, neighbors, entrepreneurs and small experiments can turn imagination into actual public space, economic activity and eventually policy.We unpack social capital as a form of currency, and Kady’s idea that public space can function almost like a community bank. Every conversation, collaboration, relationship and moment of belonging becomes another deposit.We get into people planning, where the resident is the expert rather than simply the person invited to give “input” after the important decisions have already been made.Kady explains why she believes we should “pilot everything.” Pop-ups aren't just cute events or temporary activations- done intentionally, they become laboratories. They let cities test ideas, gather data, measure economic activity, learn what works and sometimes move from pop-up to policy.And we talk about how Jacksonville doesn't need to become like any other city. It needs to become more authentically Jacksonville.And we go into the messy stuff, too... What happens when “everything is for everybody” actually prevents us from creating meaningful spaces for anybody? How do you establish community standards without silencing disagreement? How do contracts, expectations and task forces create accountability when passionate people inevitably collide? How do we make civic participation accessible to people who don't know the vocabulary, don't know the people in charge and may not even realize they are allowed in the room?That leads us to Placemaking School, a free on-ramp currenlty in YEAR 4, giving residents access to the skills, tools, technical assistance and office hours necessary to move an idea toward reality.And then there are the artists who help create the identity, energy and desirability that make neighborhoods valuable, so why are they so often invited into development after the financing, design and big decisions have already happened? That conversation opens an even bigger question for Jacksonville: Do our creatives need a shared three-to-five-year vision for where we are collectively trying to go?A city can have money... land... developers, master plans, renderings and very fancy words... And still feel empty.The missing piece may be the thing we rarely think to put in the budget- Connection.How do we turn emptiness into energy?Isolation into connection?Blight into bright?Pop-ups into policy?And neighbors into an actual community?And maybe the most important infrastructure we ever build isn't made from concrete. Maybe it's belonging.SOME MORE OF WHY KADY YELLOW IS A MENTOR TO ME: 🎤 Watch Kady’s TEDxJacksonville talk,...
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