Episode description

What happens when you slow down? You start to care about where you live. On this episode of The Future City Podcast, we speak with Scott Martin, Executive Director of the River Heritage Conservancy, a non-profit organization dedicated to preservation of the Ohio River. Scott is a conservationist and kayaker with a deep understanding of how our connection to place may be the way we create strong community despite our differences. Scott speaks with us about the third largest river in the United States, how the environmental history of a place can speak to a range of communities and why our vocabulary is critical for enrolment. 

Scott Martin is the Executive Director of River Heritage Conservancy, a non-profit committed to the establishment of a 500+ acre park along the North Shore of the Falls of the Ohio. Scott has been fortunate to be a part of teams in Idaho, Virginia, and Kentucky that have built some of our nation’s largest new public park and urban open space conservation systems over the last twenty years. Scott is the North American Chair for the World Urban Parks Congress.