100 – Working within the System to Change the System

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Former congressman Zack Space (OH) joins Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for this milestone 100th episode of When the BioMass Hits the Wind Turbine. 

Congressman Space’s experience in working within the US Congress as well as president of Sunday Creek Horizons – a strategic communications, issue advocacy and business development consulting firm – provides a unique perspective on the possibilities and challenges of trying to change the system from the inside.

176 – Community Benefit Agreements

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Huge amounts of money have been allocated by the government under the Infrastructure Law as well as the Inflation Reduction Act. So how do local recipients ensure that the funds actually benefit the local community – and not just provide wages for out-of-town workers who swoop in to build a project and then move on to follow the money? Community Benefit Agreements are one tool to make sure these funds are equitably distributed.

Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station are joined by Natalia Rudiak of ReImagine Appalachia in a discussion of how the region can “win the win” when these funds are allocated.