Vicinity

Author: Vicinity

For people near and far. Vicinity is a podcast about small businesses, neighborliness, and the magic of being in the vicinity of other creative and passionate humans. In our inaugural season, we talk about the phase when your business is up and running and things are starting to become more repetitive and operational. How do you stay inspired? This season is about the creative people you surround yourself with and what brings you joy?
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Language: en

Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship

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Building Neighborhoods That Work – A Conversation with Julia Katz from Mercy Housing
Monday, 28 July, 2025

What if your neighborhood wasn’t built for outsiders but with you in mind?In this episode of Vicinity, we talk with Julia Katz, a commercial developer at Mercy Housing, who’s flipping the script on what affordable housing can be. Think: walkable streets, small local businesses, and spaces designed with real community input — not just city permits.Julia shares her journey from growing up in NYC surrounded by neighborhood inequality, to working in women-led construction, to leading one of San Francisco’s largest public housing redevelopments. Along the way, she opens up about grief, motivation, the myth of neutrality in development — and why she believes burrito access should be part of every city’s walk score...

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