{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F7dea45db-0898-44ce-9d6f-0b7189f94ce8","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Battling blight\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/7dea45db-0898-44ce-9d6f-0b7189f94ce8\"></iframe>","title":"Battling blight","description":" City of Knoxville Neighborhood Coordinator David Massey talks about the impact of blight on a community as he reviews\u00a0Bringing buildings back: from abandoned properties to community assets: a guidebook for policymakers and practitioners\u00a0by Alan Mallach.\u00a0 \u201cMallach is a principal in the Center for Community Progress, a nationally acclaimed team of experts who have assisted the City of Knoxville and other Tennessee cities in efforts to adopt a more proactive approach to abandoned, blighted and vacant properties,\u201d Massey says. \u201cHis work is exhaustive in its detailed explanation of the tools and best practices used across the country, including Knoxville, to combat blight.\u201d\u00a0 In Bringing Buildings Back, Mallach pulls together insights from law, economics, planning, and design to address all sides of the problem, from how abandonment can be prevented to how best to bring these properties back into productive reuse.\u00a0(Recorded April 18, 2012)","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f07864e3-eb10-477b-bd12-28d81e9fd2e2/mt3pksmHk87V0ERqQ4bOQHhI.png"}