This week’s additions to the Delaware Community Foundation’s podcast include Senator Russ Huxtable,
who discusses how the affordable housing crisis affects entire communities, leading to shorter business hours
and longer healthcare wait times. Click on the video above to see more.

This week, the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) podcast How to (Not) Kill Your Community releases three new episodes as part of its four-part series exploring how to build and sustain communities for the long-haul.

In episode five, DCF President and CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay talks with Delaware Senator Russ Huxtable about how the affordable housing crisis affects entire communities, leading to shorter business hours and longer healthcare wait times.

Episode six (below) features Producing Artistic Director of Delaware Shakespeare Mariah Ghant and Patti Grimes, Executive Director of the Freeman Arts Pavilion and the Carl M. Freeman Foundation. Together with Comstock-Gay, they discuss the value of the arts as drivers of economic growth as well as community cohesion.

In episode seven (bottom), Margie López Waite, CEO of Las Americas ASPIRA Academy, speaks on welcoming newcomers to Delaware, highlighting ways in which the workforce relies on immigrants.

Episode six features Producing Artistic Director of Delaware Shakespeare Mariah Ghant and Patti Grimes, Executive Director of the Freeman Arts Pavilion and the Carl M. Freeman Foundation. Click on the photo to see the full video.
Margie López Waite, CEO of Las Americas ASPIRA Academy, speaks on welcoming newcomers to Delaware.