On this week’s Fresnolandia, Jordan and Danielle speak with Kiel Lopez-Schmidt, a longtime Fresno community organizer and the executive director of the South Tower Community Land Trust, about his decades of experience working in community development.
They talk about the fight he and his neighbors took on to get a new park built on Broadway, where a police substation once stood; how Kiel’s advocacy tactics have changed; and, how they’re using the community land trust model to create more access to affordable homeownership.
Further Reading
How Fresno’s South Tower neighborhood replaced a police station with a community park
This is one of the cheapest homes for sale in Fresno right now, and here’s why
Could community land trusts make housing more affordable in Fresno?
This episode of Fresnolandia is sponsored by the San Joaquin Valley Housing Collaborative. Learn more about the organization and register for their two-day housing summit at: https://sjvhc.org/news-events/
