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Edge City Podcast 001: Building Edge Esmeralda
The first episode of the Edge City Podcast is live! Devon Zuegel and Janine Leger join host Timour Kosters to discuss Edge Esmeralda, a pop-up village experiment they organized in June 2024 that brought together 1,300 people who believe the future can be better and are actively working to make it happen.
✨What does it take to build a temporary city environment?
✨What is Esmeralda, Devon's new permanent town project?
✨How might these new community environments accelerate innovation toward human flourishing?
Listen to find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYvv_N0lvw
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:40 What was Edge Esmeralda?
05:30 Inspiration and historical context
10:37 Building community and culture
17:41 Highlights of Edge Esmeralda
29:03 Challenges and learnings
36:54 Looking ahead: future plans