SMGraves Creative Associates

07/07/2026

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Craig Della Penna for his Roads Less Traveled Podcast. Craig was a 2022 guest on my podcast Are We Here Yet? where we focused on the question, Do Rail Trails Build Wealth for Communities? In our two part pod we focused on the importance of working on economic development and housing in parallel if we're serous about changing neighborhoods. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roads-less-travelled/id1841896135?i=1000775516136

03/28/2026

My team at SMG remains dedicated to solving the middle market housing challenge here in our home state of Vermont. That's why we're speaking out about the challenges to developing in the times we are living in. https://open.substack.com/pub/smgthehouser/p/a-small-town-in-vermont-says-no-to?r=nirh4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=tru

03/25/2026

Let's talk about a strategy for Southern Vermont that addresses economics and housing together. https://smgthehouser.substack.com

02/11/2026

Normally my substack focuses on developing our economic and built environments. But no work towards a more advantageous economy can work without a democratic landscape to work from. And if we loose our democracy, it will be because those who have something to loose refused to defend that which is right. https://smgthehouser.substack.com/p/on-the-edge-of-desperation?r=nirh4

02/02/2026

History reminds us that we can still do big things, big people-centric things if we focus on the right set of principles. How do we know we could still develop a national housing initiative? Listen to the words of then-governor Francis Sargent of Massachusetts. Then read our latest on substack smgthehouser.substack.com

01/31/2026

01/21/2026

I believe a better Mass Transit Policy works in parallel with smart economic and property development. I'm using the recent response to Massachusetts Freedom to Move Act to make that point here: https://open.substack.com/pub/smgthehouser/p/whats-behind-the-massachusetts-freedom?r=nirh4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

01/12/2026

Download our presentation on what a $100B strategy would do for western MA. Then consider what it would do for your community? How can SMG help solve your problems? https://www.smgravesassociates.com/whitepages/

01/08/2026

Learn what we mean when we say The Future of Local Economies is Hand-Crafted. Download our presentation and learn how SMG can solve your problems.
https://www.smgravesassociates.com/whitepages/

01/05/2026

Click to download our presentation on 'Building Unity Through the Trades and Housing Reform' See how SMG can solve your problems.
https://www.smgravesassociates.com/2025/12/30/building-unity-through-housing-policy-presentation-for-download/