At Home, On Air Podcast Episode 51 | People First: Creating Spaces Without Walls
In this episode of our podcast, we welcome Nichole Battle, the CEO of the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO). In this compelling conversation, hosted by architect and AHWGO Executive Director Susanne Stadler, we explore the profound connection between affordable housing and community vitality.
“What if affordable housing could transform entire communities, not just provide shelter?”
Battle leads GEDCO, a Baltimore-based affordable housing developer born from a coalition of churches responding to their parishioners' needs. With her background in urban planning, landscape architecture, and real estate development—plus deep roots as a longtime Baltimore resident—Nichole understands that decent housing goes beyond four walls and a roof. It's about creating context: green spaces where neighbors gather, ball fields for exercise and play, urban farms that nourish bodies and spirits, and sacred grounds for celebration and reflection. It's also about stability—having a home provides the foundation people need to secure employment and fully participate in community life.
“When we put people first, housing becomes something bigger—it creates spaces without walls that strengthen the entire community,” shares Nichole.
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At Home, On Air Podcast Episode 51 | People First: Creating Spaces Without Walls
In this episode of our podcast, we welcome Nichole Battle, the CEO of the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO). In this compelling conversation, hosted by architect and AHWGO Executive Director Susanne Stadler, we explore the profound connection between affordable housing and community vitality.
“What if affordable housing could transform entire communities, not just provide shelter?”
Battle leads GEDCO, a Baltimore-based affordable housing developer born from a coalition of churches responding to their parishioners' needs. With her background in urban planning, landscape architecture, and real estate development—plus deep roots as a longtime Baltimore resident—Nichole understands that decent housing goes beyond four walls and a roof. It's about creating context: green spaces where neighbors gather, ball fields for exercise and play, urban farms that nourish bodies and spirits, and sacred grounds for celebration and reflection. It's also about stability—having a home provides the foundation people need to secure employment and fully participate in community life.
“When we put people first, housing becomes something bigger—it creates spaces without walls that strengthen the entire community,” shares Nichole.
At Home With Growing Older is proud to host At Home, On Air—a radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our participants.
Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/edWRfMnDZkd
Learn more, support our work, and register for the next LIVE episode of At Home, On Air: www.athomewithgrowingolder.org.
Join us as we discuss “Renewment” with Helen Dennis, co-founder of Project Renewment, a best-selling author, columnist, lecturer on aging and retirement.
Renewment is a made-up word; a combination of retirement and renewal. Established in 1999, Renewment is a movement of mid- to later-life career women, who are using their drive, energy and talent used in the workplace to create their next life chapters to be equal to or more fulfilling than the previous ones. The women typically meet monthly for a structured conversation, on topics such as “Who am I Without my Business Card?” and “What is Productivity Anyhow?” As women belong to the same group for anywhere from 2 to 20 years, Renewment has moved beyond the transition from work to retirement. It now supports career women through transition and change for a lifetime. The pandemic has prevented women from meeting face to face. As a result, we have launched virtual Renewment roundtables which are growing virally with waiting lists. See the LA Times best seller: Project Renewment: The First Retirement Model for Career Women and Renewment.org.
At Home With Growing Older is proud to be your host of At Home, On Air a radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our participants remotely. We invite you to listen and learn from this episode of At Home, On Air featuring our archived conversation with Helen Dennis from 2020 alongside our exclusive interview update from 2024.
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At Home, On Air
At Home, On Air Podcast Episode 51 | People First: Creating Spaces Without Walls
In this episode of our podcast, we welcome Nichole Battle, the CEO of the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO). In this compelling conversation, hosted by architect and AHWGO Executive Director Susanne Stadler, we explore the profound connection between affordable housing and community vitality.
“What if affordable housing could transform entire communities, not just provide shelter?”
Battle leads GEDCO, a Baltimore-based affordable housing developer born from a coalition of churches responding to their parishioners' needs. With her background in urban planning, landscape architecture, and real estate development—plus deep roots as a longtime Baltimore resident—Nichole understands that decent housing goes beyond four walls and a roof. It's about creating context: green spaces where neighbors gather, ball fields for exercise and play, urban farms that nourish bodies and spirits, and sacred grounds for celebration and reflection. It's also about stability—having a home provides the foundation people need to secure employment and fully participate in community life.
“When we put people first, housing becomes something bigger—it creates spaces without walls that strengthen the entire community,” shares Nichole.
At Home With Growing Older is proud to host At Home, On Air—a radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our participants.
Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/edWRfMnDZkd
Learn more, support our work, and register for the next LIVE episode of At Home, On Air: www.athomewithgrowingolder.org.
