Richard "Rick" Reinhard is one of the leading experts when it comes to analyzing and repurposing church real estate in America.

In this episode, Rick talks about the great emptying of churches and how this negatively impacts communities. In one of the undergraduate courses he teaches, he has referred to this epidemic as "spiritual brownfields."

We talk about what can be done to convert and repurpose these decaying vacant or soon to become vacant structures and why city managers and local elected officials need to put this issue on their radar.

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He is the principal consultant for Niagara Consulting Group.

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