Advocacy and Governance: Navigating Local Politics

In this episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution, host Tiffany Owens Reed is joined by Ellie Riggs and Ryan Carter from Catawba Riverkeeper, a grassroots organization that preserves the waters of the Catawba-Wateree River basin in North Carolina.

They discuss stormwater’s effect on the environment, how it’s connected to parking reform and developers, and a new stormwater management bill that Riggs and Carter are introducing to the North Carolina state legislature in a few weeks. They also discuss Riggs and Carter’s experience with advocacy at the state level.

• Local Recommendations:

  • Legion Brewing.

  • Birdsong Brewing.

  • The Diamond Restaurant.

  • McGill Rose Garden.

• Catawba Riverkeeper Website.

• 2025-2026 Catawba Riverkeeper Legislative Agenda.

• Tiffany Owens Reed (Instagram).

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