Jacob Hyman is a civil-site engineer in training and the leader of Strong Towns Steubenville, a Local Conversation in Ohio. Originally from Florida, he moved to Steubenville after serving in the Air Force and started the city's Local Conversation two years later. He works for Crabtree Group, Inc., which provides site engineering services for traditional neighborhood developments and infill development across the country and globe.

Today, Hyman joins host Tiffany Owens Reed on The Bottom-Up Revolution to discuss the challenges of revitalizing a Rust Belt city, how Strong Towns Steubenville is tackling those challenges, and how a combination of creativity, community and faith could be exactly what Steubenville — and cities like it — need to thrive.

• Local recommendations:

  • Steubenville Nutcracker Village.

  • Leonardo's Coffeehouse & Renaissance Coffee Roasting Co.

  • Spyridon Studios.

  • Chesterton & Co. Cigars.

  • Yorgo's Gyros & Potatoes.

  • 4th Street Standard.

  • Martonis Pizza.

• Tiffany Owens Reed (Instagram).

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