Joel Natalie
Cutting through the presenting issues to get to the prevailing truths. Ideas, strategy, communication, woo, individualization. True Erie PA booster.
Better neighborhoods are everyone’s responsibility
Strong households make strong neighborhoods, which in turn make a strong community. We chatted with John Villa from the Neighborhood Resource Organization along with...
Childhood support, education key to reducing poverty in Erie
The alarming poverty rates in Erie County and city are the reason hundreds of leaders in our community are mobilized to turn the tide,...
Disincentives built into government poverty policy
Erie’s anti-poverty warriors are using data-driven, childhood education-focused tactics to bring Erie county and city’s alarming poverty rates down. But as Georgia Del Freo,...
It’s a whole new deal for economic development
There is fundamental change occurring in the economic development ecosystem here in Erie County. We had a substantive conversation on Monday with the new...
New Chamber CEO tasked with area economic development efforts
The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership’s new CEO James Grunke has only been on the ground here in Erie for a few months,...
Arts important to Erie’s quality of life
On the Friday edition of the Joel Natalie Show, we tried to lighten things up as we talked about the quality of life that...
New art museum director expresses concern for future
Joshua Helmer, the new CEO of the Erie Art Museum told Joel Natalie on TalkErie.com Friday that there are major financial stresses put on...
Reduced violence trends bolster UnifiedErie’s efforts
We are advancing the narrative every day here on the Joel Natalie Show. Thursday, we welcomed members of the UnifiedErie anti-violence initiative and heard...
UnifiedErie officials tout improving crime statistics
Members of the UnifiedErie Anti-Violence initiative are cautiously optimistic at the latest violent crime statistics recently released, especially when it comes to the reduction...
The future of farming is mixed
We had a wide-ranging conversation Wednesday as we discussed the State of Farms & Agriculture during Pennsylvania Farm Show week. Our guests: Grechen Hinkson,...
