by Kat Bair | Aug 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
In an unremarkable neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, there is a sort of high holy site for skateboarders, quad skaters, and bmx riders. It draws famous skaters, neighborhood kids, and everyone in-between and offers them a Sanctuary. Literally. The building once...
by Kat Bair | Aug 23, 2023 | Blog, Big Ideas
My dad worked in manufacturing sales and once was asked to come bid on a system to help transport Bluebird buses from one side of a factory to another. He got there to see the system they had in place, only to find factory workers pushing the buses across a concrete...
by Kat Bair | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog, Big Ideas
I love home renovation shows, I really do, but if you watch a bunch of them all together, you’ll notice a disturbing pattern. Somehow, all of the clients’ personal style happens to be exactly whatever the trend is for the moment. How was it that in the...
by Kat Bair | Aug 1, 2023 | Blog, Big Ideas
I recently had dinner with an urban planner who worked in transportation for the city government. I asked her how work was going, and she mentioned that upcoming local elections were throwing everything into a spin. “Oh, are parts of your work impacted by the...
by Kat Bair | Jul 25, 2023 | Blog, Big Ideas
As a youth pastor, I took a group of high school and college students to a place called Camp Barnabas every year. Camp Barnabas is a summer camp in rural Missouri for children and adults with physical and mental disabilities. The camp functions by pairing campers with...