First hour: What's next for Rochester's Inner Loop?
Second hour: What bees can tell us about the spread of microplastics WXXI reporter James Brown has done a deep dive on the future of Rochester's Inner Loop. City officials hope President Biden's infrastructure plan could help do away with what's left of it. A goal of that plan is to help reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments and improve racial equity and access to services. Community members living in areas where development would occur say they support plans to relink neighborhoods, but they worry that the city is moving too quickly or that residents won't be involved in decision-making. We discuss the issues with our guests:
- James Brown, reporter for WXXI News
- Nancy Hernandez Maciuska, Marketview Heights neighbor
- Suzanne Mayer, president of Hinge Neighbors
Then in our second hour, what do bees have to do with microplastics? We're joined by experts who explain how honeybees are living probes of how microplastics are scattered around the world. Our guests:
- Matt Kelly, independent journalist, and creator and editor of The Bee Report
- Christy Tyler, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences in the College of Science of RIT
- Greg Madejski, founder and CEO of Parverio