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🔥 From Wildfire to Renewal: Greenville’s Reimagined Future

In 2021, the Dixie Fire wiped out Greenville, CA in under an hour, destroying nearly a million acres. Among those left standing in the ashes was Tyler Pew, a fourth-generation local and design-build contractor. Faced with total loss, he moved back home from San Francisco and asked: What if recovery is not about rebuilding the past, but creating something better?

Tyler shares the hard truth about disaster recovery, why the toughest years often come 5 to 7 years later, and the difference between a “closed fist” and an “open hand” when rebuilding a community. He draws on lessons from other disaster-hit towns, integrates indigenous Mountain Maidu land wisdom, and helps launch innovative housing initiatives like Welcome Home Greenville.

📑 Check out the incredible body of work that Tyler and the LMNOP Team have led with a group of partners HERE — a 3-year index of projects completed in the general time sequence of the work.

This is a story of resilience, regeneration, and finding hope in the next generation.

🎧 Listen now to learn how tragedy can become transformation, and how open-handed leadership can shape a stronger future.

👉 If you have faced setbacks or care about community resilience, share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.

Shared Ground is produced by Sean Knierim and Allan Marks. Thanks to Cory Grabow, Kara Poltor, Corey Walles (from The Recording Studio) for your support in launching this effort.

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