Rob Deutschmann

Old Grey Mayors

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Rob Deutschmann sits down with community leaders, civic leaders, and others from across Waterloo Region to learn more about their experiences and how those lessons can apply to today's issues.

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Rob Deutschmann

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You can't fight City Hall, but you can move it. Talking downtown Kitchener with Richard Christy 20.02.2020 52:43

Richard Christy was mayor of the City of Kitchener from 1995 to 1997 and lead the city through the beginning stages of its downtown revitalization. Rob and Richard discuss that part of the city's history -  plus how Richard got into politics, moving from Ottawa to Kitchener,  and why he thinks the downtown malls of the 80s and 90s hurt local businesses.

Talking casinos and gravel pits with Todd Cowan 03.02.2020 45:45

Rob is joined in the studio by Todd Cowan, former mayor of Woolwich Township.

The roots of The Working Centre with Joe Mancini 21.01.2020 41:54

Rob is joined by Joe Mancini from The Working Centre . Joe and his wife Stephanie founded The Working Centre in 1982 as a response  to unemployment and poverty in downtown Kitchener. Newly married and just graduated from St. Jerome’s  College at the University of Waterloo, the young couple saw the potential for building a community of interest around responding to unemployment and  ...

Brenda Halloran 24.12.2019 46:10

Rob sits down with Brenda Halloran, Mayor of the City of Waterloo from 2006 to 2014 to talk about how she came to office, the Ralgreen Crescent dispute and more.

Ken Seiling 10.12.2019 36:52

Rob talks with Ken Seiling who served as Chair of Waterloo Region from 1985 to 2018. 

Carl Zehr 25.11.2019 31:06

Long time mayor of the City of Kitchener, Carl Zehr, sits down with Rob to talk about the Economic Development Investment Fund's impact on the city's downtown and where Kitchener is headed now. “The centre of a city is so important. It’s the heart that makes a city tick. If you don’t have a strong core, the rest will start to deteriorate. In the 80s and 90s people would say ‘I never go downtown, w...

Ross Kelterborn 12.11.2019 24:01

Former Wellesley Township mayor Ross Kelterborn as they talk about their history working together on the Waterloo Regional council and Ross's time as mayor.

Doug Craig 28.10.2019 36:45

Welcome to the first episode of Old Grey Mayors. To get things started, Rob talks with Doug Craig, former Mayor of Cambridge, Ontario. Doug talks about how he got into municipal politics, the building of the city's hall, and what's happening today with issues on the location of a new sports multiplex for the City of Cambridge.