In Episode 30 of Downtown Depot, Austin Meek of WacoBusinessNews.com speaks with Andrea Barefield. As the Main Street Manager of City Center Waco, she directs development toward creating vital, accessible, multicultural and exciting spaces to shop, live, play and work in Waco. Meek also discusses the semester projects from B.E.S.T., the elite leadership group in the Hankamer School of Business that has focused on Elm Avenue, and shares updates from the Waco City Council's end of year retreat.

Inside the Episode:

0.50: B.E.S.T. student projects for Elm Avenue

2.56: Updates from City Council retreat

4.07: Andrea Barefield's Waco history

4.52: History of arts in East Waco

6.45: Economic development through the arts

9.54: Highs and lows of the City Center Waco initiatives

12.20: Structural changes coming to downtown

15.04: Including the community in development

18.31: Changing perceptions

21.35: Widening the gaze of City Center Waco

22.09: First Friday Cocoa Crawl

24.28: Carrying on the legacy of her mother, former mayor Mae Jackson