On April 17, 2020, Uwe Brandes and Richard Bradley initiated the “Place for Lunch” public dialogue series with special guest Gabriella Gomez-Mont, visiting fellow for the Georgetown Global Cities Initiative. The conversation began the process of exploring the extraordinary new challenges faced by managers of urban places during the COVID-19 public health crisis. In the midst of so much uncertainty, we already see innovation and inspirational leadership at the highly localized scale of urban places seeking to rise up to meet this new challenge. Click below to listen to Uwe, Rich, and Gabriella discuss where our beloved urban places might be heading in the future.