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On The Building Texas Show, host Justin McKenzie sits down in Mason, Texas with SimpleEDO.ai founder Katie Milton-Jordan to discuss why volunteer mayors and rural city councils are unprepared for 2027's 'intelligence farming' shift, and how AI is democratizing access to civic tools.

Tourism Director Traci Niedziela joins host Justin McKenzie to unpack Glen Rose, Texas: a town of 2,700 hosting Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Dinosaur Valley State Park, a 98-dinosaur scavenger hunt, and the Texas Amphitheater's moat-staged production of The Little Mermaid.

Wealth manager and newly elected Frisco City Council Member Jared Elad joins host Justin McKenzie to challenge groupthink on the dais, unpack Frisco's $400M budget, and preview Universal Studios, FIFA, and the 2027 PGA Championship reshaping the city.

On The Building Texas Show, RocketDocs CEO Perry Robinson unpacks the corporate AI trust gap, the rise of 'shadow AI,' and why regulated industries need secure, closed systems like RocketDocs' Luma platform to protect company IP from being fed into ChatGPT, Claude, and other public tools.

Johnson City Mayor Stephanie Fisher joins Justin McKenzie to detail the Hill Country town's groundwater fight with the Blanco Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, a short-term rental surge consuming affordable housing, and the push to land a boutique hotel on the 290/281 corridor.

On The Building Texas Show, Marble Falls Mayor John Packer details a direct potable reuse system that will recycle 800,000 gallons of wastewater per day, a new lakefront hotel conference center, and an economic development strategy that skips financial incentives.

On The Building Texas Show, host Justin McKenzie sits down with Manor Mayor Dr. Chris Harvey to unpack how one of Austin's fastest-growing cities is racing to build its first library, first rec center, and a 50-bed hospital before 22,000 new residents arrive by 2030.

On The Building Texas Show, host Justin McKenzie sits down with Lisa Hermes of the McKinney Chamber of Commerce and Sherrod Davis of EcoMap to unpack how one of Texas' fastest-growing cities is tackling water, infrastructure, data centers, and a centralized ecosystem platform built for round-the-clock entrepreneurs.

On The Building Texas Show, Justin McKenzie interviews Waco Surf owners David Taylor and Luke Schock about transforming a former Barefoot Ski Ranch into a year-round sold-out destination, and their plans for Desperado, a 400-acre Texas ranch community built around a second surf pool.

Strategist Michael Shear joins host Justin McKenzie to argue that fiber networks, edge computing, and distributed office hubs from Austin to Luling to Cedar Park could replace downtown high-rises, ease I-35 congestion, and reshape the future of work across Central Texas.