{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 50 - DeeDee Strum: Making her Mark in Community Development","description":"Meet DeLois Strum, referred to as DeeDee, a 40+ year entrepreneur, a public speaker, an affordable housing advocate, and is currently involved in offshore wind as a renewable source of energy. DeeDee has worked in the&amp;nbsp;housing &amp;amp; community development&amp;nbsp;industry as both a housing professional and&amp;nbsp;volunteer&amp;nbsp;at the national level where she previously chaired the national&amp;nbsp;Section 8 Committee of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;She previously worked in the public sector, having served two terms as Executive Director of the Indiana State Housing Board; an appointment she held under two governors.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;DeeDee founded her company in 1981, M.D. Strum Housing Services,&amp;nbsp;Inc.-a professional services firm specializing in the planning for neighborhood revitalization, commercial and real estate development, strategic planning, public-private partnerships, homeownership, entrepreneurial program initiatives for public housing authorities and community development corporations. &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Community TrailBlazers","author_url":"http:\/\/www.trailblazersimpact.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16234604\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/85109375"}