Building a great city takes more than growth. It takes intention.

In this episode of Home Means, Jan Jones Blackhurst, former Mayor of Las Vegas, reflects on leadership, risk-taking, and what it means to design communities where people want to live, work, and raise families.

From infrastructure and education to healthcare and workforce development, Jan explains why long-term thinking matters and why communities thrive when people stay engaged and informed. She also shares how representation opens doors for future leaders and why trust in yourself is often the first step toward meaningful change.

This is a conversation about stewardship, responsibility, and building a future that works for everyone.

🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.

Las Vegas is one of the most welcoming cities in the world—and that hospitality comes from the people who call it home.

In this episode of Home Means, Heather Brown sits down with Heather Harmon, Executive Director of the Las Vegas Museum of Art, to discuss how a world-class museum can reflect community, care, and belonging. They explore how Las Vegas’s culture of hospitality is shaping the museum’s vision, why museums are education-forward spaces, and how art creates human connection in a rapidly changing, technology-driven world.

This conversation highlights the role of cultural institutions in working alongside schools, nonprofits, and government to strengthen community—and why art must remain central to Nevada’s future.

🎧 Available January 27 on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.

Kids don’t show up to school as blank slates. They show up hungry, tired, caring for siblings, navigating trauma, or quietly carrying responsibilities most adults never see. In this episode of Home Means Podcast, host Heather Brown sits down with Tami Hance-Lehr, CEO of Communities In Schools of Nevada, to unpack what it really means for students to be “ready to learn.”

Tami explains why academic improvement cannot happen until basic needs are met and how Communities In Schools brings wraparound services directly onto school campuses across Nevada. From food and clothing to mental health care, transportation, and family support, this conversation highlights a model that removes barriers instead of blaming students.

They also talk candidly about leadership, empathy, and why asking for help is a skill, not a weakness, especially for women leading complex organizations.

This is a conversation about education, opportunity, and the Nevada way of opening doors so students can imagine, access, and move toward futures they may not yet know exist.

🎧 Available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.