In this episode of the TAG Infrastructure Talkspodcast, Troutman Pepper Partner Alan Poole sits down with Malaika Rivers, partner at Lexicon Strategies, to discuss the formation of public-private partnerships, and how these relationships help identify projects that will further invest and build communities. Topics included:

• How community improvement districts (CIDs) work to facilitate and implement public improvement projects, including smart city tech.
• What's next (after money) for public-private partnerships to thrive and improve.
• A preview into the implications of the next phase of digital infrastructure: the metaverse.