In this episode of Community Matters, JLG Architects’ Jennifer Burke Jackson and Jonathan Holth, Managing Director of the Recovery Reinvented, discuss common beginnings to addiction, challenges to staying in recovery, and how these overlay with experiences in and around incarceration. Jonathan shares his personal recovery story, as well as how he helps others find recovery in North Dakota.
Jonathan Holth is a lifelong North Dakotan, entrepreneur, and consultant who wears his long-term recovery on his sleeve. After spending 28 life-changing days at Project Turnabout in Granite Falls, Minnesota, Jonathan has dedicated much of his life to community service and sharing his journey with others in hopes that it will help normalize conversation around the disease of addiction and help more people find recovery. He became the second Managing Director of the Office of Recovery Reinvented on June 6, 2022, having previously served on the office’s advisory council. He is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation, and serves on the Boards of Directors for The University of North Dakota Alumni Association and Foundation and The Empire Arts Center. Jonathan has been recognized as a 40 Under 40 recipient by both Prairie Business Magazine and Business Watch Magazine, and was a 4 Under 40 recipient from the Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals. He lives in Grand Forks with his wife, Emily, and their three daughters.
Jennifer Burke Jackson leads JLG’s Community Studio, focused on projects of positive impact for the communities in which we live, work, and otherwise exist. Jennifer and her team recognize the far-reaching impact and value of personal stories, experiences, and voices within the community, especially those that are not often heard. Sharing challenges and understanding new perspectives drives Jennifer and the JLG Team to design solutions that do more to engage the full breadth of humanity. To be better architects (and better people), her team is learning out loud, sparking conversation, and inviting raw truth to redesign reality.
