At Strong Towns, our mission is to spread our radically new approach to growth and development to as many people as possible. That's why we aren't available to consult with individuals or organizations—but that doesn't mean we can't help.
Once a month, we host Ask Strong Towns, a live Q&A webcast open only to Strong Towns members and select invitees. Whether you're the mayor of your town (as was the case for one of this month's questions!) a diehard citizen advocate, or just getting involved in making your place stronger, Ask Strong Towns gives you a chance to ask your burning questions about our vision for change, and how the Strong Towns approach might apply in your unique place—and give us a chance to share our answer with the world, so it might help other Strong Citizens.
Here’s the video (and audio, if the podcast is more your style) from our August 2019 installment of Ask Strong Towns with founder and president Chuck Marohn and communications director Kea Wilson.
This Month’s Questions Answered
2:15 — What do you think is the cause of the affordable housing crisis, and the mismatch between housing costs and people’s incomes. And what is a Strong Towns response to this crisis?
12:00 — How do cities calculate their ability to pay for infrastructure maintenance? How do they know if they’ve built too much and should be worried about the long-term liabilities?
19:20 — My county has been issuing bonds to pay for major projects. As a wealthy county, I’m surprised to find out how reliant we are on this tool. Is it unfair to look at bonds as unequivocally bad for building a strong town?
23:40 — I live in a lakeshore community where almost 40% of our homes are second homes, and we’re now allowing short-term vacation rentals as well. How do vacation homes and vacation rentals impact our community and our ability to be a strong place?
35:00 — What does Strong Towns think about municipally-owned endeavors designed primarily to produce revenue, such as rec centers or golf courses?
45:05 — How do we get Chuck Marohn to visit our community to assess how we can become a stronger town and educate local officials on the benefits?
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Water System Crises and Solutions
The Highway Boondoggles Report
What Customer Service Should Mean for a City
Hawaii’s Suburban Experiment
The Jackson Water Crisis Is Not a Fluke—Your City Could Be Next
Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns Discuss Public Transit in North America
“Bias Writ Large” in the Property Tax Assessment System
One of the Most Dangerous Assumptions We Have Made
The Drip, Drip, Drip of Traffic Deaths
An Update on Strong Towns’ Lawsuit Against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure
Majora Carter: Reclaiming Your Community
Nolan Gray: Exposing the Arbitrariness of Zoning Codes
End the Parking Mandates and Subsidies That Are Hurting Our Cities
Legalizing Incremental Change—Everywhere—To Meet America’s Housing Needs
Your City’s Accounting Is Unnecessarily Obscure. It’s Time To Pull Back the Veil.
America *Must* End Highway Expansions, Before It’s Too Late
Safe and Productive Streets
Mike McGinn: Making America More Walkable
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