Here's the audio from our April 2019 edition of Ask Strong Towns, a bimonthly webcast in which you can ask anything you want of our founder and president, Chuck Marohn, and our communications director, Kea Wilson.
Questions answered:
2:05: Strong Towns regularly advocates for street trees. The arguments made make sense, but I have yet to see my biggest concern about street trees addressed. Trees roots can wreak havoc on water and wastewater lines, creating huge repair costs. Are there strategies to plant new street trees while protecting the underground utility infrastructure?
9:55: How does a land value tax work in predominantly rural areas? How would it affect the taxing of agricultural land?
19:45: In our city, we are dusting off a tool we had on paper but have not used much in practice: our Land Bank. What does a Strong Towns approach to a Land Bank look like?
28:00: What is the definition of a vibrant Downtown and why is it important to have one?
38:50: Does the higher density of the traditional development pattern require urban infrastructure (water/sewer lines, complete streets networks, etc.) to function? If so, how does a rural town/area incrementally grow in the traditional development pattern without building pricey infrastructure first?
What’s the Best Career for Someone Who Wants To Build Strong Towns?
Exploring the Role of Religious Institutions in Community Development
From Crime to Common Practice: How Fraud Dominates the Housing Market
From Boring to Brilliant: Making Municipal Finance Fun With Michel Durand-Wood
Build the Damn Train: How To Bring High-Speed Rail to the United States
The Traffic Enforcement Futility Loop
Why Local Leaders Can Address the Housing Crisis but Federal Programs Fail
Oh Crap! Dealing With Sewer Upgrades Is a Complicated Mess
The Truth About the Suburban Experiment: A Response to “Contra Strong Towns”
How To Escape the Housing Trap: A Special Q&A Session
Member Drive Week Special: Most Public Engagement Is Worthless
Member Drive Week Special: If We Made Shoes Like We Make Housing, People Would Go Barefoot
Member Drive Week Special: How Fannie Mae Puts a Chokehold on Local Home Financing Solutions
Member Drive Week Special: One Billion Bollards
Member Drive Week Special: The Cost of an Extra Foot
Megan Kimble: The Toll Urban Highways Take and the People Fighting Back
How to Escape Housing (and Baseball Stadium) Traps, Plus a Little Disney Urbanism.
The Strong Towns Tension With YIMBYism
Alex Alsup: How Much of the U.S.'s Housing Stock Is Locally Owned?
Where Strong Towns Stands As We Enter Another Election Year
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