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?
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Thoughts on Incremental Development
Young People and CNU
How Relevant is Localism in an Age of Urgency?
Ask Strong Towns #5
E-Scooters and Who Takes Up Space in Cities
From Vision to Policy, Making New Urbanism Work
Suburban Poverty Meets Sprawl Retrofit
What does it mean to build a vibrant community?
Ask Strong Towns #4 (June 2018)
The Week Ahead: From Technical Writer to Grocery Store Owner to Community Builder
Autonomous Vehicles: Separating the Hype from Reality
The Week Ahead: Get to know our new summer intern
Absolution and the Changing American City
The Week Ahead: Bee Season
Even Historic Cities Face Auto-Oriented Design Problems
Why is it so hard to get things built?
How a Productivity- and Efficiency-Obsessed Culture Harms Parents
The Week Ahead: Thank you!
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