This is a special mash-up edition of the It’s the Little Things podcast and Strong Towns podcast!
In this episode, Jacob Moses, host of It’s the Little Things, and Strong Towns president Chuck Marohn discuss a couple of Jacob’s favorite chapters from Chuck’s brand new book, Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity, which just released yesterday.
Jacob and Chuck reflect on the moments throughout Chuck’s life that inspired the Strong Towns movement, including the fist bump that began Chuck’s long friendship and collaboration with Joe Minicozzi of Urban3. Jacob and Chuck also discuss what we can learn from our forebears about productivity (as opposed to merely “growth”) and why communities need to make maintenance an obsession.
They go on to talk about the importance of observation, a practice given too little attention among professional engineers and planners, but which seems to be a common characteristic of people who really love their places. As Chuck puts it: “The merging of places that are healthy and strong financially, and places that are healthy and strong from a human standpoint, is the exact nexus that the Strong Towns approach is designed to get us to.”
Co-Creating Your Community on a Collaborative Map
How Have Your Community Heroes Responded to the Coronavirus?
Partnering with Neighborhood Associations to Guide Public Investment
Seeing Your City's Budget through a Strong Towns Lens
Using Local Entrepreneurs to Revive Your Main Street
Planting Street Trees to Slow the Cars
Supporting Rural Entrepreneurs
Fall Member Drive 2019: Strong Towns Member Andy Diaz Discusses Building Strong Neighborhoods
Serving the Youth in High-Risk Neighborhoods
Finding Home Wherever You Are with Melody Warnick
Fostering Micro-Neighborliness
Combating Food Deserts (and more) Through Corner Stores
Inspiring Grassroot Community Revitalization
Creating People-Oriented Places
Using Tactical Urbanism to Create Safer Streets
Fostering Creative (and Financially Resilient) Communities
Serving on a Citizen Advisory Committee
Partnering with Local Government to Create and Foster Ideas
Using Nonprofits to Build Strong Neighborhoods
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