Charles Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns, will speak in Brainerd, Minnesota, on February 3, 2025.

LOCATION: Brainerd Public Library |  DATE: February 3, 2025 | TIME: Noon CST

This event is hosted by the Brainerd Public Library and Friends Of The Brainerd Public Library.

Join us for a free author event at the Brainerd Public Library. Meet Charles Marohn, hear about his recent book, “Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis," and ask questions.

In the book, renowned urbanists Marohn and Daniel Herriges introduce a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. This is the key insight that’s been missing from the housing crisis conversation, and it’s the insight that can help cities fight back against the crisis from the bottom up. This book offers a serious but accessible history of housing policy in the United States. It also explains how we’ve reached this point, where the market is rigged against people who, only a few decades ago, could have been homeowners or stable, long-term renters. Only local change, on a neighborhood or citywide scale, can begin to restore balance to the housing market.

Bring your own brown bag lunch or enjoy the light refreshments provided by the Friends of the Brainerd Public Library.