Charles Marohn, president and founder of Strong Towns, will be the guest speaker at a Housing Forum hosted by the Chamber of Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Ferrysburg in Michigan.

LOCATION: Holiday Inn Grand Haven |   DATE: October 10, 2024  |   TIME: 8:30 a.m. EDT

The Chamber, in partnership with the Grand Haven Community Foundation, is hosting a Housing Forum on October 10 featuring Charles Marohn, Jr. from Strong Towns. 

This forum continues the conversation from the Chamber’s Tuesday Forum Series, which shares valuable information on what residents of Northwest Ottawa County can do to address the current housing affordability crisis.

Charles Marohn, known as “Chuck” to friends and colleagues, is the founder and president of Strong Towns. He is a civil engineer and a land use planner with decades of experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning, both from the University of Minnesota.

Marohn is the author of “Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity (Wiley, 2019),” And of “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town (Wiley, 2021).” He hosts the Strong Towns Podcast and is a primary writer for Strong Towns’ web content. He has presented Strong Towns concepts in hundreds of cities and towns across North America. Planetizen named him one of the 10 Most Influential Urbanists of all time.