The Week Ahead - Can suburbia survive?
Rachel and Chuck offer an update on their summer adventures, especially their Fourth of July experiences in their respective cities. They also talk about a recent controversial discussion on the Strong Towns Facebook page about suburban retrofit, plus some favorite new podcasts they've been listening to.
Mentioned in this podcast:
- This week's Slackchat on incremental development
- Strong Towns Facebook discussion about suburban retrofit
- Strong Towns' writing and podcasting on Suburban Poverty
- Strong Towns' writing and podcasting on Big Box Stores
- Strong Towns' work on the topic of suburban retrofit
- Hardcore History podcast
- Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast
Katy Clagett is a commercial real estate appraiser and activist. She joins the podcast today to talk about the ways that bottom-up projects can build community, as well as her experiences with spearheading this kind of project.