This Week's Slackchat: Incremental Development

A couple weeks ago, Chuck Marohn kicked off a series of articles on the topic of incremental growth. This Wednesday at 12pm CT he'll host an open Slack conversation to discuss these articles and any related questions.

Just log onto Slack and visit the #scheduled-slack-chat channel at the scheduled time to join Chuck and other Strong Towns staff, members and readers in a lively discussion. We'll see where the conversation takes us!

And if you're not signed up for Slack yet, take 30 seconds to do it and you'll be ready for Wednesday's chat.

Read our incremental development series:

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Our Self-Imposed Scarcity of Nice Places
Daniel Herriges
Our Self-Imposed Scarcity of Nice Places
Daniel Herriges

Why is it that when a place is [pick one: walkable, bikeable, beautiful, lovable, inviting, human-scale], it so often gets coded as being “gentrified” and therefore elitist? When only the rich can afford nice places, the solution isn't to stop creating such places but to create vastly more of them.

Daniel Herriges
The Incremental Approach Is The Imaginative Approach
Tiffany Owens Reed
The Incremental Approach Is The Imaginative Approach
Tiffany Owens Reed

Don't be scared off by the policy changes and wonky jargon: Incremental development is fundamentally about seeing potential in your neighborhood, about observing problems and then coming up with creative ways to address them.

Tiffany Owens Reed
Unleashing the Power of the 12 Steps to Town Making
Monte Anderson and Mike Keen
Unleashing the Power of the 12 Steps to Town Making
Monte Anderson and Mike Keen

Do you want to create a strong incremental development ecosystem in your community? Here's a proven blueprint for success from incremental developers Monte Anderson and Mike Keen.

Monte Anderson and Mike Keen
Beware Tricksy Incrementalism: Gradual Implementation Doesn’t Make a Project Incremental
Tiffany Owens Reed
Beware Tricksy Incrementalism: Gradual Implementation Doesn’t Make a Project Incremental
Tiffany Owens Reed

Sometimes, cities say that they’re taking an incremental approach when they’re really just breaking a master plan down into steps. This method lacks the creative, bottom-up nature that makes incremental development so resilient, tricking people into believing they’re making their city stronger when they’re really not.

Tiffany Owens Reed
How To Use Pilot Projects To Increase Collaboration and Get Things Done
Seairra Jones
How To Use Pilot Projects To Increase Collaboration and Get Things Done
Seairra Jones

Working with your local engineers and transportation officials can be challenging. How do you collaborate with people who are often responsible for the bad infrastructure in your place? One successful group focuses on bringing positivity and concrete suggestions to the conversation.

Seairra Jones
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