A small, local, mixed-use business versus a new Amazon warehouse. Let’s put these two business proposals before the Shark Tank (Winnipeg edition).
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What kind of zoning reform do we need in order to build strong towns?
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It might seem counterintuitive that Amazon, the mall killer, would want to open its own department stores. But it’s worth understanding why the company sees this as a strategic move.
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Amazon has been turning malls into fulfillment centers. What does this expansion look like, viewed through a Strong Towns perspective?
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Making housing affordable is not the same thing as creating affordable housing.
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Why were small businesses on such weak footing even before the pandemic?
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Many conveniences—the ease of driving, food delivery, one-stop shopping—seem nice on the surface, but they often come at a high cost to our communities.
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We, as a culture, have become so fixated on growing jobs in our communities that we can’t see anything else. It is up to us to recognize that our cities and metro areas can ask for better.
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Amazon has pulled out of the deal with New York City. It’s unlikely subsidies are going away, so what can other cities learn so they don’t repeat mistakes?
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We’re sharing the video and audio from our January 2019 live webcast Q&A with mega-retail expert Stacy Mitchell.
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A few weeks ago, Amazon announced major new operations in not one, but three locations: Queens, NYC; Crystal City, near Washington, DC; and Nashville. Our biggest question is not for Amazon but for the cities and states that offered them massive subsidy packages: Why?!
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Texas has a history of aggressively using tax incentives to lure big business: a misguided economic development approach that produces little if any public benefit. Dallas’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters falls right in line with this unfortunate pattern.
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Leaders across the country are taking a stand.
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States, cities, and metropolitan regions should compete on the underlying strength of their communities — not on public handouts to private business.
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(Hint: It doesn't involve luring a mega-corporation to our community.)
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When we strongly incentivize anti-social behavior by big corporations, we get more of it.
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Our cities are so financially fragile and desperate for growth that they will do anything to land America's most eligible corporate bachelor.
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Does Amazon help towns become stronger or less strong? Kea Wilson and Chuck Marohn discuss.
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As our fragile economy continues to strain, let’s put our energy into changing the rules of the game instead of wasting time lamenting the outcomes of the current game.
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Amazon wants to be your town’s one and only. They might even need to be in order to succeed. Is all that worth what’s in the little brown box?
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