Brandi Thompson is the co-founder and leader of Strong Towns ABQ, a Local Conversation in New Mexico. She discusses the strategies that have helped her group successfully advocate for zoning reform and against highway expansions.
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Alyssa Lee and Kay Crumb are leaders of Strong SacTown, one of the largest and most successful groups in the Strong Towns Local Conversations program. Today, they share their advice for building and sustaining a successful group.
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Craig Cassar is a first-term city councilor in Hamilton, Ontario. He joins Tiffany to discuss the challenges his city faces and the progress it’s made. They also talk about the importance of synergy between urbanism and environmentalism.
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Today, Abby is joined by Bernice Radle, a small-scale developer and historic building preservationist from Buffalo, New York. They discuss how two developing news stories could affect both small-scale developers and historic preservationists.
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Jesse Russell is a small-scale developer from Bend, Oregon. He joins Norm to discuss the ways he’s helping create more attainable homes in his hometown. (Transcript included.)
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Chuck sits down with Ryan Johnson, the founder of Culdesac Tempe, the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the U.S. They discuss the realities of living in and developing a community like Culdesac.
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Eric Higbee is a landscape architect who teaches university courses on community engagement and works on community design and planning projects through his award-winning landscape architecture practice.
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Mayor Kevin McDonnell and Dave Alden, co-leader of Petaluma Urban Chat, join us from Petaluma, California. They discuss the Know Before You Grow initiative, a community-driven effort that's helped encourage housing development in the city's downtown.
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Chuck sits down with Steve Nygren, the founder of a unique community just outside of Atlanta called Serenbe. They discuss the process of creating Serenbe, which features walkable, mixed-use “hamlets” surrounded by nature.
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Dr. Patricia Tice is a transportation engineer, planner, researcher and self-proclaimed geek. She talks about her research into human behavior, as well as the role of human interaction and LEGO in urban design. (Transcript included.)
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Chuck sits down with New York Times housing and development reporter Conor Dougherty to discuss his recent viral article, “Why America Should Sprawl.” (Audio, text, and video formats available.)
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Vignesh Swaminathan is an engineer, transportation planner, and content creator with over 1.7 million followers. He explains how he works with quick-build projects, intersection design, and social media to make cities stronger. (Transcript included.)
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Danny Wind is a Local Conversation leader and Regional Transportation Commission member from California. Danny discusses their Open Street Map Project, which gives people a space to share the everyday challenges they face. (Transcript included.)
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Cullum Clark, a director at the George W. Bush Institute, discusses housing reforms that have proven to be economically feasible, politically realistic, and impactful on a large scale. (Transcript included.)
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Noah Roth is the founder of Streetcraft, a platform that uses visual storytelling and urban design to explore and improve the built environment. (Transcript included.)
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Danny Lapin is a revitalization specialist with the New York State Department of State. He and Norm discuss the ways that New York state is encouraging bottom-up community development. (Transcript included.)
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Today, Chuck is joined by Jeff Speck, a city planner, author, and principal of an urban design and consultancy firm. They discuss the ideas shared in Chuck’s book “Escaping the Housing Trap” and how those concepts play out in the real world, including examples from Jeff’s own work. (Transcript included.)
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Rachel Leonardo is the video producer at Strong Towns. She and Tiffany discuss the importance of collaboration in building great places and how social media can encourage that collaboration. (Transcript included.)
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Hazen Elwood is a student and Local Conversation member in Calgary, Alberta. Norm and Hazen discuss ways to build an advocacy network and the power of raising local awareness through storytelling. (Transcript included.)
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On the surface, sprawl seems like an easy answer to the housing crisis. That doesn’t make it the right one. Here’s why. (Transcript included.)
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