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Conversations with local people about life and how to improve people’s situations.
🏘️ Neighborhood Development, Housing Policy, and Building Codes #383
Episode description Chuck Marone from Strong Towns interviews Seth Zarin, an incremental developer from Providence, Rhode Island, to discuss a newly released housing toolkit. The toolkit aims to address the enormity of the housing problem by focusing on simplifying...
📔 Strong Towns: Navigating Fiscal Crisis and Political Division #382
Episode description This Strong Towns podcast episode features Chuck Marone discussing the current chaotic national climate and relating it to the underlying financial instability of American cities, a problem Strong Towns has long highlighted. Marone connects this...
🧩 Richard Lang Autism Awareness Parade: A Community Celebration #411
Episode description This audio recording captures segments from the Richard Lang Autism Awareness Parade in Galveston, featuring interviews with organizers, participants, and families affected by autism. The parade, hosted by Blue Skies Over Autism, honors Richard...
Richard Lang Autism Awareness Parade #410
Episode description David and Esco joined Alan Fowler and the Richard Lang Autism Awareness Parade Gang for a fun morning of golf cart riding and fellowship. We had lunch at the Downtown Shrimp N Stuff in Galveston and then everyone headed to the Galveston Pleasure...
🏘️ Bozeman Housing and Local Finance Strategies #381
Episode description This Strong Towns podcast episode features Chuck Marohn addressing listener questions about housing, particularly in Bozeman, Montana. He critiques the current role of local governments in losing money to subsidize limited housing and argues...
💰 No Agenda News: China Trade, Israel, and Support #409
Episode description This newsletter from the No Agenda Show, hosted by John C. Dvorak and Adam Curry, is addressed to its supporters, referred to as “Producers.” It primarily focuses on fundraising, outlining various ways to donate, including one-time contributions,...
📊 Rethinking Government Finance: A Conversation with GFOA #380
Episode description This Strong Towns podcast episode features a conversation between Chuck Marone and Shane Kavanaaugh from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). They discuss the GFOA’s role as a professional organization for state and local finance...
🗣️ Rick Cole on Strong Towns: Budgets, Morality, and Local Action #379
Episode description This Strong Towns podcast episode features a conversation between Chuck Marone and Rick Cole, a seasoned public servant with experience as a mayor, city manager, and council member. They discuss Cole’s extensive background in local government,...
🏘️ Brainerd’s Budget: A City’s Hard Financial Reality #408
Episode description This article from Strong Towns, part of a series on city finances, contrasts the budgetary realities of cities with those of national governments, arguing that cities operate more like households. Focusing on Brainerd, Minnesota, the piece utilizes...
🏘️ The Housing-Ready City: A Toolkit for Local Code Reform #378
Episode description The Housing-Ready City toolkit, published by Strong Towns, addresses the pressing issue of housing affordability by advocating for local regulatory reforms. It presents six key policy changes that cities can implement to increase housing supply and...
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