Fiscally-informed planning, design, and community engagement to cultivate strong neighborhoods.
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We talk about Smart Growth America's fiscal sustainability research and its implications for communities of all sizes—with Chris Zimmerman, Jeri Mintzer, and Michael Rodriguez.
John Lettelleir on the explosive growth of Frisco (TX), the recent rejection of the Plano (TX) 2015 comprehensive plan, and navigating the challenges that come with managing growth.
We turn the attention of our 'Are We Doing This Right?' series to comprehensive plans.
We turn the attention of our 'Are We Doing This Right?' series to bike networks.
Daniel Herriges, senior editor at Strong Towns, joins us to talk about some important housing-related stories from 2019 and what lessons they hold for those of us who care about housing equity.
Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns stops by to talk about what's keeping our cities from building prosperity, and what regular citizens and professionals can do about it.
Engineer Mike McKay Mike joins the show for a wide-ranging discussion on the past, present, and future of the engineering profession—and its role in the way we’ve built our cities.
Jerry Paffendorf of Loveland Technologies joins us to talk about parcel data (and how it can be used for good), Detroit's history and present, the legacy of the U.S. Public Land Survey, and much more.
Resiliency expert Laura Clemons talks about the things small communities need to do to be ready to bounce back from a disaster — well before one actually strikes.
What the heck are ADUs, and why aren't there more of them? We discuss the benefits of these 'granny flats' (as they are sometimes, less clinically, referred to), some common preconceptions about them, and how your city could encourage people to build them.
Part 2: What happens when the public doesn't trust planners? And how can we work to build more trusting, two-way relationships between community members and the folks in local government?
What happens when the public doesn't trust planners? And how can we work to build more trusting, two-way relationships between community members and the folks in local government?
In this episode, we follow up on last week's chat on the crucial challenge facing city administrators across the country—their city's resource gap. We talk about how city leaders can understand whether their current processes and daily decisions are moving them toward or away from long-term fiscal health.
We design our homes to the scale of a human being. We used to design our neighborhoods that way. So what happened? And does it matter how we size our streets or our cities?
In this episode we speak with Kevin Klinkenberg, an urban designer, planner, architect, and writer on all things cities. We discuss what city leaders can learn from the messiness of cities past, why small scale development is better for our communities (and why these days it's so hard to actually do), how to balance top-down and bottom-up action, zoning recommendations for cities that want to become walkable, and more.
This is the second of a short series on city growth. Are there good ways or bad ways to grow? In this episode, we're asking: What should a city's relationship with debt look like? Are there bad debts? Are there good debts for a city to take on?
This is the first of a short series on city growth. Are there good ways or bad ways to grow? In this episode, we're asking whether there is such a thing as growing too fast or too slow.
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