Video: The Strong America Tour Presentation

“Chuck Marohn offers a cogent call to rethink our faith in and commitment to unbridled and sprawling growth as the solution to challenges faced by our nation’s cities and towns. He offers a compelling case for re-harnessing the wisdom of our ancestor’s city-building efforts by prioritizing small-scale investments, maintaining resources that provide real economic and social value to our communities, and planning for adaptability in the face of inevitably changeable societal needs.

These are important ideas that have the power to create not just more livable, economically sustainable places, but richer and more fulfilling lives for the people who live in them.”

— Patrice Frey, President and CEO of the National Main Street Center

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Charles Marohn of Strong Towns speaking in Seattle about his book Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity on September 12, 2019.

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Mentioned in This Presentation

• Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity

• Strong America Tour

• Influences: Jared Diamond

• Do You Want to Know What Works?

• The Rainforest and the Cornfield

• Urban3

• The Spooky Wisdom of Cities

Further Reading from Strong Towns

• The Role of the Strong Citizen

• Dangerous Nostalgia: Why Romanticizing the 1950s and 1960s Won't Get Us Anywhere

• Understanding Fresno’s Lack of Cash

• Lafayette

• Best of Blog: Detroit

• The Strong Towns Approach to Public Investment

Podcasts and Videos

• Podcast: A Disruptive Conversation (with Keita Demming)

• Podcast: Is a City More Like a Washing Machine than a Cat?

• How One Strong Towns Member is Helping His Seattle Suburb Rediscover "People-Oriented Places" (Cary Westerbeck)

• Strong Towns: The Book — Podcast Series