A Strong Towns member talks home renovation, parenthood and how he's living a resilient life.
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"There are simple things we could do to make this place great, and I think that’s what really fires me up."
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Last week, the smartphone game, Pokemon Go, dropped like a ton of bricks onto starry-eyed, nostalgic 20-something’s phones. Its unique format could catalyze an important conversation about walkability in our towns.
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While Jane Jacobs was fighting and winning some battles against Urban Renewal in our cities, many, many more were victims to this hubristic program. My city, Mankato MN, was one of the hardest hit.
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If we don’t stand for it in the virtual world, why do we in the real world?
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Today's SlackChats will be hosted by Rachel Quednau at 10am CT and Matthias Leyrer at 2pm CT.
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Maybe we're doing it wrong.
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Federal loan standards create a market for some products and restrict the market for others.
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Last week Trump called Brussels a “hellhole” much to the ire of Brusselaars. In defense they responded with an onslaught of tweets pointing out how very un-hellholish it it.
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Is there a disruption on the horizon that could potentially put us out of business?
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Here are our top 3 memes from 2015, created by Matthias Leyrer.
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"We can't solve the problems we created yesterday with the thinking we used to create them. Strong Towns is teaching us to be more mindful, more deliberate, and more skeptical of our own biases." ~ Maurice Carter
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"Strong Towns is the go-to source for a clear-eyed and agnostic explanation of why our communities are going broke." ~ Joe Minicozzi
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"For too long we have been dependent on experts and special interests to make good decisions on our behalf. Strong Towns is helping us to revive conversations and ask the right questions." ~ Jonathan Hay
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"The Strong Towns message and community gives us the tools we need to ensure our cities remain resilient." ~ Michael Smith
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“The work that Strong Towns is doing is groundbreaking and transformational for our cities.” ~ Terry Mitchell
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"America needs Strong Towns." ~ Brittany McLaughlin
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"The messages delivered by Chuck, his colleagues and guests are nothing short of prophetic. They are acting as contemporary prophets—revealing emergent truth to power and backing it up with math and cool graphs!" ~ Pat Trahan
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"I support Strong Towns because I believe in their message and want them to have the resources they need to continue expanding the movement." ~ Kevin Shepherd
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