A Community Forced to Play the Infrastructure Squid Game

Residents of this Houston neighborhood thought they were winning the lottery with a government-sponsored infrastructure project. Instead, they endured a seven-month-long nightmare.

Infrastructure, Local Government, Neighborhoods, Roads and Streets, Maintenance, Top StoryJuan Antonio SortoNovember 30, 2021Infrastructure, streets, neighborhood, Neighborhoods, neighborhood change, Houston, infrastructure maintenance, Hurricanes, hurricane harvey, race, Race

The Difference Between Growth and Wealth

Endless growth is a luxury we literally can’t afford. Here’s why the path to true prosperity requires local communities to opt out of an economy of greed and bring decision-making back home.

Marohn, Strong Towns Book, Economic Development, Top StoryCharles MarohnOctober 1, 2019economic growth, debt, Hurricanes, economics, Keynes, Strong Towns Book, Strong America

Hurricanes are Great for the Economy (but Terrible for People and Places)

We can destroy and rebuild all kinds of places and measure success in terms of Gross Domestic Product, but lets stop pretending that trading local wealth for national growth is a good thing.

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