Small investments in poor neighborhoods are the best way for a community to build wealth. They are also the best way to lift people out of poverty without displacing them from their neighborhood.
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Hacer inversiones pequeñas en barrios pobres es el mejor modo de aumentar la riqueza. También, son el mejor modo de ayudar a la gente a salir de la pobreza sin desplazarse del barrio.
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Federal infrastructure spending is a huge, expensive gamble that we already know doesn’t pay off. Strong Towns' proposal for a path forward is cheap, and it offers high upside potential with low downside potential.
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Problems have solutions. Predicaments have outcomes. We're in a predicament.
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A conversation with Kevin Blanchard, former Public Works Director for the city of Lafayette, LA.
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This fall, Chuck was part of a debate with Randal O’Toole – the self-identified Antiplanner from the Cato Institute – in Lafayette, Louisiana. Here's the video and Chuck's reflections on the experience.
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Last week's debate was educational, entertaining and stimulating. Adding to the fun was the live tweeting done by several Strong Towns members and enthusiasts. In case you weren't on Twitter during the debate, here are some of the highlights from the evening
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Cities can experience growth and job creation today quite easily if they are willing to take on a disproportionate amount of long term liabilities. In other words, I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for growth and jobs today.
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Last Thursday I was part of a debate with Randal O’Toole – the self-identified Antiplanner from the Cato Institute – in Lafayette, Louisiana. I’m going to take the opportunity to reflect a little bit on things from my perspective.
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This Thursday in Lafayette, Louisiana, our own Charles Marohn will be debating Randal O'Toole of the CATO Institute. The debate begins at 5:30 PM and we will attempt to provide a live feed here at Strong Towns.
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A podcast preview of the upcoming week including introducing Jason Schaefer, the new Member Support Specialist at Strong Towns, a trip to Lafayette with Joe Minicozzi, a debate with Cato fellow Randal O'Toole and a success story in Waco.
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There are as many models in the world as there are agendas. This is a particularly difficult lesson for those in the planning and policy fields who like to believe that models – particularly ones that give them the answers they want – can help them make precise predictions. Predictions are tricky, especially about the future.
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The story of Lafayette is the story of America; they’ve just had the courage and foresight to ask a more sophisticated set of questions. They are responding to their stress and chronic budget shortfalls not by reflexively seeking more revenue or more service cuts – the standard responses – but by asking: why isn’t this working?
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