Easy Choices

Great leaders surround themselves with as many ideas as possible. They seek out conflicting views. They consider all sides of an issue, not superficially for appearances but because they fear not knowing more than they fear appearing to not know.

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town Series, Marohn, #StrongCitizensCharles MarohnJanuary 11, 2016class, race

Debt fragilizes

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town Series, Cost of Development, Finance, Mistakes A Town Makes, Neighborhoods FirstCharles MarohnDecember 10, 2013Municipal Debt, economics, growth, Brainerd MN

Best of Blog: The nature of productivity

Best of Blog, The Infrastructure Cult, Roads and Streets, Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town Series, Cost of DevelopmentCharles MarohnDecember 9, 2013STROADS, Baxter MN, Economic Development, productive place, suburban experiment, Brainerd MN

A matter of priorities

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town SeriesCharles MarohnOctober 2, 2013

Sandbox Brainerd

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town SeriesCharles MarohnSeptember 9, 2013

Second Life Cycle Blues

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town SeriesCharles MarohnJuly 22, 2013

Orderly but Dumb

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town Series, Neighborhood Design, StrategiesCharles MarohnFebruary 18, 2013#OrderlyButDumb

How about Schools on Safe Routes?

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town Series, Neighborhood DesignCharles MarohnFebruary 4, 2013

The nature of productivity

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town Series, FinanceCharles MarohnJanuary 3, 2013

Auto Pilot

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town Series, Engineering ProfessionCharles MarohnJanuary 2, 2013

Best of Blog: From the Mayor's Office

For a city to get there, current priorities need to be realigned and everyone -- from the mayor, the city engineer, the maintenance worker and everyone in between -- needs to be working to get more value out of our existing investments.