Problems have solutions. Predicaments have outcomes. We're in a predicament.

#InfrastructureCrisis, Marohn, Top Story, Greatest Hits, For Newcomers, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnJanuary 10, 2017Urban3, Lafayette, page highlight, newcomerspage, #DoTheMath, suburban experiment, Value Per Acre

This isn't an annexation. It's a bailout.

This story is not unique: a mid-sized Minnesota town is preparing to adopt a 50-year-old neighborhood. As the neighborhood struggles to pay for long-term maintenance on its roads and pipes, it seems like neither annexation nor autonomy will really solve the problem.

#NoNewRoads, #DotheMath, Growth Ponzi Scheme, Hood, Top Story, Top EvergreenNathaniel M. HoodJanuary 27, 2016South View Heights No. 2Growth Ponzi Scheme, Minnesota, Mankato MN, suburban experiment, #DoTheMath

Transactions of Decline

Regardless of what my city does -- hold taxes steady or increase them by 50% -- next year's budget will be a transaction of decline, an attempt to hold on, just a little while longer, to what we perceive that we have. We have to do better if we want a country full of Strong Towns.

Top Story, Mistakes A Town Makes, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnAugust 31, 2015Minnesota, Fire Trucks, Maintenance, Brainerd MN, financial solvency, city council, #DoTheMath

No New Roads

I’m going to aggressively oppose any increase in transportation funding in Minnesota, any other state or at the federal level, until there is aggressive reform of this system. At this point, communal funds must be for maintenance only with any system expansion being paid by some form of user charge. #nonewroads

Top EvergreenCharles MarohnJanuary 5, 2015transportation, #DoTheMath

The Growth Ponzi Scheme, Part 1

The underpinnings of the current financial crisis lie in a living arrangement—the American pattern of development—that does not financially support itself.

For Newcomers, Growth Ponzi Scheme, Greatest Hits, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnJune 17, 2011Growth ponzi scheme series, #DoTheMath, transportation

The Growth Ponzi Scheme, Part 2

If you want a simple explanation for why our economy is stalled and cannot be restarted, it is this: Our places do not create wealth, they destroy wealth.