Members' Office Hours Schedule and Intro

Norm Van Eeden Petersman
Norm Van Eeden Petersman
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Office Hours are casual, one-hour virtual events held every week for members of Strong Towns.

Chuck Marohn, other Strong Towns staff, and special guests join these sessions to discuss specific topics and answer questions. It’s like a Strong Towns professor being available for students to drop by and chat.

You can submit questions in advance, which will be answered first, and you can ask more questions during the session.

Every Friday from 1-2pm CT & Monthly Monday Sessions with Chuck Marohn

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88052914344

 

Fall 2024

Date

Presenter

Topic

Sep 6

Rik Adamski

Ash & Lime and the Impact of Placemaking (video now uploaded)

Sep 13

Edward Erfurt

 

*Sep 16

2-3pm (CT)

Special: Chuck Marohn

Q&A With Chuck Marohn: Submit Your Questions Here

Sep 20

Edward Erfurt

Construction Impacts, Homelessness, the Municipal "Cold Shoulder" and More

Sep 27

Regular Session

 

Oct 4

Regular Session

 

Oct 11

Regular Session

 

*Oct 14

2-3pm (CT)

Special: Chuck Marohn

Q&A With Chuck Marohn: Submit Your Questions Here

Oct 18

Regular Session

 

Oct 25

Jamie Sabbach of 110%

Anti-Fragile Parks and Rec

Nov 1

Regular Session

 

Nov 8

Regular Session

 

*Nov 11

2-3pm (CT)

Special: Chuck Marohn

Q&A With Chuck Marohn: Submit Your Questions Here

Nov 15

Special: Sam Quinones

"The Least of Us" Book Discussion

Nov 22

Don & Claire Edwards of Uptown Properties NC

Renovating, Rehabilitating and Adapting Buildings to Revitalize Communities with Local Investment

Nov 29

NO SESSION

US Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Dec 6

NO SESSION 

STRONG TOWNS TEAM RETREAT

Dec 13

Steffen Berr of "Build the Lanes"

Transportation engineering and the condition of your local streets

 

Spring 2025

Date

Presenter

Topic

Jan 3

NO SESSION

NO SESSION

Jan 10

Ariane Beck of Texas Solar Energy Society Distributed Electrical Systems + Bottom Up Utilities
Jan 17 Josh Stewart -  Littleton, CO crash analysis  

Jan 24

 

 

Jan 31

 

 

Feb 7

tentative - Chris Fabian

 

Feb 14

 

 

Feb 21

 

 

Feb 28

 

 

Mar 7

 

 

Guest Schedule for Spring 2024

Date

Presenter

Topic

Mar 1

Tristan Bassett

NuSarnia and the Power of Community Foundations

Mar 8

general session

 

Mar 15

Katy Kelly

Use Social Media to Build a Local Movement

Mar 22

general session

guest host 

Mar 29 (Good Friday)

no session

holiday weekend

Apr 5

Tiffany Owens Reed

Cities Decoded and civic engagement 

Apr 12

Andrew Flynn

Working with city leaders to improve processes and outcomes (CalMuni Advisors)

Apr 19

Geoffrey Donovan, US Forest Service

Trees and Healthy Communities 

Apr 26

General Discussion

 

May 3

General Discussion

 

May 10

General Discussion

 

May 17

no session (ST team at Congress for the New Urbanism)

no session

May 24

General Discussion

 

May 31

Edward Erfurt

Buildings Must Build More Productive Wealth (or watch on our YouTube channel)

Jun 7

no session (ST team travel)

 

Jun 14

Urban 3

Data Analytics and the Math That Changes Discussions in Cities and Towns

 Jun 20

General Discussion

 

 

Prior Season (2023)

 

January 25

Chuck Marohn

The Strong Towns Approach

February 1

Edward Erfurt

Engaging Local Government Effectively

February 8

John Pattison

Starting a Local Conversations group where you live

February 15

Daniel Herriges

Zoning Reform for a Stronger Future

February 22

Rachel Quednau

Making Parents Strong Towns Aware

March 1

Chuck Marohn

Lessons for small communities

 

March 8

Norm Van Eeden Petersman 

Strong Towns and Faith Communities

March 15

Andrew Burleson

Mobilizing the Strong Towns movement

March 22

Lauren Fisher

Effective messaging for local advocates

March 29

Edward Erfurt

Propagating people-oriented designs

Apr 5

Daniel Herriges

Unleashing the Swarm of Small Scale Development

Apr 12 

John Reuter

I got on a local committee... now what?

Apr 26

Chuck Marohn

Strong Towns and Big Cities

May 3

Norm Van Eeden Petersman

Speaking Up Where You Live

May 10

John Pattison & Jacob Unterreiner

Walking and Talking in your Neighborhood

May 17 Edward Erfurt & Greg Sund  How to make sense of local budgets
May 24 Ben Abramson How to craft a narrative to make your community efforts more newsworthy

June 7

Norm Van Eeden Petersman Ask Me Anything Strong Towns Edition

June 14 

Daniel Herriges

The Trouble of Traffic and Congestion

June 21

John Pattison

Living in Community: Co-living, co-housing, and co-ops

June 28

Chuck Marohn (tentative)

Why summer is the best time to be in a Strong Town

 

 

What is an Office Hours session?

Chuck Marohn and other staff and special guests will host drop-in office hours for members to receive input on specified topics and for general discussion.

These one-hour, members-only virtual "events" will be pretty casual—akin to a professor having their door open for students to drop by with questions or for a chat. Office Hours run every week, with different staff members and special guests serving as the presenters and facilitators each week. 

Just to let you know, questions can be pre-submitted; these will be answered first. Once pre-submitted questions are covered, there will be opportunities for attendees to unmute and ask further questions.

 

You can also email norm@strongtowns.org with your question.

 

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