ASTA: Adaptive Reuse, School Consolidation, and Land Covenants (Feb 26, 2025)

In this Ask Strong Towns Anything (ASTA) session, we tackled your questions on key issues affecting communities, joined by special guest Damien Mavis of Covelop. Damien has been instrumental in land use and development conversations and played a key role in Building a Better SLO, an organization working to improve San Luis Obispo. Damien recently hosted a Strong Towns presentation on Escaping the Housing Trap in San Luis Obispo.

Topics covered in this discussion include:

• Adaptive reuse—how repurposing existing buildings can create economic value and strengthen neighborhoods.
• School consolidation—the financial and community impacts of closing schools and merging districts.
• Land covenants—how these legal agreements shape development, restrict land use, and influence housing affordability.

Watch now to hear valuable insights from Damien and the Strong Towns team on how these issues shape financially resilient communities!

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