Thank You for Joining Us!

Thank you for attending today's presentation of the Strong Towns Curbside Chat at the Southern Interior Local Government Association meeting in Merritt, BC.

We're excited that you're exploring what it takes to make your community financially strong and resilient. If you'd like to stay connected and continue deepening your understanding of these critical issues, here’s how you can get involved:

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• Check Out the Municipal Finance Decoder: Learn how local government accounting systems can sometimes hide the true financial condition of our cities—and what to do about it.
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Presentation Slides and Video Recording:
The slides from today’s presentation, along with a video recording, are available if you click on the image below.

Featured Book: Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity 

by Charles L. Marohn, Jr.

If you want to dive deeper into the ideas behind today's presentation, check out Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Charles Marohn, founder of Strong Towns.
This book lays out a powerful case for why so many of our cities struggle financially—and how a bottom-up, community-driven approach can rebuild lasting prosperity.
It’s a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of their town or city.

Learn more and get your copy at strongtowns.org/book

Deep Dive: Resources to Explore

Parking

• Stuck in Park: How Mandatory Parking Minimums Hurt American Cities

Housing

• Housing Ready: A Strong Towns Approach

Recommended Reading

• Dealing With Congestion (Chuck Marohn)

• Embracing Congestion (Chuck Marohn)

• How Do You Solve a Problem Like Congestion? (Dear Winnipeg)

• Why Walkable Streets are More Economically Productive (Rachel Quednau)

• Walkability and Property Values (JLL)

• How Much Value Does Walkability Increase Home Values? (Redfin)

• Economically Productive Streets (Will Burgin)

• Low-cost pop-up shops create big value in Muskegon
  
  
• What’s Up with All Those Empty Commercial Storefronts in New Mixed-Use Developments?

Recommended Watching

• Why Do We Destroy Our Cities for Highways? (YouTube Video)

• Strong Towns Academy Courses: Transportation Decision-Making and Urban Design

• 🛠 Value Per Acre Analysis: A How-To For Beginners
  A step-by-step guide to conducting your own local "value per acre" investigation—and seeing your city with new eyes.

Get Involved

• The Strong Towns Campaign for Safe and Productive Streets
  ➔ strongtowns.org/streets

Recommended Articles and Resources

Videos

• You Don’t Have To Move To Live In A Better Place

• Speak Up Where You Live – Strong Towns Office Hours

• How Do We Proceed When Local Officials Say Their Hands Are Tied

Articles

• A Small Win is Still a Win

• 12 Ideas That Embody How Strong Towns Advocates Think

• Want to Build Community on Your Street? Just Hit Print!

• What to Do When Your City Won't Listen to Reason

• How Do You Get Your Community to Care About the Budget?

• This City (Langley, BC) Relied On An Unstable Development Pattern For Years

• A Loophole (in Delta, BC) Allowed Me To Flourish

Podcast Episodes

• How the Modest Walk Can Connect You to Your Community