Norm Van Eeden Petersman

ASTA: Housing, Land Trusts, Special Assessments

During this Ask Strong Towns Anything session, Edward Erfurt, Chief Technical Advisor, answered questions on infrastructure funding, street design, and housing affordability. He discussed the impa...

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• Updated March 13, 2025 15:00
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ASTA: Hotels, Parks, and Local Prosperity (March 5, 2025)

In this Ask Strong Towns Anything (ASTA) session, we explored key topics related to local prosperity, including: Hotels and local wealth—how lodging establishments contribute to (or drain) local ...

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• March 05, 2025 22:30
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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 la...

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• March 05, 2025 20:53
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1. Community
2. Talk With the Strong Towns Community
3. Using Corporate Retailers As Backers For The Movement

You’re absolutely right that there’s a frustrating resistance to walkability in many parts of the U.S., even when the benefits—economic, environmental, and social—are well-documented. And while cor...

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Using Corporate Retailers As Backers For The Movement

Manfred wrote to ask:  I have been a fan of the Strong Town movement for a long time. As someone who grew up in a walkable neighborhood of the metropolitan area of Haiti's capital and now lives in ...

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• March 04, 2025 20:44
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People Over Parking WhitePaper (Strong Towns Nanaimo)

Discover the compelling white paper from the Strong Towns Local Conversation group in Nanaimo, BC, tackling one of the most pressing urban planning challenges of our time: municipal parking require...

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• Updated January 23, 2025 21:25
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What Can I Expect During Ask Strong Towns Anything?

Ask Strong Towns Anything: A Member-Exclusive Perk What Can I Expect? Ask Strong Towns Anything is a weekly, members-only Zoom event designed to help you explore your questions, gain practical insi...

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• January 20, 2025 23:55
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Office Hours: Ariane Beck of Texas Solar Energy Society "Bottom-up Energy Solutions"

  Today's guest expert was Ariane Beck from the Texas Solar Energy Society. Ariane shared her expertise on decentralized power systems, highlighting how these systems, located close to the point o...

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• Updated January 16, 2025 22:05
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Jan 14 | Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association | Escaping the Housing Trap

The slides for this presentation are available at the bottom of this page.  Thanks for attending!  It would be awesome if you would take one or more of the following actions:  Join our email list...

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• Updated January 16, 2025 21:50
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