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Norm Van Eeden Petersman

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  • Questions to Ask Candidates for Public Works Director?

    A member of Strong Towns asked: Our town will be interviewing for a new Public Works director this coming Thursday. I am curious if you have any resources that I could send to our mayor and intervi...

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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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  • How do I assess the purported benefits of a new development?

    Shelly asks There is a large development coming to our downtown small town, that will increase property taxes of about $140,000 per year, but at what cost? I have asked local officials to determine...

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  • Public Sector Accounting Board Reports referenced in Making Municipal Finance Fun episode

    Nathan submitted an ask for help form:  I just listened to the Making Municipal FInance Fun episode of the Strongtowns podcast.  I was quite struck by the story about the three recommended metrics ...

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  • Per Capita Expenditures for Police, Firefighters, Stations, Trucks, etc.

    Abby writes in with a great (but very specific) request I am a big fan of your work!  My name is Abby and I reside in New York. My husband and I have been involved in the local level for many years...

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  • Jane Jacob's Critique of Property Taxes

    A podcast listener wrote in with a clarifying question:  I just listened to the most recent episode of "Upzoned," on why we don't want to abolish property taxes.  The rationale that we don't want ...

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  • What does Costco do to a small town?

    Conrad asked "what does Costco do to a small town?"  Great question - I did a comparison of property tax per acre between the Kirkland, WA Costco store (formerly the headquarters of Costco) and o...

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  • How to help places where businesses are closing due to a shortage of employees?

    A reader wrote and asked us:  A restaurant just closed in nearby Great Falls where the chef stopped coming into work.  Another business closed in Orange because they said taxes are too high and bus...

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  • Help: Understanding how water limits housing development in Michigan

    Sam from Michigan posted a great question in the Strong Towns Slack I could really use some advice. I'm trying to calculate how many acres of land can be developed into housing, but to do that, I ...

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  • What's the ST approach to RV parks?

    Silverton, Oregon question: Have we ever published anything about a Strong Towns take on RV parks? There’s a big controversy in our town right now about a proposed RV park, and two people last week...

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