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Norm Van Eeden Petersman

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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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  • Financing Options for Tiny Homes

    Bruce asks: I'm trying to understand the common methods of financing tiny homes. What are the options? ---- This is a little bit outside of our scope so I asked the question of CoPilot, the Microso...

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  • What could Costco do to help build strong towns?

    A Local Conversation leader from Bellingham, WA asks:  Hello there, [I am an intern at Costco]. As I'm sure you are aware, my employer benefits greatly from the suburban development pattern. The ne...

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  • Making the case against highway expansion

    Lou writes, " We are in the midst of battling a proposed highway expansion through our town:  the Maine Turnpike Authority is proposing to build a 4-lane, toll-highway which they are calling the "...

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  • Will we see a land value tax?

    William asks: Do you see a land value tax ever being implemented nationally? --- We've advocated for a Land Value Tax over the years but the likelihood of it being implemented on a national level w...

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  • Utopian model of a city?

    John asked a great question:  I am somewhat new here, but I was curious if you had a utopian model of a city. Not any current city, but if you could create a new city what would that city look like...

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  • Licensing landlords

    This request was submitted to us Could you provide any examples of Small Cities that are trying to go assess if they should license Landlords? What processes do they use to involve various interest...

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  • establishing our game plan as a group

    A group leader posted this question:  Do you have any ideas or resources we can use for establishing our game plan as a group? What have others done? It would be great to hear some tips on how to k...

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  • Is it appropriate for our Local Conversation to engage in direct-action policy advocacy using the Strong Towns [Local Conversation group] name?

    Hi there! Great question! I would say that we are confident that our groups will be participating in direct local actions and policies and that it is totally fine to do so provided you are not a) e...

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  • What should I do in my community?

    (Contributor comment) I signed up here after reading many articles and Chuck's books (and others) and after a protracted, belabored, and painfully slow process of trying to nudge my town of Durango...

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