Norm Van Eeden Petersman

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And more generally:  9 Ways Local Population Growth Can Improve Your Quality of Life Cities are organic things, and they are meant to change and grow as people come and go. Thriving places are mea...

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• July 12, 2024 17:02
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3. Will people take ownership of a neighborhood without owning their homes?

David Kennell, your question also reminded me of several articles that have appeared on the Strong Towns website over the years related to this topic How Renters Can Be Neighborhood Advocates Just...

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• July 12, 2024 16:41
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3. Should taxis be considered public transit?

Here's part of an answer to this question from Office Hours with Chuck Marohn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W03_FFfPwP4&t=2728s

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• July 11, 2024 18:45
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3. Financing Options for Tiny Homes

And here are a few related resources we have shared on our website:  Helping Low-Income Homeowners Become Landlords in Denver: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/10/2/helping-low-income-homeo...

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• July 09, 2024 22:21
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My colleague Edward Erfurt wrote, I developed and managed a rental Registration Program in Ranson. The city has modified the website and removed the instructions and purpose but not the forms: htt...

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• June 17, 2024 15:10
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3. Utopian model of a city?

Hi there John, great question!  We take the view that there is no such thing as a utopian city because cities are evolving, complex, and need to be viewed as complex organic systems rather than mac...

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• June 13, 2024 20:30
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I appreciate you reaching out! I am sorry to say that we don't have any examples of places that have setup registries or licensing arrangements with landlords but I did a search and it looks like t...

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• May 31, 2024 15:47
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3. What should I do in my community?

I would recommend checking out the Local Conversations resources that we've compiled on YouTube and the ST Action Lab because what you're talking about sounds  a lot like the other Local Conversati...

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• May 18, 2023 20:22
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3. Strong Towns elevator pitch?

In terms of a general elevator pitch, I like to say, "Strong Towns is a non-profit advocacy organization trying to get people to think differently about how we are developing our cities and towns. ...

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• May 16, 2023 15:55
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3. How do we make rural areas more adapted to the Strong Towns approach?

Hi Jason, Great question! We recently devoted an hour's session to this question on Office Hours (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W03_FFfPwP4) and the focus of that session was on the needs of comm...

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• May 15, 2023 19:59
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