Charles Marohn
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Charles Marohn commented,
It's a really difficult question because the competitive advantage of being big is that you are squeeze out efficiencies by working at scale, by standardizing the approach and making the complex me...
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Charles Marohn commented,
I'm having a difficult time understanding this aspect of the question: "....how you address environmental problems caused by higher density..." In the engineering profession, there is a saying: "di...
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Charles Marohn created a post,
Verdunity is hiring a Community Cultivator / Senior Planner
https://www.verdunity.com/positioncommunity-cultivator
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Charles Marohn commented,
Any thoughts? Yes! It is important for a community to general wealth and productivity regardless of the form of taxation. From a pure numbers standpoint, the goal should be to generate the greatest...
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Charles Marohn created an article,
Local Food, Core Insights
A strong town is able to sustain itself, with local resources providing the foundation for local prosperity. A resilient food system that provides for residents’ basic needs ensures that your city...
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Charles Marohn created an article,
Biking, Core Insights
For most cities, biking and walking infrastructure is the lowest risk, highest returning transportation investment that can be made. A bike is the cheapest and easiest way to expand the range an i...
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Charles Marohn created an article,
Streets, Core Insights
Chapter 2 of Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: The Strong Towns Approach to Transportation defines a street as: Street: A platform for building community wealth. This is in contrast to a road, ...
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Charles Marohn created an article,
Public Engagement, Core Insights
For a Strong Town, the goals of public engagement must be to: Understand the priorities, needs, and struggles of the community, Present ideas to the community in a timely and meaningful manner, an...
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Charles Marohn created an article,
Incremental Development, Core Insights
Natural systems develop strength and resiliency through a pattern of incremental growth and adaptation. This is true for a culture growing in a petri dish or a rainforest with its many different fl...
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Charles Marohn created an article,
Big Box Stores, Core Insights
Big box stores are the logical outcome of a centralized economy and regulatory environment that advantages the kind of efficiency that comes from scale. The outcome is reinforced locally by propert...