Charles Marohn

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3. The Failure of GASB 34 Public Accounting?

Thanks John. Government accounting is not like other forms of accounting. If you run a business, you have to show your depreciating assets and your accumulating liabilities on your balance sheet. I...

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• Charles Marohn
• September 14, 2022 02:58
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3. Strong Town Principles in a Rural Environment

Hi Pam. About a decade ago, I wrote a piece trying to get at this exact thing (Roads, Streets, Stroads, and Park Roads).  Engineers tend to hate this, but the federal park road standards are legit ...

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• Charles Marohn
• September 14, 2022 02:54
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Thank you, Roger. And second to what Rodney has added here -- great stuff going on and they would benefit from having you in their conversation.

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• Charles Marohn
• June 13, 2022 18:28
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3. Ramsey County Redevelopment Help (Maplewood,

Yeah, great assist, Rodney.  Troy.... my gut reaction is: Do you really need to develop here?  I get the need to do something with the correctional facility -- those kind of large facilities are di...

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• Charles Marohn
• June 06, 2022 21:55
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3. "Ghosts of the Past" Project Bloomington, IL

Wow, this is great work. Very compelling.

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• Charles Marohn
• June 06, 2022 21:46
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3. Value Needed to Justify Investment

There are so many variables there -- the type of street, the type of tax system, the soil conditions, drainage costs, are there utilities or not, traffic flow, pavement type, etc... -- that it's re...

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• Charles Marohn
• May 02, 2022 04:32
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3. Presentation to take to City Councils / City Planners?

Welcome! Glad you found us. If you are talking about a presentation you can share, there are some options. For a quick introduction, the Not Just Bikes intro to Strong Towns video is great. The ent...

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• Charles Marohn
• November 13, 2021 16:40
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3. How can cities constructively guide "cataclysmic money"?

Rodney, what part of this is still up for debate? Are you just asking how to react to the BRT investment? The people who are "resistant" -- is it just discontent or is there something they can inte...

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• Charles Marohn
• November 11, 2021 05:20
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3. Source of Transportation Design Guidelines

Is it this one?  https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2012/8/20/roads-streets-stroads-and-park-roads.html

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• Charles Marohn
• September 15, 2021 05:40
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