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Back to SearchWill McCollum: How To Design Prosperous Places
Episode 148
Will McCollum is a registered architect and the president and co-founder of Citymakers Collective, a nonprofit that teaches aspiring architects and p…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Build a City’s Economic Core
Episode 147
Amy Emery is a community leader focused on fostering sustainable growth and smart development in Warrenville, Illinois. In today’s Bottom-Up Short, s…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Sarah Rose: Using Art To Advocate for Street Safety
Episode 146
Sarah Rose is an artist from Spokane, Washington, who uses her art to raise awareness about street safety and the protection of native insects. She i…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How Local Pride Can Strengthen a Town
Episode 145
Hannah Rechtschaffen is the director of the Greenfield Business Association in Greenfield, Massachusetts. She joins Norm on this episode of Bottom-Up…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Kip Santos: Building Strong Cities in Two Countries
Episode 144
Kip Santos is a trained civil engineer and construction manager who quit his job to build Local Conversations full-time. Now he splits his time betwe…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Legalize Strong Neighborhoods
Episode 143
Sean Hayford Oleary is a city council member in Richfield, Minnesota. A Strong Towns member of seven years, Hayford Oleary has helped reintroduce du…
1 year ago
Montana Gau: Empowering a Network of Advocates
Episode 142
Montana Gau is the founder of Strong Denver, a Local Conversation in Colorado. A software engineer by trade, he built the group into a registered non…
1 year ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How Decorah, Iowa, Is Becoming a Strong Town
Episode 141
Travis Goedken is the city manager of Decorah, Iowa. In this Bottom-Up Short, he joins Norm to talk about a few of the practices and reforms that are…
1 year ago
Ryan Andrews: Re-Localizing the Benefits of Housing Development
Episode 140
Ryan Andrews is the CFO of Hiatus Homes, a small-scale development company in Bend, Oregon. He is also the CFO of the Hiatus Capital Fund, which help…
1 year ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Make Your City’s Finances More Accessible
Episode 139
David Jenkins is a city councilor in La Plata, Maryland, as well as the city’s Local Conversation leader. He joins Norm on this episode of Bottom-Up …
1 year ago