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Back to SearchBottom-Up Shorts: How to Build Momentum as a Local Advocate
Episode 135
In this Bottom-Up Short, Norm is joined by Christian Schick, the leader of Strong Towns RVA, a Local Conversation in Richmond, Virginia. The group ha…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Mike Christensen: Bringing the Benefits of Passenger Rail to Utah
Episode 134
Mike Christensen is the executive director of the Utah Rail Passenger Association, where he works to educate the public and policy makers about the v…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Capture the Rhythm of a City
Episode 133
Varsha Gopal is an architect from Chennai, India. She is putting Strong Towns ideas into action by starting conversations about what makes places thr…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Maricela Sanchez: Applying Big City Lessons to a Small Town
Episode 132
Maricela Sanchez is a city council member and anesthesiologist from Prosser, Washington. She has lived in major cities all over the U.S., including L…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Stanis Moody Roberts: Rallying a Community To Fight Highway Expansion
Episode 131
Stanis Moody Roberts is a business owner from the Portland, Maine area. For the past year he has been organizing locals to oppose a highway expansion…
11 months ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Build Credibility and Effectivity as an Advocate
Episode 130
Welcome to this episode of Bottom Up Shorts! Today, Norm is joined by Andrew and Anna Carley, the leaders of Strong Towns Grand Rapids, a Local Conve…
11 months, 1 week ago
Emily Hutcheson: Building a Culture of Bicycling
Episode 129
Emily Hutcheson is a bike advocate in San Antonio, Texas, and a mom of three. She joins Tiffany on this episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution to discus…
11 months, 1 week ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Incrementally Improve Your City's Zoning Laws
Episode 128
Spencer Coyne is the mayor of Princeton, British Columbia. As a proud Strong Towns member, he works to bring incremental development and community re…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ellie Riggs and Ryan Carter: Advocating for Clean Water and Flood Prevention at the State Level
Episode 127
In this episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution, host Tiffany Owens Reed is joined by Ellie Riggs and Ryan Carter from Catawba Riverkeeper, a grassroots …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Bottom-Up Shorts: How To Remove Parking Mandates in Your Downtown
Episode 126
In this episode of Bottom-Up Shorts, host Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Michael Bassili, one of the leaders of Strong Towns Nanaimo, a Local …
11 months, 3 weeks ago