SarahAug 21, 2025

Really excellent podcast by Strong Towns on why housing advocates want cheaper houses but falling housing prices is a full on disaster for capital. i.e. the house isn't the product, you as the mortgage holder are. Also, how microloans can get people who need affordable housing the most into actually affordable housing.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fqeyd-1920436

#StrongTown #podcast

The Housing Market Can’t Tolerate Lower Prices. Now What?

No matter how easy we make it to build, the existing housing system is based on a financial model that cannot tolerate lower prices. If falling prices is the goal, then we need to build a system that can deliver on it. In this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck explains how our current system prevents prices from falling and how we can build a better one. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES Learn how to actually make housing affordable with the Housing-Ready Toolkit. Chuck Marohn (Substack) Want to bring the conversation to your city? Book Chuck Marohn as a speaker.   This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership.

UrbanGRMar 13, 2024
Asking the correct question: what problem(s) are we [actually] trying to solve? #zoning #strongtownsgr #grandrapidsmi #strongtown
https://www.strongtownsgr.org/strongtowns-gr-journal/the-impact-of-zoning
The Impact of Zoning — Strong Towns Grand Rapids

Janelle walks through time with the history of Zoning in Grand Rapids and the impacts of those choices.

Strong Towns Grand Rapids
Mark WedelMar 7, 2024
Hey, I wrote this. A tale of two cities' street conversions. #kalamazoo streets are changing, #southbend changed theirs years ago, so.... how did that turn out for them? #StrongTown #newurbanism #CompleteStreets
https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/South-Bend-has-been-where-Kalamazoo-is-now-and-the-future-is-promising.030724.aspx
A tale of two cities: South Bend has been where Kalamazoo is now and the future is promising

'Quieting' downtown streets is a noisy process. Change can be unsettling. Ask any Kalamazoo resident. But South Bend, Ind. has completed the transition of urban one ways to two ways. The results are encouraging: downtown reinvestment growth, beautifi

Southwest Michigan's Second Wave
Mark WedelJan 19, 2024
Hey, I wrote this. #StrongTown group forms for #Kalamazoo. #Michigan https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Is-Kalamazoo-strong-town.011824.aspx
Is Kalamazoo on its way to becoming a Strong Town?

One-ways to two-ways. Widened bike lanes. Slowed traffic. Taming of stroads (streets acting like roads). Change can be messy, but one local group hopes it's just a few bumps on the road to Kalamazoo becoming a Strong Town.

Southwest Michigan's Second Wave
Lee 🌏Oct 2, 2023

Looks like #TheWarOnCars #NotJustBikes #AdamSometing #StrongTown ... have turned their first Car Enthusiast!
Some nice tips on reducing driving at the end.
#walkablecities #carDependency #Urbanism

https://youtube.com/watch?v=d4Hi4rXe3lA&feature=shared

Sze HuiApr 25, 2023
There's hope for #RVA becoming a #StrongTown yet - parking minimums are gone! #OrangePill https://www.nbc12.com/2023/04/25/richmond-city-council-approves-change-requiring-parking-minimums/
Richmond City Council approves change on requiring parking minimums

As the city of Richmond continues to grow no longer will empty parking spaces and white lines with it after city leaders voted to change the minimum parking requirement for developers.

WWBT
ALApr 23, 2023

Viva calle San Jose,
https://events.nixnet.services/events/8426d012-70fb-49e0-b86f-ce7e54ebe5a1

today I'm going to ride the streets of San Jose. Its kinda fun to ride down a divided 4-lane street with no cars; just folks walking, riding, rollerskating.
There is food and entertainment at some of the larger intersections. Its a good neighborhood building event.

I hope everyone gets a chance to ride a viva calle event in their town. #vivacalle #bike #ebike #calle #strongtown #sfbay #mobilizon

viva calle San Jose

Apr 23, 2023, 10:00:00 AM - GMT-7 - Downtown San José, 95113, San Jose, United States - We have our government block off about 6 miles of city streets for 5 hours to allow people to use the streets for a moving street fair. Various groups setup along the route with food and entertainment…

Coach Pāṇini ®Feb 15, 2023

Per #ChatGPT: “based on the global projections provided by NOAA, and assuming a linear increase in sea level over time, we can estimate that San Diego's sea level could rise by around 4-8 inches (10-20 cm) by 2055 under the low-emissions scenario, and by 10-20 inches (25-50 cm) under the high-emissions scenario.”

#SanDiego #ClimateProjections #california #urbandevelopment #strongtown