Fiscally-informed planning, design, and community engagement to cultivate strong neighborhoods.
All tagged covid-19
Kennedy Smith of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance on strategies city leaders can use right now and post-pandemic to help local businesses survive.
Our friends at Strong Towns have put out a resource for folks in local government called The Local Leader's Toolkit. Jordan speaks with Rachel Quednau of Strong Towns and then with Verdunity's AJ Fawver to discuss some of its key points.
Bennett Sandlin, Executive Director of Texas Municipal League, on the impact of COVID-19 on city budgets, the relationship between local governments and the state, and much more.
Fiscal policy expert & journalist Liz Farmer joins the show to talk about the current recession and the impact it's having on the fiscal situation at all levels of government.
John Simmerman of Active Towns on how the coronavirus is changing the way people are interacting with their neighborhoods—and the opportunities that cities have to build and sustain a culture of activity while cars are off the streets.
R. John Anderson, co-founder of Incremental Development Alliance, joins the show to talk about the small developer movement, the CARES Act and its impact on small businesses right now, and what cities can do to cultivate a stronger small business ecosystem.
Laura Clemons rejoins the program to talk about taking advantage of federal disaster relief funds to build more resilient cities and towns in the wake of the pandemic.
