Our “Are We Doing This Right?” series returns to take on parking minimums. (There’s a lot not to love.)
Fiscally-informed planning, design, and community engagement to cultivate strong neighborhoods.
All tagged zoning
What did we learn about housing in 2019? — w/ Daniel Herriges
Daniel Herriges, senior editor at Strong Towns, joins us to talk about some important housing-related stories from 2019 and what lessons they hold for those of us who care about housing equity.
Are We Doing This Right? – Granny Flats Edition
What the heck are ADUs, and why aren't there more of them? We discuss the benefits of these 'granny flats' (as they are sometimes, less clinically, referred to), some common preconceptions about them, and how your city could encourage people to build them.
Are We Doing This Right? – Single-Family Zoning Edition
We explore a few of the common assumptions about single-family homes and single-family-only zoning (not the same thing!), and discuss recent moves to re-legalize other housing types, such as duplexes and fourplexes.
Are we doing this right? – Fire Departments
We’re starting a new series on the Go Cultivate! podcast called “Are We Doing This Right?” Once a month we’ll pick a topic – some element of the way we design or operate our cities – and honestly ask the question: Are we doing this right? This month's topic: fire departments.
Episode 25 - Dollars, decisions, and your city's future (& B-Side)
In this episode, we follow up on last week's chat on the crucial challenge facing city administrators across the country—their city's resource gap. We talk about how city leaders can understand whether their current processes and daily decisions are moving them toward or away from long-term fiscal health.