Chuck is joined by James Anderson, head of the Government Innovation program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. Under his leadership, the program has helped around 100 cities worldwide embrace an innovative, people-based approach to local governance.

Today, Chuck and James discuss why local governments matter now more than ever. Then they explore ways that residents, advocates, and organizations can encourage city leaders to embrace innovation.

• Bloomberg Philanthropies (site)

• Bloomberg Cities Network (site)

• Chuck Marohn (Substack)

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Chuck is joined by Quint Studer, the founder of the Center for Civic Engagement in Pensacola, Florida. They discuss Strong Towns’ involvement in Pensacola’s renewal and the Civic Leader Summit that will be held there in September.

• Civic Leader Summit

• Quint Studer (site)

• Chuck Marohn (Substack)

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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.

• 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.

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