This Week's Slackchat: Incremental Development

A couple weeks ago, Chuck Marohn kicked off a series of articles on the topic of incremental growth. This Wednesday at 12pm CT he'll host an open Slack conversation to discuss these articles and any related questions.

Just log onto Slack and visit the #scheduled-slack-chat channel at the scheduled time to join Chuck and other Strong Towns staff, members and readers in a lively discussion. We'll see where the conversation takes us!

And if you're not signed up for Slack yet, take 30 seconds to do it and you'll be ready for Wednesday's chat.

Read our incremental development series:

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Loosen Up: How Mixed-Use Zoning Laws Make Communities Strong
Emma Durand-Wood
Loosen Up: How Mixed-Use Zoning Laws Make Communities Strong
Emma Durand-Wood

The era of corner stores and mom-and-pop shops has mostly come to an end, with modern zoning codes strictly segregating commercial and residential areas. But a return to the mixed-use model might be just what we need to empower entrepreneurs and strengthen people's sense of community.

Emma Durand-Wood
Incremental Development: How to Avoid the Bust by Avoiding the Boom
Daniel Herriges
Incremental Development: How to Avoid the Bust by Avoiding the Boom
Daniel Herriges

Many housing advocates celebrate large supplies of housing and low rents. However, this is only one stage of a larger boom-and-bust cycle and cannot be maintained. To break out of this cycle and sustainably improve housing accessibility, we need to redirect our focus to incremental development.

Daniel Herriges
Ontario Greenbelt Scandal Shows How Not To Do Development
Ben Abramson
Ontario Greenbelt Scandal Shows How Not To Do Development
Ben Abramson

There was a major housing development scandal in Canada this summer…but it’s not the one you think.

Ben Abramson
Citizen Versus Developer? No! It’s Citizen As Developer.
Strong Towns
Citizen Versus Developer? No! It’s Citizen As Developer.
Strong Towns

On this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck delves into the topic of citizen-led development and its potential to reshape cities in a more financially resilient manner.

Strong Towns
The Earliest Roots of the Suburban Experiment
Daniel Herriges
The Earliest Roots of the Suburban Experiment
Daniel Herriges

This series of studies of 19th-century development in St. Paul, MN, can help us understand some of the earliest traces of what would later become the suburban development pattern.

Daniel Herriges
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