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The Strong Towns Podcast is a weekly conversation on the Strong Towns movement, hosted by Strong Towns Founder and President Charles Marohn and frequently featuring special guests. The podcast explores how we can financially strengthen our cities, towns, and neighborhoods and, in the process, make them better places to live. Join Chuck in examining how everything from urban design to economics to systems theory to psychology helps inform this core question.
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Monday Jun 23, 2025
Using Radical Common Sense To Build Great Places, With Steve Nygren
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Serenbe is a unique community just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. It’s based on the development pattern of traditional English villages, with walkable, mixed-use “hamlets” surrounded by nature. In today’s episode, Chuck sits down with Serenbe founder Steve Nygren to discuss the process of developing this kind of community, as well as Steve’s development philosophy of “radical common sense.”
ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES
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“Start in Your Own Backyard: Transforming Where We Live With Radical Common Sense” by Steve Nygren
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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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