The Strong Towns Podcast

Strong Towns member and new board member Andrew Burleson from Raleigh, North Carolina, talks about why he is a member of Strong Towns and what he sees for the future of the organization.

Become a member of Strong Towns today by going to www.strongtowns.us/membership.

This week the podcast features a conversation with Dave Runyon (twitter), Executive Director of City Unite and co-author of the book The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door.

The Art of Neighboring has a great website with a lot of resources including a copy of the Who is My Neighbor block map and a Neighborhood Block Party Kit. You can also connect with the movement on Facebook.

The Original Green, Steve Mouzon (twitter) joins Chuck this week to preview his upcoming event -- New Media Workshop in Celebration, Florida -- and to swap tips on using social media for advocacy.

Some of the sites discussed in the podcast include:

• Buffer
• Tweetdeck
• Vine
• Klout
• OG.tv
• Pinterest
• Digital Goods Store
• iContact
• paper.li

This year at Railvolution in Minneapolis, Strong Towns set up an off-site panel to discuss transit issues from a Strong Towns perspective. In addition to Jim Kumon and Chuck Marohn, we inited some thinkers who -- while they don't necessarily agree with us 100% -- we think are thought leaders in a modern transit approach. Joining us are Jeff Wood from San Francisco, Christof Spieler of Houston, and Yonah Freemark of Chicago.

Strong Towns board members Andrew Burleson and John Reuter reflect on the National Gathering with Jim Kumon while taking in the Minneapolis Open Streets event.

This week on the podcast features Eric Jacobson, author of The Space Between: A Christian Engagement with the Built Environment. Rev. Jacobsen is the Senior Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism and the holder of a doctorate in Theology and the Built Environment.

This week Chuck Marohn talks about how auto-oriented communities are designed to decline, an effect that we can see clearly in places like Ferguson, Missouri.

This episode was recorded at CNU 22 in Buffalo. Participating are Jason Roberts (twitter) of The Better Block, Mike Lydon (twitter) from Street Plans Collaborative, Chuck Marohn (twitter) of Strong Towns and Joe Mnicozzi (twitter) of Urban-3. You can also watch the video of this conversation thanks to Gracen Johnson.

Chuck digs into the Strong Townns mailbad to answer some of the questions submitted by members. If you are a member, you can submit your questions to Ask Strong Towns and we'll answer them on the podcast or the blog. If you're not a member of Strong Towns yet, what are you waiting for?