Today’s agenda will include the following:
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- First, we will discuss chapters 1, 2, and 3 of Matt Kahn’s book Green Cities. The discussion questions can be found here.
- Following our discussion, we will finish “Firm Location Decisions.”
- For the remainder of the meeting, we will begin the topic of “Employment, Income Growth, and Business Promotion.”
- For next week, please read chapters 4 and 5 of Green Cities by Matthew Kahn.
Ilana Preuss, “Small-Scale Manufacturing Can Maximize the Potential of America’s Small Cities,” Planetizen, 19 Aug 2021.
Steuteville, “Ten economic benefits of walkable places,” Public Square | A CNU Journal, 18 Aug 2021.
Laura Bliss, “Where Covid’s Car-Free Streets Boosted Business,” City Lab | Bloomberg, 11 May 2021.
Lin Taylor, “Want to create 5 million green jobs? Invest in public transport in cities,” World Economic Forum, 12 Apr 2021.
Alex Wittenberg, “The Biggest Problem With Opportunity Zones,” City Lab | Bloomberg, 26 Jun 2020.
Matthew Robare, “Why Amazon Won’t Save Your Struggling Town,” The American Conservative, 24 Nov 2017.
Quint Struder, “Small Businesses Can Save Your Community,” Strong Towns, 31 Jul 2018.
Quint Struder, “10 Things Small Businesses Need to Thrive,” Strong Towns, 12 Oct 2017.
Rachel Quednau, “Why Development-Oriented Transit is better than Transit-Oriented Development,” Strong Towns, 25 Apr 2018.
Daniel Herriges, “Street Vendors Are Vital Local Businesses. Cities Need to Do More to Support Them,” Strong Towns, 11 Dec 2020.
Joe Cortright, “Walkable places are growing in value almost everywhere,” Strong Towns, 22 Jan 2020.
Jordan Clark, “Is Your City Racing to the Bottom or the Top?” Strong Towns, 21 Feb 2019.
Daniel Herriges, “The Roots of a Resilient Small City Economy in Durango,” Strong Towns, 22 Apr 2021.