The Bottom-Up Revolution Podcast
1) The Lost Art of Crafting Great Urban Places
Professor Jack Duncan is a professor of architecture and preservation at the College of Charleston. His mission is to help students and communities understand and rediscover the human-scaled patterns ...Show More
2) How a Walk Audit Can Build Community and Momentum
Gioia Calabretta is one of the leaders of Livable Lynchburg, a Local Conversation in Virginia. She is also Strong Towns’ graphic design intern. She and Norm discuss a walk audit she recently participa...Show More
3) How Will Gardner Is Helping Build a Stronger South Coast
Will Gardner is the founder of South Coast Places For People, a new nonprofit — and Strong Towns Local Conversation — in Massachusetts. He previously founded Alma del Mar Charter Schools and now spend...Show More
4) Adding Third Places To Unlock a Small Town’s Potential
Today, Norm is joined by Jess and Dan Sollaccio from Warrenton, Oregon. Jess is a city commissioner and a small-scale housing developer. Dan is a commissioner for the Warrenton Budget Committee and wo...Show More
5) Fighting for Safe Streets in America’s Most Dangerous City
Memphis, Tennessee, was ranked the #1 most dangerous metro area by Smart Growth America in 2024. That’s not stopping Kelsey Huse, a safe streets advocate and grad student studying city and regional pl...Show More
6) The Young Voice Shaping Salt Lake City's Future
Eva López Chávez is a city council member in Salt Lake City, Utah. Eva has been involved in many layers of local government, including working as a city staffer and construction project manager. Today...Show More
7) How Taking a Walk Can Make Your City Stronger
Ashley Thornton is the founder of Waco Walks, an organization devoted to promoting walkability in Waco, Texas. She was inspired to start the organization after spending a year with walking as her prim...Show More
8) This Is Local Leadership Without the Ego
Mark Hoppen is a former city manager and Strong Towns member who’s been quietly strengthening communities in Washington state for decades. In this Bottom Up Short, Norm and Mark talk about why someone...Show More
9) Beating the Loneliness Epidemic, One Step at a Time
Adult friendships are difficult. A big part of that is our built environment, which is often designed in a way that stifles social connection instead of supporting it. Kat Vellos is an author, facilit...Show More
10) How To Use Property Taxes to Clean Up Your Community
Ashley Salvador is a city councilor in Edmonton, Alberta. She’s a national leader in housing reform, zoning modernization, and urban revitalization. Ashley joins Norm on this Bottom-Up Short to discus...Show More