Strong Towns is one of my favorite blogs on cities and land use politics, so I’m excited to see that Charles Marohn is doing a speaking tour through PA. Here’s an important post Marohn did on the Ponzi scheme of exurban development. If you like real estate development and land use issues, you really need to check this out.
Here’s the tour schedule:
January 7
Philadelphia
- Hosted by: Next City
- Location: The Storfront for Urban Innovation
2711 W. Girard Avenue - 11:30AM- 1:30PM
- Additional event information
- There is limited space for this event. Please RSVP.
Media
- Hosted by: Transition Town Media
- Location: Providence Friends Meeting
105 N Providence Road, Media - 7:00 – 9:00 PM
- Event Website
January 8
Scranton
- Noon-1:30PM
- Weston Field House
- 982 Providence Road, First Floor
Easton
- Hosted by: West Ward Neighborhood Partnership; a program of Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, in cooperation with Envision Lehigh Valley
- Location: Lafayette College
Oechsle Hall, Room 224 - Map of College (Oechsle Hall is #62)
- 6:00 PM
- RSVP to Dennis Lieb at dlieb@caclv.org
January 9
Lower Macungie Township
- Hosted by: Lower Macungie Township
- Location: Township Offices
3400 Brookside Road, Macungie - 8:00-9:30 AM
- Coffee and Bagels will be available
Lancaster
- Hosted by: The Lancaster County Planning Commission
- Location: Manheim Township Public Library
595 Granite Run Drive - 2:00 PM
- Space is limited
- RSVP with Donna Hahn at 717-299-8333 or at hahn@co.lancaster.pa.us
York
- 7:00-9:00 PM
- Location: York County Heritage Trust
The Meeting Hall at the Histocial Society Museum
250 East Market St
January 10
Harrisburg
- We will be presenting the “Misunderstanding Mobility” report as a follow-up to the “Curbside Chat” presentation we gave to the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission earlier this year.
- Hosted by: Tri-Country Regional Planning Commission
- Location: McCormick Riverfront Library
101 Walnut Street - 12:00 noon start time
- Space is limited
Hershey
- Hosted by: Derry Township
- Location: Township Building
600 Clearwater Road - 7:00 PM start time
January 11
Pittsburgh
- Hosted by: cityLAB
- Location: cityLAB Offices
Bruno Building, 5th Floor
945 Liberty Avenue - 12:00-1:00 PM
- This is a “brown-bag” lunch event. Feel free to bring your own lunch to enjoy while you listen to the Curbside Chat presentation.
Braddock
- Early Evening, details TBA
