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Let’s get Chuck with Strong Towns to visit Missoula as part of the #StrongAmericaTour! How? Please add your comments.
Comment here with your reason Missoula should listen to what Strong Towns is saying. The comment with the most Likes from this open, public community wins two front row midcourt seats to this Saturday’s 7pm Montana Griz Basketball home game vs. Idaho.
Chuck has already said he wants to visit Missoula. Let’s give him some good reasons he should come present to us!
The winning comment below with the most Likes will be selected at 8am this Thursday and then emailed with another visit request directly to Chuck Marohn! Tag someone interested and help spread the word!
#SmartGrowthMis
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The Community Growth Ponzi Scheme – This cannot continue.
Across cultures, over thousands of years, people have traditionally built places scaled to the individual. It is only in the last two generations that we have scaled places to the automobile.
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— Charles Marohn
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