The Bottom-Up Revolution
The Bottom-Up Revolution
Strong Towns
Strong Towns and the Art of Repair
22 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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Before Strong Towns became a national movement, its ideas spread through conversations, conferences, friendships and people willing to make room for a difficult message. For Member Week, Norm talks with Founders Circle member Paddy Steinschneider about watching Chuck Marohn’s work gain traction and why the movement has always depended on more than one voice. Paddy reflects on the role members can play when a community realizes its streets, budgets, infrastructure or public life are not working. He describes Strong Towns members not as a strike force, but as people with a toolkit: ready to help when a community realizes its streets, budgets, infrastructure or public life are not working.
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Paddy Steinschneider (LinkedIn)
Gotham Design & Community Development (Site)
Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn)
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