Brown Bag Author Event: Chuck Marohn
February 3 @ 12:00 am - 1:00 pm
Join us for a free author event at the Brainerd Public Library! Meet the author, hear their work, and ask questions. On Monday, February 3, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., Charles Marohn will discuss his recent book, “Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis.” In the book, renowned urbanists Marohn and Daniel Herriges introduce a first-of-its-kind discussion of the tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. This is the key insight that’s been missing from the Housing Crisis Conversation; and the insight that can help cities fight back against the crisis from the bottom-up. This book offers a serious, yet accessible, history of housing policy in the United States and explains how it led us to this point in time: where we face a market that is rigged against people who, only a few decades ago, could have been homeowners or stable, long-term rentals. Only local change, on a neighborhood or city-wide scale, can begin to restore balance to the housing market.
Charles Marohn, known as “Chuck” to friends and colleagues, is the founder and president of Strong Towns. He is a civil engineer and a land use planner with decades of experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning, both from the University of Minnesota.
Marohn is the author of “Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity” (Wiley, 2019), and of “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town” (Wiley, 2021). He hosts the Strong Towns Podcast and is a primary writer for Strong Towns’ web content. He has presented Strong Towns concepts in hundreds of cities and towns across North America. Planetizen named him one of the 10 Most Influential Urbanists of all time. See more info at his website: https://www.strongtowns.org/contributors…/charles-marohn
Bring your own brown bag lunch, or just enjoy the light refreshments provided by the Friends of the Brainerd Public Library.
