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At the end of last week, people began to protest stay-at-home orders.

Chances

are, there were demonstrations near your place. We're seeing tension

between

groups that want to extend home-stays and people who want to reopen the

economy.







Today, founder Chuck Marohn to encourage empathy.







If we could go back in time and try to get everyone on the same page ahead

of

this disaster, education would not change hearts. Building a system where

more people can prosper might.







Our top-down style of development has left households, workers, local

business

owners, and others in your place without the financial stability to weather

a

month of reduced or eliminated income. It's left them vulnerable not just

to the

virus, but to the economic downturn it has heralded.







If our places are strong, we won't need to play catch-up when emergency

strikes.

People will have the resources they need to endure scarcity without facing

personal ruin. We can't go back in time, but we can—and must—start building

fiscal resilience

in our places from the bottom up.







Stay well,







– Lauren at Strong Towns



Strong Towns



www.strongtowns.org





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