Hello, John.

 

A top-down approach to handling the COVID-19 pandemic is simply not enough.

 

Strong Towns Founder Chuck Marohn writes today that local leaders are on the front lines of the fight to preserve lives and livelihoods. Our county, city, and town governments are not the lowest form of government in a larger ecosystem. They are the highest form of cooperation and advocacy for your community.

 

It's time to get focused, and build the bottom-up systems that will protect our people and places during the pandemic, and thereafter. Here are Nine Things Local Government Needs to do Right Now in Response to the Pandemic.

 

Here's wishing you a healthy, safe week.

—Lauren at Strong Towns