Bottom-Up Shorts: How Decorah, Iowa, Is Becoming a Strong Town
About this episode
Travis Goedken is the city manager of Decorah, Iowa. In this Bottom-Up Short, he joins Norm to talk about a few of the practices and reforms that are making Decorah strong, including making its budgeting easier to understand for residents, embracing a highly collaborative planning process, and opening up new housing options by finding creative loopholes in restrictive state laws.
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Travis Goedken (LinkedIn)
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