The Chamber in Partnership with the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation is hosting a Housing Forum on October 10th featuring Charles Marohn, Jr. from Strong Towns.
Join us for the continuation of a conversation from the previous Tuesday Forum Series that shares valuable information on what we can do in Northwest Ottawa County to address the current affordability housing crisis. Thursday, October 10th, 8:30am - 11:00am at Holiday Inn Spring Lake. 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.