Welcome to the Lake County Community Action Lab
Community Action Lab Event #1
New Member Orientation
Session #1: Strong Towns Core Principles
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1.1. Principles of a Strong Town
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1.2. Excerpt from Strong Towns
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1.3. Complex versus Complicated and Spooky Wisdom (11:10)
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1.4. Taco John's of Brainerd
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1.5. Growth versus Productivity (13:55)
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1.6. Optional Deep Dive
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1.7. Action Team: Discussion Items and Discussion
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Assignment 1: Three Topics to Discuss
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Action Team Session February 23, 2023 (90:03)
Session #2: Financial Solvency is a Prerequisite for Long-Term Prosperity
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2.0. Introduction
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2.1. What is financial solvency?
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2.2. Is this a good project? (2:14)
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2.3. Filter #1: Does the project improve the community's balance sheet? (1:20)
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2.4. Filter #2: Does the project justify raising taxes on the entire community? (3:04)
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2.5. What it looks like to do the math
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2.6. Discussion
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2.7. Deep Dive
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Action Team Session March 9, 2023 (89:14)
Session #3: The Bottom Up Approach
Leadership Team Briefing 1: March 27
Session #4: The Growth Ponzi Scheme
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4.1. Introduction to the Growth Ponzi Scheme
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4.2. Growth or Stability
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4.3. Exploring the Transactions of the Growth Ponzi Scheme (8:33)
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4.4. Bonus: This Ponzi Scheme Might END Suburban Prosperity (10:22)
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4.5. Spotlight on Lake County: Growth
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4.6. Optional Deep Dive
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4.7. Discussion
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Assignment: Hard Conversations (Action Team Only)
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Action Team Session: April 6, 2023 (92:24)
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Action Team Session: May 4, 2023 (90:45)
Session #5: The Illusion of Wealth
Leadership Team Briefing 2: May 22nd
Session #6: Infinite Game - Limits of What You Know
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6.1. Introduction
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6.2. The Limits of Knowledge (4:20)
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6.3. An Infinite Game
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6.4. How to Make Decisions When We Can't Predict the Future (2:21)
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6.5. Spotlight on Lake County: Growth Vs Wealth
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6.6. Optional Deep Dive
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6.7. Discussion
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Action Team Session: June 1, 2023 (80:33)
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Action Team Session: June 16, 2023 (120:31)
Community Action Lab Event 2: June 21-22, 2023
Special Session - City Government Can't Fail
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Introduction: City Government Can’t Fail.
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Dollars and Sense: The Economics of Development in Florida
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Spotlight Lake County: Lake County’s Taco Johns Example
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Action Team Study: Replacing a Water System every 10 years
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Action Team Session: June 29, 2023 (75:55)
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Action Team Session: July 13, 2023 (91:00)
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Action Team Session: August 10, 2023 (62:25)
Leadership Team Briefing 3: July 24, 2023
Session #7: Who's Leading Growth
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7.0. Introduction
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7.1. Success and Failure
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7.2. Strategy 1: The Current Experiment (3:00)
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7.3. Strategy 2: Stronger Growth - Increase the Productivity
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7.4. Strategy 3: Strongest Growth - Predictable Productivity
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7.5. Spotlight: The Most Productive Block in Lake County
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7.6. Optional Deep Dive
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7.7. Discussion
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Action Team Session: August 24, 2023 (118:04)
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7.8. Action Team Assignment: Value Per Acre Using County Maps (4:03)
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Action Team Session: September 7, 2023 (97:42)
Tough Conversations: Should Cities Run a Profit?
Tough Conversations: What does development look like in a Strong Town?
Local Lessons: Lake County Success Stories
Session #8: Municipal Government as the Highest Form of Collaboration
Shifting the Conversation
Helpful Resources: Accessory Dwelling Units
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Additional Resource: Accessory Dwelling Units
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Accessory Dwelling Units: A Flexible, Free-Market Housing Solution
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How to Navigate the Obstacles of Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit
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Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit in Windsor, ON
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Big Win for ADUs: FHA To Count Rental Income for Mortgages
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The Controversy over Accessory Dwelling Units (14:07)
Leadership Team Briefing 4: September 25, 2023
Helpful Resource: Pre-Approved Building Plans
Escaping the Housing Trap
Session #9: Transparent Local Accounting
Next Smallest Steps
Session #10: Citizen as Developer
Community Action Lab Event 3: November 14-15, 2023
Neighborhood Evolution Webinar
Taking Action
Pre-Approved Building Plans Webinar with Matthew Petty
Roundtable Sessions
Visualizing Growth
