COVID put a pause on this quarterly non-fiction book group learning about interesting new ideas, hack challenging problems, and discover ways to build better communities in central Vermont.

The first book we read was Strong Towns: A Bottom Up Revolution to American Prosperity. Next, we're reading Jeff Speck's Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps To Making Better Places

Register to obtain the Zoom meeting link and book copy at https://forms.gle/b84GfHNoYUsY7HkU6

The Book: A discussion of Jeff Speck's Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps To Making Better Places. Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable—for reasons of health, wealth, and the environment—yet fear taking the proper steps to get there. The goals are often clear, but the path is seldom easy. Walkable City Rules is a doer's guide to making change in cities and making it now. The 101 rules are practical yet engaging—worded for arguments at the planning commission [city council, or transportation advisory committee], illustrated for clarity, and packed with specifications as well as data that cover everything from selling walkability, to getting the parking right, escaping automobilism, making comfortable spaces and interesting places, and doing it now!

Nov 20, 2024, 6:30 to 8:30 PM

Nov 23, 2024, 10 to 11:30 AM

Nov 23, 2024, 5 to 8 PM