Quint Studer is the founder of Pensacola, Florida's Studer Community Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on improving the community's quality of life and moving Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties forward. He is a businessman, visionary, entrepreneur and Strong Towns member. His new book is Building A Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America.
In this engaging conversation, Chuck Marohn and Quint Studer discuss:
- What does it mean to be a vibrant community?
- How do leaders help communities get unstuck from a negative trajectory?
- Should we stop wasting time trying to appeal to and listen to the naysayers in our towns?
- How do you balance the need to take small, incremental steps with community desires to execute big visions and address big problems?
- How can we learn from other communities' successes without trying to copy exactly what they've done in our town?
- Why is downtown the best place to begin your community's revitalization efforts?
- What is the role of local government in guiding the future of a successful town?
- How important are wealthy community benefactors today?
- How can revitalization efforts benefit all residents, especially those in poorer neighborhoods?
