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"Jobs are a byproduct of a productive economy; not a surrogate for it"

Chuck Marohn is kind of a rabble-rouser.

He's soft-spoken, but he's talking about turning a lot of things we thought we knew about communities, economic development and jobs upside down.

He talks about a post-Depression development pattern where short-term rewards provide a "sugar high" - but where there are long-term liabilities down the road.

He's not convinced that new growth and economic well-being are the same things.

He says macro-statistics: unemployment, GDP growth, the stock market - no longer reflect reality. And public policy needs to catch up.

Chuck Marohn is hosting a Strong Towns presentation this evening at Zeitgeist. The event is free, but you do need a ticket to attend, and you can find more information about it here.

Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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