Course purchase includes a complimentary download of the new "12 Steps to Town Making" workbook — a $30 value.
The vacant storefront on Main Street…
The abandoned house a few blocks over…
The aging shopping center you pass on your way to work…
Where others see decline and neglect, you see possibility. You’re not crazy; you’re a town maker.
Course purchase includes a complimentary download of the new "12 Steps to Town Making" workbook — a $30 value.
Meet Your Instructors
We’re doers who teach and coach. We understand the frustration and the joy of small-scale development because we live it every day. The 12 steps you’ll learn in this course worked for us. They still do. That’s how we know they’ll work for you, too.
Monte Anderson
Revitalizing suburban commercial
Bernice Radle
Historic renovations
Jim Kumon
New construction housing and greenbuilding
Mike Keen
Neighborhood scale urban infill and renovations
Don’t Let Your First Project Be Your Last
Even in small-scale development, rookie mistakes come with a hefty price tag.
- Ignorance of zoning laws: $11,000 of delays and extra costs
- DIY’d the accounting: fined $660 for missing tax forms
- Bought a cheap building but couldn’t afford structural repairs: out $50,000+ with no buyers in sight
- Went to a home insurance agent instead of a real estate insurance broker: missed out on $27,000 in savings
- House demolished due to unseen city orders: lost $9,000
- Skipped building permits for renovation: an embarrassing visit from the inspector
Invest in a firm foundation and save yourself thousands.
Course purchase includes a complimentary download of the new "12 Steps to Town Making" workbook — a $30 value.
Frequently Asked Questions
This is a 3.25 hour course and offers 3.25 hours of AICP credits.
This class is a great foundation for understanding the proper steps to become a small—to medium-sized community-oriented developer, or town maker, as we like to call it. We hope the class can start you on this path or keep you going; but there is so much to learn in this field—far more than we can cover in a 4 hour course.
It always helps to have money, but even if you do not, this course will show you how to attract the right people with money who can help you.
Yes, this course will teach you how to create an eco-system of local entrepreneurial developers that actually care about the place they live, so you don't always have to give away large amounts of taxpayer grants to attract out-of-towners who are only there for the money.
Yes, definitely! This course's principle is how to improve your place by creating the right environment around you to accomplish goals that most only dream of.
